- Two big reasons duplicating a page saves you serious time
- The top plugins for cloning pages and posts in one click
- How to duplicate a page manually with no plugin at all
- How to duplicate a WooCommerce product with zero extra plugins
- The duplicate-content mistake that can hurt your SEO
No matter how user-friendly WordPress is, I still get questions from students and clients on some common problems. One of the most frequent: how to duplicate a page or post in WordPress. It seems simple, but there’s no obvious button for it, so let me show you the best ways.
Why would duplicating a page be helpful in the first place? Two big reasons:
Instead of rebuilding foundational material from scratch, you duplicate the page or post and start editing from a ready-made structure. This alone can save hours across a busy site.
For A/B testing, duplicate the original page and tweak the second, third, and later versions to test what converts best. As you promote these pages you capture email leads and build a relationship with your audience — a real asset for your business.
Now let’s look at the best plugins and methods to duplicate WordPress pages and posts on the fly.
Plugins to Duplicate Pages or Posts in WordPress
WordPress has a great selection of plugins for cloning a page if you’d rather not do it manually. Here are the most popular ones.
This is the lead-generation plugin I personally use for building email-capture pages. It makes duplicating a page a one-click job, and it’s a lead-gen tool you own 100% — you control all the data and content. It’s flexible, customizable, and affordable, with a large library of templates for opt-in pages, sales funnels, and landing pages. From there you can split test between versions to gather feedback and grow your business. For anyone serious about online marketing, it’s hard to beat.
Visit OptimizePress →Formerly just “Duplicate Post,” this plugin was acquired by Yoast and is now the most widely used cloning tool available, with over 3 million active installations and regular updates. Click “Clone” or “New Draft” below any post or page and you get an instant copy to edit — including support for the block editor, custom post types, and its handy Rewrite & Republish feature for updating live pages safely. It’s free and the go-to choice for most people.
Get Yoast Duplicate Post →With over 3 million installs, this is one of the most popular cloning plugins for duplicating a page quickly. The free version is great if you’re the only editor. The Pro version adds the ability to assign user roles for access, redirect to internal or external sites after cloning, and more control over duplicating your general posts.
Get Duplicate Page →Duplicator is really a migration plugin — its big advantage is letting you copy, migrate, or move an entire site from one location to another while backing up your original. It’s a huge time-saver when developing a site for a client or a sister business without retracing all your steps. With over a million active users, it’s a trusted choice for bigger jobs than a single page.
Get Duplicator →How to Duplicate a WordPress Page or Post Manually (No Plugin)
If you just need to duplicate a single page and would rather not install a plugin, the built-in editor makes it quick. Here’s how in the current WordPress block editor:
- Open the existing post or page you want to copy. At the top right, click the Options button (the three vertical dots).
- In the menu that appears, click Copy all blocks. You’ll get a brief notice that the content has been copied.
- Create a new post or page, click into the first empty block, and paste with Ctrl + V (Windows) or Cmd + V (Mac). All your blocks appear, ready to edit.
Yes, it really is that simple. Keep in mind this copies your content blocks but not the page’s metadata (SEO title, description, featured image, categories), so you’ll set those on the new page. If you need everything copied automatically, use one of the plugins above.
If you’re not deleting the original, at least edit the copy so it isn’t a 100% match — add or remove paragraphs and change the wording. There’s no point in publishing two identical pages, and it can hurt your SEO: Google has strict rules about duplicate content appearing in search results. A duplicate you use as a private draft or starting point is completely fine; the risk is only when two near-identical pages are both published and indexed.
How to Duplicate a WooCommerce Product (No Extra Plugin)
There’s a good chance you’re already using WooCommerce with WordPress if you run a dropship or ecommerce store. The good news is you can duplicate products without any additional plugin.
Go to your main Products screen. Hover your mouse over any product and you’ll see a Duplicate link. Click it and WooCommerce creates a copy and takes you to its edit screen so you can make changes. One thing to note: the new product’s slug will match the old one with a “-copy” style tag attached, so edit the slug and title before publishing to keep each product unique.
These answers might seem simple to some — almost too simple. But not everyone adapts to WordPress at the same pace, and we all start out as beginners. It’s no different with entrepreneurship: we all start with the same potential. What counts is how we realize that potential.
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