Post Duplicator vs Smart Posts Widget

Save Time. Work Smarter. Duplicate Any Post Type with Ease. Post Duplicator is the ultimate WordPress plugin for quickly creating exact duplicates of any post type in your WordPress site. Whether you’re working with standard posts, pages, or custom post types, this plugin makes it effortless to clone content while preserving all taxonomies, custom fields, and metadata. Key Features: Universal Post Type Support – Works with every post type WordPress supports, including custom post types from your favorite plugins and themes Complete Data Preservation – Automatically copies all taxonomies, custom fields, metadata, and featured images Bulk Duplication – Select and duplicate multiple posts at once with individual settings per post Multiple Clones – Create multiple copies of a single post simultaneously (up to 50 clones) Flexible Duplication Options – Customize title, slug, status, author, date, post type, and parent for each duplicate Featured Image Management – Set, replace, or remove featured images directly in the duplication modal Smart Defaults – Configure default settings that apply to all duplications (draft status, current user as author) Post Types Configuration – Control which post types can be duplicated and which appear in the “Post Type” dropdown menu Permission Control – Granular control over who can duplicate posts with role-based permissions Modern Interface – Beautiful modal interface with live editing and expandable settings Cross-Post Type Duplication – Convert posts to different post types during duplication Hierarchical Post Support – Set parent posts for pages and hierarchical custom post types One-Click Operation – Duplicate posts from the posts list, edit screen, or block editor toolbar Perfect For: Developers – Quickly generate test content and dummy data for development using bulk or multiple clone features Content Managers – Create content templates and variations efficiently with one-click duplication Bloggers – Repurpose successful posts with different angles or formats using multiple clones E-commerce – Duplicate product variations and bulk duplicate similar listings across categories Content Marketers – Create A/B testing variations with the multiple clones feature Site Migrations – Bulk duplicate posts when restructuring or migrating content Multilingual Sites – Works seamlessly with WPML and Polylang for multilingual content What Gets Duplicated: Post content and formatting Title and slug (with customizable suffixes or full editing) All custom fields and metadata Categories, tags, and custom taxonomies Featured images (with ability to change or remove) Post format and excerpt Comment and ping status Menu order Post parent (for hierarchical post types) What Doesn’t Get Duplicated: Comments (by design – prevents duplicate comment threads) Post ID and GUID (new unique identifiers assigned) How to Use: Single Duplication: Hover over any post and click “Duplicate [Post Type]” in the row actions, or click the “Duplicate Post” button in the Gutenberg editor Multiple Clones: In the duplication modal, click the copy icon to create multiple copies of a single post (up to 50 clones) Bulk Duplication: Select multiple posts using checkboxes, choose “Duplicate” from the Bulk Actions dropdown, then configure each post individually Customize Settings: Edit title, slug, status, author, date, post type, featured image, and parent for each duplicate Configure Defaults: Go to Settings > Post Duplicator to set default status, author, date, and title/slug suffixes Configure Post Types: Go to Settings > Post Duplicator > Post Types to control which post types can be duplicated and which appear in the “Post Type” dropdown menu Default Settings: The plugin works immediately with sensible defaults: * Duplicated posts are created as Drafts (prevents accidental publishing) * Title suffix: “Copy” * Slug suffix: “copy” * Author: Current User * Date: Current Time All defaults can be customized in Settings > Post Duplicator. Integration: Post Duplicator works seamlessly with: * WPML and Polylang (multilingual support) * WooCommerce (excludes review counts automatically) * ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) – preserves all field data * WP Customer Area (special file duplication support) * All custom post types and taxonomies Security: Users without publish_posts capability cannot publish duplicates (forced to Pending) Non-authors cannot duplicate unpublished posts from other users Granular permission system controls who can duplicate posts All data is sanitized and validated before duplication Developer-Friendly: Includes hooks and filters for easy customization: * mtphr_post_duplicator_created action * mtphr_post_duplicator_meta_{$key}_enabled filter * mtphr_post_duplicator_meta_value filter

Smart Posts Widget – is designed to show your posts as you want without any programming knowledge. display all type of post types from a certain post type or post category or post tags. There are many options for user to filter or order posts. You can able to select many options to choose your posts. Smart Posts Widgets developed to provide very easy to user for displaying all types of posts within your widget areas. widget is compatible with Page Builder. You can create beautiful page layouts and show posts as per your choice. You can check demo on following pages. http://digcms.com/test-smart-posts-widget-page/ Step by step insllation instructions >> Tested upto 4.0 Click here for customer support >> Features Compatible with Page Builder Filter by tags Filter by categories Custom Post type support Set how many posts to show. Filter by sticky posts Option to change ordering of posts. Select number of posts to display Option to show post thumbnail & set dimension by width and height. Display title Option to show created post date. Option to show updated post date. Set which category posts Display post author and link Change excerpt length (in words) Display post comment count Display excerpt or full content Option to make the widget title link to category or tag page. Add text or HTML before and after posts list Multiple widgets Add custom CSS to widget Order by post comments Order by random posts Order by created date Order by post title Contribute While using this plugin if you find any bug or issue, than please write email to me at [email protected] Help Step by step insllation instructions >> Click here for customer support >> For help and support please contact us at contact [at] digcms.com