How to Duplicate WordPress Page or Post With and Without Plugins<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes we want to take a backup of our currently working on WordPress post or page. And it’s a good habit when you are working on a really important project. Duplicate WordPress page or post with a single click can save you lots of effort and time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duplicate post or page allows you to take a backup of your existing work as a template, which you can use for future preferences. In this article, we will explain to you how to duplicate a WordPress page or post with and without plugins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are lots of ways to do clone a post or page in WordPress. We will cover all of them. Without any wasting time, let’s jump into it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\/*\n * Function for post duplication. Dups appear as drafts. User is redirected to the edit screen\n *\/\nfunction rd_duplicate_post_as_draft(){\n  global $wpdb;\n  if (! ( isset( $_GET['post']) || isset( $_POST['post'])  || ( isset($_REQUEST['action']) && 'rd_duplicate_post_as_draft' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) ) ) {\n    wp_die('No post to duplicate has been supplied!');\n  }\n \n  \/*\n   * Nonce verification\n   *\/\n  if ( !isset( $_GET['duplicate_nonce'] ) || !wp_verify_nonce( $_GET['duplicate_nonce'], basename( __FILE__ ) ) )\n    return;\n \n  \/*\n   * get the original post id\n   *\/\n  $post_id = (isset($_GET['post']) ? absint( $_GET['post'] ) : absint( $_POST['post'] ) );\n  \/*\n   * and all the original post data then\n   *\/\n  $post = get_post( $post_id );\n \n  \/*\n   * if you don't want current user to be the new post author,\n   * then change next couple of lines to this: $new_post_author = $post->post_author;\n   *\/\n  $current_user = wp_get_current_user();\n  $new_post_author = $current_user->ID;\n \n  \/*\n   * if post data exists, create the post duplicate\n   *\/\n  if (isset( $post ) && $post != null) {\n \n    \/*\n     * new post data array\n     *\/\n    $args = array(\n      'comment_status' => $post->comment_status,\n      'ping_status'    => $post->ping_status,\n      'post_author'    => $new_post_author,\n      'post_content'   => $post->post_content,\n      'post_excerpt'   => $post->post_excerpt,\n      'post_name'      => $post->post_name,\n      'post_parent'    => $post->post_parent,\n      'post_password'  => $post->post_password,\n      'post_status'    => 'draft',\n      'post_title'     => $post->post_title,\n      'post_type'      => $post->post_type,\n      'to_ping'        => $post->to_ping,\n      'menu_order'     => $post->menu_order\n    );\n \n    \/*\n     * insert the post by wp_insert_post() function\n     *\/\n    $new_post_id = wp_insert_post( $args );\n \n    \/*\n     * get all current post terms ad set them to the new post draft\n     *\/\n    $taxonomies = get_object_taxonomies($post->post_type); \/\/ returns array of taxonomy names for post type, ex array("category", "post_tag");\n    foreach ($taxonomies as $taxonomy) {\n      $post_terms = wp_get_object_terms($post_id, $taxonomy, array('fields' => 'slugs'));\n      wp_set_object_terms($new_post_id, $post_terms, $taxonomy, false);\n    }\n \n    \/*\n     * duplicate all post meta just in two SQL queries\n     *\/\n    $post_meta_infos = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT meta_key, meta_value FROM $wpdb->postmeta WHERE post_id=$post_id");\n    if (count($post_meta_infos)!=0) {\n      $sql_query = "INSERT INTO $wpdb->postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) ";\n      foreach ($post_meta_infos as $meta_info) {\n        $meta_key = $meta_info->meta_key;\n        if( $meta_key == '_wp_old_slug' ) continue;\n        $meta_value = addslashes($meta_info->meta_value);\n        $sql_query_sel[]= "SELECT $new_post_id, '$meta_key', '$meta_value'";\n      }\n      $sql_query.= implode(" UNION ALL ", $sql_query_sel);\n      $wpdb->query($sql_query);\n    }\n \n \n    \/*\n     * finally, redirect to the edit post screen for the new draft\n     *\/\n    wp_redirect( admin_url( 'post.php?action=edit&post=' . $new_post_id ) );\n    exit;\n  } else {\n    wp_die('Post creation failed, could not find original post: ' . $post_id);\n  }\n}\nadd_action( 'admin_action_rd_duplicate_post_as_draft', 'rd_duplicate_post_as_draft' );\n \n\/*\n * Add the duplicate link to action list for post_row_actions\n *\/\nfunction rd_duplicate_post_link( $actions, $post ) {\n  if (current_user_can('edit_posts')) {\n    $actions['duplicate'] = '<a href="' . wp_nonce_url('admin.php?action=rd_duplicate_post_as_draft&post=' . $post->ID, basename(__FILE__), 'duplicate_nonce' ) . '" title="Duplicate this item" rel="permalink">Duplicate<\/a>';\n  }\n  return $actions;\n}\n \nadd_filter( 'post_row_actions', 'rd_duplicate_post_link', 10, 2 );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Code snippet for duplicate WordPress post<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This above code snippet only works for duplicating WordPress posts<\/strong>. You can duplicate WordPress pages<\/strong> by changing the last line with this code:<\/p>\n\n\n
\nadd_filter('page_row_actions', 'rd_duplicate_post_link', 10, 2);\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Don’t have access to FTP or Cpanel? Don’t worry. Navigate to Appearance ><\/strong> Theme Editor<\/strong>, and select Theme Functions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Now, if you have successfully added the code to your functions.php file, you should see a Duplicate<\/strong> button in All Posts<\/strong> or All Pages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We hope in this tutorials we have covered up all tips & tricks on how to duplicate WordPress page or post with or without plugins. Let’s recap the summary: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Plugins:<\/strong> You can duplicate or clone WordPress posts or pages easily. For this, you have so many plugins available like Duplicate Page<\/em><\/strong>, Duplicate Post<\/em><\/strong> or Post Duplicator<\/strong><\/em> plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without Plugins:<\/strong> If you are an expert at coding then you can try this. Just edit the function.php file with the above code and done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you know any other way to do that? Share in the comment section so everybody can use that method too. Anyway if you have any questions you can ask at comment or contact us<\/a>. Meanwhile, you can check out other tutorials. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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