Duplicate WordPress Pages, Posts & Products

WordPress doesn't have a duplicate button

You built a landing page. Now you need five more with the same layout but different content. WordPress doesn't have a "Duplicate" option. Your choices: copy-paste the content into a new page (loses meta, template, custom fields), install a duplication plugin, or export and re-import.

For something every CMS should have built-in, it's surprisingly annoying.

What most people do instead

All workarounds for a feature that should exist natively.

Copy-paste content manually Create new page, paste content from old one. Loses page template, custom fields, SEO meta, featured image.

Duplicate post plugins Works, but adds a plugin for a single feature. Some add admin notices, settings pages, and upsells.

A better way: duplication built into WordPress

TrueCommander adds duplication in three places: a row action in list views, a button in the admin bar, and a navigator command. Pages, posts, and WooCommerce products all work the same way.

TrueCommander

tp duplicate product -id=142

Leather Wallet Brown (Copy) Draft

Status Unpublished draft

Source Leather Wallet Brown

Edit Open in editor

Shown in advanced mode, where commands start with tp. In easy mode you type the same command without the tp prefix.

Three entry points, same result

Every method creates a complete draft copy, content, meta fields, template, categories, tags, featured image, and custom fields all included.

Row action in list views Hover over any page, post, or product in the admin list. Click "Duplicate" alongside Edit and Trash. No ID needed.

Admin bar button While viewing or editing any page, post, or product, click the Duplicate button in the WordPress admin bar.

Navigator command with -id= tp duplicate page -id=42, tp duplicate post -id=108, or tp duplicate product -id=142. Find the ID by hovering a row in the list view.

Detail	Value
Page command	`tp duplicate page -id=42`
Post command	`tp duplicate post -id=108`
Product command	`tp duplicate product -id=142`
Copies	Content, title, meta fields, template, categories, tags, featured image
Products extra	Includes variations, attributes, pricing, stock, gallery images
Result	Unpublished draft with "(Copy)" appended to title
Can be used in	Shortcut Macro

Real example

You built a product landing page for a spring campaign. Summer is coming and you need the same layout with different imagery and copy. You hover over the page in Pages → All Pages, click "Duplicate." A draft copy appears. You edit the content, swap the images, and publish. 2 minutes instead of rebuilding from scratch.

For WooCommerce: you're adding a new product that's nearly identical to an existing one, same category, same shipping class, different color. Duplicate the product, change the name and image, done. All attributes, variations, and pricing carry over.

Per-content-type guides

Each duplicate variant has its own detail page with type-specific notes on what's cloned.

Duplicate pageClone WordPress pages, layouts, templates, SEO overrides preserved

Duplicate postClone blog posts, author, categories, tags, featured image all carry over

Duplicate productClone WooCommerce products, price, attributes, gallery, custom fields intact

Goes further with TrueCommander

Bind to a shortcut +D while viewing any page to duplicate it instantly.

Optimize after duplicating Duplicate a product with large images, then optimize them. Clean copy from the start.

Export your catalog After bulk-duplicating products, export the updated catalog as CSV.

Frequently asked questions

How do I duplicate a page, post, or product in WordPress?

WordPress has no built-in duplicate action. TrueCommander adds one in three places: a Duplicate row action in the Pages, Posts, and Products lists, a button in the admin bar while viewing an item, and the navigator commands tp duplicate page, tp duplicate post, and tp duplicate product.

What gets copied?

The full content, title, meta fields, page template, categories, tags, and featured image. WooCommerce products additionally bring across their attributes and, for variable products, every variation. The copy is saved as an unpublished draft with "(Copy)" appended to the title.

Does it work with Elementor, Bricks, and other builders?

Yes. It copies the stored content and meta, so page builders that save into the post, including Gutenberg, Elementor, and Bricks, come through intact without a dedicated integration.

Will the copy go live by accident?

No. The duplicate is always created as a draft, so you can change the title, slug, images, or price before publishing it.

Where do I find the ID for the navigator command?

Hover a row in the list view and the ID appears in the link. You can also skip the ID entirely and use the Duplicate row action or admin-bar button. The commands run from a shortcut or inside a macro too.

Duplicate any WordPress content instantly

WordPress doesn't have a duplicate button

What most people do instead

A better way: duplication built into WordPress

Three entry points, same result

Real example

Per-content-type guides

Goes further with TrueCommander

Frequently asked questions

Duplicate anything, instantly.

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Duplicate any WordPress content instantly

WordPress doesn't have a duplicate button

What most people do instead

A better way: duplication built into WordPress

Three entry points, same result

Real example

Per-content-type guides

Goes further with TrueCommander

Frequently asked questions

Duplicate anything, instantly.

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