Duplicate Posts is a WordPress Plugin that will clone or create a new draft of a Post and Page.
WordPress Plugin: DUPLICATE POST
https://wordpress.org/plugins/duplicate-post/
SLIDE #35: How to Duplicate a Page/Post in WordPress (Video)
https://youtu.be/B295t2pXsUw
1. • CIVIL ENGINEER
• 20 YEARS IN HAWAII
• TAI CHI & VIDEO
PRODUCTION
• NEAR FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT
• COMPUTER
• INTERNET => WEBSITES
• NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR
• FRONTPAGE
• WORDPRESS
PREMA QADIR
Hi. My name is PREMA QADIR. I am a CIVIL ENGINEER. I lived in HAWAII for 20 years before moving back to DETROIT to help my MOTHER. While LIVING in HAWAII, 2 of my PASSIONS were TAI CHI & VIDEO PRODUCTION. In 1990, I was forced into EARLY RETIREMENT due to a NEAR FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT, which left me BED-RIDDEN for 2 years and HOUSEBOUND for NEARLY 8 more. While I was BED-RIDDEN, a friend gave me a COMPUTER and I discovered the INTERNET. In those early days, I TAUGHT MYSELF how to BUILD WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET, using NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR and then FRONT PAGE. In 2001, I attended a WORDPRESS SEMINAR .I was NOT impressed.
Then, 2 years ago, I attended a WORDPRESS SEMINAR and I hafta say, I fell in LUV with WORDPRESS. The LEARNING CURVE was STEEP. And there were times when I was ready to give up. BUT, THIS YEAR, I finally FOUND MY GROOVE . . .
Today my TOPIC for discussion is: HOW TO COPY Pages, Posts & Portfolios IN WORDPRESS.
One reason I wanted to know how to COPY a Page & a Post was so that I could PRACTICE my WordPress SKILLS without the RISK of doing DAMAGE to my SITE.
Another reason was so that I could make TEMPORARY CHANGES to a website while retaining the ORIGINAL PAGE OR POST.
Another reason was so that I could REPURPOSE CONTENT from one Page or Post to another Page or Post.
Another reason was so that I could create CHEAT SHEETS for my Clients with INSTRUCTIONS on how to EDIT a page or post, themselves.
But, the MAIN REASON I wanted to KNOW how to COPY Pages, Posts & Portfolios was so that I could work SMARTER & SAVE TIME!
This is STEPHANIE PERSON. I met her on FACEBOOK. STEPHANIE is a KETO COACH. And she was looking for someone to help her with her WORDPRESS SITE. BTW, a KETO COACH is someone who helps their CLIENTS make the TRANSITION from using SUGAR AS FUEL for the BODY to a LOW CARB HIGH FAT DIET, by which the body uses EXCESS FAT FOR FUEL. If you would like to learn more ABOUT KETOGENICS, you can visit STEPHANIE’S WEBSITE @ STEPHANIEPERSON.COM.
This is Stephanie’s NUTRITION CONSULTATION - CALENDAR PAGE. Click the BLUE BUTTON to schedule a DATE & TIME for a KETO COACHING SESSION. Click the RED BUTTON to download Stephanie’s PRE-CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE.
Last JULY, Stephanie was going to TRAVEL to AUSTRALIA and she wanted me to post a TRAVEL ALERT on her WEBSITE.
Although STEPHANIE didn’t know HOW to make it happen, she knew EXACTLY what she wanted me to DO.
She wanted me to DEACTIVATE the CONSULTATION BUTTON…
She wanted me to DEACTIVATE the PRE-CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE download button…
She wanted me to ADD TEXT indicating that she would be TRAVELING for 10 days.
And, she wanted me to make sure that no one would be able to SCHEDULE an appointment on the APPOINTMENT CALENDAR
I had figured out how to do EVERYTHING STEPHANIE WANTED, EXCEPT for one thing, the actual CALENDAR… The calendar is a PLUGIN called EVENT ESPRESSO.
Event Espresso is an EVENT REGISTRATION & TICKETING MANAGEMENT PLUGIN for WordPress. In my view, EVENT ESPRESSO is a MONSTER plugin.
I knew it could take me WEEKS to figure out how to use EVENT ESPRESSO, let alone EDIT the calendar for Stephanie.
