Description
This plugin allows users to clone posts of any type, or copy them to new drafts for further editing.
How it works:
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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.
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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.
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In ‘Edit Posts’/’Edit Pages’, you can click on ‘New Draft’ link below the post/page title.
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On the post edit screen, you can click on ‘Copy to a new draft’ above “Cancel”/”Move to trash” or in the admin bar.
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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.
Contribute
If you find this useful and if you want to contribute, there are two ways:
- Submit your bug reports, suggestions and requests for features on GitHub;
- If you want to translate it to your language (there are just a few lines of text), you can use the translation project;
Screenshots
Classic editor. 
Block editor. 
Post list. 
Admin bar menu. 
Bulk actions. 
The options page.
Installation
Use WordPress’ Add New Plugin feature, searching “Duplicate Post”, or download the archive and:
- Unzip the archive on your computer
- Upload
duplicate-postdirectory 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
FAQ
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The plugin doesn’t work, why?
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First, check your version of WordPress: the plugin is not supposed to work on old versions anymore. Make sure also to upgrade to the last version of the plugin!
Then try to deactivate and re-activate it, some user have reported that this fixes some problems.
Pay also attention to the “Permissions” tab in the Settings: make sure the plugin is enabled for the desired roles and post types.
If it still doesn’t work, maybe there is some kind of conflict with other plugins: feel free to write in the forum and we’ll try to discover a solution (it will be really helpful if you try to deactivate all your other plugins one by one to see which one conflicts with mine… But do it only if you know what you’re doing, I will not be responsible of any problem you may experience).
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The plugin is not translated in my language!
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From version 3.0 the plugin’s translations are managed by the WordPress.org platform and the plugin is shipped without language files, so first of all update translations under Dashboard->Updates.
If Duplicate Post is still in English, or if there are some untranslated strings, you can help translating to your language: you only need a WordPress.org account.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Yoast Duplicate Post” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
“Yoast Duplicate Post” has been translated into 51 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate “Yoast Duplicate Post” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
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_republishandduplicate_post_after_republishaction hooks fired before and after republishing. Props to @piscis. - Deprecates the
dp_duplicate_postanddp_duplicate_pagehooks and introduces a new unifiedduplicate_post_after_duplicatedaction 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/installersv2.
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
gettextfilter.
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.