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Duplicate Post (One-Click)

One-click WordPress plugin: duplicate any post, page or CPT as a draft with taxonomies and meta

by Azan Umer · github.com/azanumer/wp-duplicate-post

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/azanumer/wp-duplicate-post/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/azanumer/wp-duplicate-post ↗

A tiny, dependency-free WordPress plugin that adds a Duplicate link to every post, page and custom-post-type row in the admin list tables, plus a Duplicate bulk action.

Clicking it creates a new draft titled " — Copy" assigned to you, with:

  • content, excerpt, password, parent, menu order, comment/ping status
  • all taxonomy terms (categories, tags, custom taxonomies)
  • all post meta, including serialized arrays (ACF/Elementor data survives)

Install

Upload the folder to wp-content/plugins/, activate. No settings page — the link appears in each row's action list and in the bulk-actions dropdown.

Developer hooks

Skip extra meta keys from being copied:

add_filter( 'wdp_excluded_meta_keys', function ( $keys ) {
    $keys[] = '_my_internal_flag';
    return $keys;
} );

Run code after a duplication:

add_action( 'wdp_post_duplicated', function ( $new_id, $source_id ) {
    // e.g. clear a cache, notify someone
}, 10, 2 );

Security

  • Per-post nonces on the duplicate URL (check_admin_referer)
  • current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) for the link, edit_post for the copy
  • All output escaped; redirects use wp_safe_redirect

Deleting the plugin (not just deactivating) runs the uninstall handler — nothing is stored, so there is nothing to drop.

MIT licensed.