But, there wasn’t enough TIME! So, I had to figure out a way to work OUTSIDE OF EVENT ESPRESSO.
I managed to CHANGE THE SHORTCODE and DEACTIVATE the link for the DATE & TIME button.
I CHANGED THE SHORTCODE and DEACTIVATED the link for the PRE-CONSULTATION QUESTIONNAIRE DOWNLOAD button.
I ADDED THE TRAVEL ALERT! And… I did it all in about [WHISPER] 4 HOURS!!!!
I was happy. STEPHANIE was EXTREMELY HAPPY. Life was GOODl
A few months went by, AND THEN . . . Stephanie said she was traveling to ECUADOR and she wanted me to do that TRAVEL ALERT THING . . .
AGAIN! . . . I could BARELY REMEMBER how I did it the first time. I knew I needed to figure out a better way that would be SMARTER, FASTER & TEACHABLE because I felt like this was something that Stephanie should KNOW how to DO for HERSELF>
I decided that I needed to be able to create a CHEAT SHEET for Stephanie.
… to EMPOWER her to put up TRAVEL ALERTS and take them down ON HER OWN.
WITHOUT RISKING HER DESTROYING the site.
In the SHORTEST possible time.
I thought to MYSELF: “Wouldn’t it be WONDERFUL, if I could make a COPY of the NUTRITION CONSULTATION CALENDAR PAGE and EMBED INSTRUCTIONS in it FOR STEPHANIE!”
At first I thought I would COPY the HTML code from the TEXT VIEW in WordPress. But, I was worried that something might be left out in FEATURES on the rest of the page.
Then, I decided to find out how other WordPress Users COPY PAGES. I performed a . . .
GOOGLE SEARCH . . . and found this YOUTUBE VIDEO!
The Total Running Time is only 3 minutes 56 seconds. Let’s watch 1 minute together.
You can find the VIDEO by SEARCHING YOUTUBE for “How to Duplicate a Post or Page in WordPress” by CARL OLSON.
Carl Olson INTRODUCES us to a WORDPRESS PLUGIN called DUPLICATE POST, developed by ENRICO BATTOUCHI
You can find the PLUGIN WORDPRESS.ORG/PLUGINS/DUPLICATE-POST
This is How it Works! You can CREATE either a CLONE of a PAGE or POST or a NEW DRAFT of a PAGE or POST.
To get the plugin, you go to the PLUGINS MENU and select ADD NEW. SEARCH for DUPLICATE POST. INSTALL it. ACTIVATE it.
Once activated, the plugin ATTACHES itself to the Page & Post MENU for EVERY Page & Post in your site.
TO USE DUPLICATE POST, go to whichever Page or Post you want to DUPLICATE. Click on CLONE and the Page or Post is CLONED immediately. Or CLICK on NEW DRAFT, which leads you to the EDIT SCREEN of a NEW DRAFT.
I created a NEW DRAFT of Stephanie’s NUTRITION CONSULTATION CALENDAR PAGE. And, now when I hover over the PAGE NAME, I see CLONE & NEW DRAFT
After I installed DUPLICATE POST on Stephanie’s WordPress DASHBOARD. Then, I retaught myself how to make the TRAVEL ALERT CHANGES she wanted. . .
for the TRAVEL ALERT. Once I got that done, I was ready to create a CHEAT SHEET for Stephanie.
The GREEN text indicates the ORIGINAL SHORTCODES. The RED text indicates TRAVEL ALERT TEXT. The BLUE text indicates SHORTCODE MODIFICATIONS. The IDEA is that Stephanie will be able to use the CHEAT SHEET to create her own TRAVEL ALERTS, in the future.
This is what I see NOW, when I browse Stephanie’s Pages. The TRAVEL ALERT – DRAFT is Stephanie’s CHEAT SHEET.
Stephanie is due to return from ECUADOR, this weekend. I will take the TRAVEL ALERT down on the day she ARRIVES back in the STATES and then I will REVIEW & TWEAK the whole PROCESS, before teaching STEPHANIE how to do it HERSELF.
One thing I should MENTION is that I’ve noticed that there are some THEMES that are being WRITTEN with the COPY FEATURE BUILT-IN to the THEME, which is VERY HELPFUL. Thank you!