Pantry Duplicate

v1.0.0

Contents: Copy any post, page or custom post type to a new draft.

19 KB, no external requests

A Duplicate link on every post list and a Copy to new draft button in the editor. The copy keeps the content, excerpt, taxonomies, featured image and custom fields, and lands as a draft with a prefix you choose. Fully free, no Pro version.

Compared with the popular plugins

The Pantry Duplicate settings screen in the WordPress admin, at Plugin Pantry > Duplicate.

What it does

Duplicate row action on the list screen of every public post type, plus a bulk action
Copy to new draft link in the classic editor publish box and in the block editor via a small sidebar plugin-free approach (an admin bar link on singular edit screens)
Copies title, content, excerpt, taxonomies, featured image, menu order, page template, parent and custom fields
Title prefix and suffix settings, default prefix Copy of
Meta key exclusion list, with sensible defaults that skip editor locks and old slugs
Choose which post types get the link and whether to copy the publish date
Capability and nonce checks on every duplication; users can only copy what they can edit

What it does not do

No scheduled or recurring duplication
No cross-site copying
No templates or merge fields
No log table

Measured footprint

Zip size: 19 KB
Lines of PHP: 1,331
Options: pantry_duplicate_settings
Post meta: none
Custom tables: none
Post types: none
Cron events: none
Transients: none
Admin assets: includes/core/assets/pantry-admin.css on the settings screen only, includes/core/assets/pantry-admin.js on the settings screen only (shared Pantry core assets; this plugin ships no assets of its own)
Front-end assets: none
External requests: none
Measured on: 2026-09-12

Compatibility

WordPress: 6.4 or newer, tested to 7.1
PHP: 8.1 or newer
Where it lives: Plugin Pantry > Duplicate
Licence: GPLv2 or later

Documentation

Read the documentation

Every setting on the Pantry Duplicate screen and what each one does, with the hooks it publishes: the same text that ships in the plugin README.

Pro add-on (planned)

See Pantry Pro pricing

There is no Pro version of this plugin and none is planned. It is complete.

Changelog

All notable changes to this project are documented in this file, in the Keep a Changelog format.

1.0.0 - 2026-09-12

Added

Duplicate row action on the list screen of every enabled public post type, plus a matching bulk action.
Copy to new draft link in the classic editor publish box, and an admin-bar link on singular edit screens that works for both the classic and block editors.
Duplicates copy title, content, excerpt, taxonomies, featured image, menu order, page template, parent and custom fields.
Settings screen: title prefix and suffix, whether to copy the publish date, which post types get the link, and a list of meta keys to skip.
Capability and nonce checks on every duplication; a user can only copy posts they can edit.