Looking for an easy way to duplicate a page or post in WordPress?
There are a few reasons why you might want to duplicate a page in WordPress. If you’re making a website, then copying your pages can help you get online faster.
Or, maybe your existing site has high-performing pages that could be tweaked to serve many purposes.
If you have a landing page layout that works, why not use it for other products too?
At the end of the day, the underlying reason is irrelevant because the process is the same. The best part is that you can set the mechanism up in less than two minutes using a simple, free plugin. And after that it will take you mere seconds to duplicate any page or post.
In this quick tutorial, we’ll show you exactly how to do it.
How to duplicate a page in WordPress with the Orbit Fox plugin
As promised in the title, this is both a free and easy way to duplicate WordPress pages and posts. All you need is the Orbit Fox plugin. You can download it directly from the WordPress plugin directory.
The entire process to duplicate your first page is only nine clicks from start to finish. Then you just need to edit your duplicated content and click publish to make it go live. Here’s the full breakdown:
Find, install, and activate Orbit Fox
From the WordPress admin screen do the following:
- Go to Plugins
- Click on Add Plugin
- Type in ‘Orbit Fox’ in the search bar on the top right
- Once Orbit Fox populates, tap on Install Now
- Click Activate
Turn on the Post Duplicator feature
Once you’ve installed and activated the plugin:
- Locate Orbit Fox on the lefthand side menu of your WordPress Dashboard and click on it
- Inside the settings, find the Post Duplicator module and tap on the toggle button to activate it. You will see a green popup on the bottom right of your screen that says ‘Module activated (Post Duplicator)’
Duplicate your first page
After you’ve toggled on the Post Duplicator module:
- Go to the Pages or Posts area in your WordPress dashboard. The screenshot above shows Pages, but the process is identical for Posts.
- Find the page or post you’d like to duplicate. Hover over it and you’ll get the usual submenu, but this time you’ll see a new option – Clone.
As was promised, the whole process to duplicate your first page (or post) takes only nine clicks. Even better, with everything set up, any future duplications you might want to make will cost you only a few seconds of your time.
After you duplicate a page or post
You probably don’t need anyone to tell you this, but duplicating a page or post is the quick and easy part of your workflow. The more time consuming aspect is replacing the duplicated content with whatever new content you want to add.
That part is up to you, but the nice thing about using Orbit Fox is that after clicking on Clone, it immediately brings you into the WordPress block editor so you can begin making your edits.
Once you finish and you’re satisfied, simply tap on Publish in the top right corner to make the duplicate page (or post) go live.
That’s it.
Conclusion on how to duplicate a page in WordPress
If you’re running a busy blog or you have sales pages that have proven to work, duplicating a page in WordPress is a great way to improve your workflow.
When you’re working multiple components from code through layouts to text it helps to have a risk-free option in your arsenal. With the Orbit Fox plugin, you can create perfect copies of your existing content with the simplicity of a single click. You might want to check one of our previous articles in case you are looking for a way to clone your entire WordPress website.
Do you have any questions about duplicating a post or page in WordPress? Ask away in the comments below!
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