This plugin allows users to clone posts of any type, or copy them to new drafts for further editing.
How it works:
- In 'Edit Posts'/'Edit Pages', you can click on 'Clone' link below the post/page title: this will immediately create a copy and return to the list.
- In 'Edit Posts'/'Edit Pages', you can select one or more items, then choose 'Clone' in the 'Bulk Actions' dropdown to copy them all at once.
- In 'Edit Posts'/'Edit Pages', you can click on 'New Draft' link below the post/page title.
- On the post edit screen, you can click on 'Copy to a new draft' above "Cancel"/"Move to trash" or in the admin bar.
- While viewing a post as a logged in user, you can click on 'Copy to a new draft' in the admin bar.
3, 4 and 5 will lead to the edit page for the new draft: change what you want, click on 'Publish' and you're done.
There is also a
template tag, so you can put it in your templates and clone your posts/pages from the front-end. Clicking on the link will lead you to the edit page for the new draft, just like the admin bar link.
Duplicate Post has many useful settings to customize its behavior and restrict its use to certain roles or post types. Check out the extensive documentation on
yoast.com and our
developer docs.
Use WordPress' Add New Plugin feature, searching "Duplicate Post", or download the archive and:
- Unzip the archive on your computer
- Upload
duplicate-post directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
- Go to Settings -> Duplicate Post and customize behaviour as needed
4.6
Release date: 2026-03-09
Introduces smoother post duplication, more reliable rewrite workflows, and better compatibility across languages and configurations.
Read more here!
Enhancements
- Improves the compatibility with the Block Editor.
- Improves the style of the Copy to a new draft and Rewrite & Republish actions in the Block Editor.
- Replaces the metabox with a sidebar panel in the Block Editor.
Bugfixes
- Fixes a bug where cloning an attachment did not copy its caption as expected. Props to @masteradhoc.
- Fixes a bug where cloning an attachment did not copy its description as expected.
- Fixes a bug where notices would not be appearing in the block editor, throwing console errors, with some locales.
- Fixes a bug where Rewrite & Republish copies could remain orphaned, blocking editors from creating a new Rewrite & Republish copy for the original post.
- Fixes a bug where the block editor button were not styled if the admin bar links where not present.
- Fixes a bug where translations where missing in the buttons and the notices in the Block Editor. Props to @petitphp.
Other
- Improves security of the Bulk Clone action and the republishing of a copy.
- Adds
duplicate_post_before_republish and duplicate_post_after_republish action hooks fired before and after republishing. Props to @piscis.
- Deprecates the
dp_duplicate_post and dp_duplicate_page hooks and introduces a new unified duplicate_post_after_duplicated action hook that replaces them. The new hook includes the post type as a fourth parameter for flexible filtering.
- Sets the minimum supported WordPress version to 6.8.
- Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.9.
- Drops compatibility with PHP < 7.4.
- Verified compatibility with PHP up to version 8.5.
- Fixes the Developer Guide link that was leading to a non-existent page. Props to @masteradhoc.
- Fixes the documentation link to use a shortlink. Props to @masteradhoc.
- Improves how the translations are loaded by relying on the WordPress mechanism for that. Props to @swissspidy.
- Improves discoverability of security policy in Packagist.
- Users requiring this package via [WP]Packagist can now use the
composer/installers v2.
4.5
Release date: 2022-06-28
Enhancements
- Improves the impact of the plugin on the performance of the site by avoiding useless calls on the
gettext filter.
Bugfixes
- Fixes a bug where a section in the Classic Editor's submitbox would be displayed with incorrect margins.
Other
- Sets the WordPress tested up to version to 6.0.
Earlier versions
For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to
the changelog on yoast.com.