Checking Basic Settings

Why Basic Settings Matter

Duplicizer is designed to help you create duplicate drafts from existing WordPress content. The basic settings control which content types can be duplicated, how duplicate drafts are created, and what details are copied during the cloning process.

Reviewing these settings early helps prevent confusion later, especially if your website uses WooCommerce products, custom post types, page builders, SEO metadata, custom fields, or team-based publishing workflows.

Tip

After installing Duplicizer, check your basic settings before using the plugin on important client or production content.

Where to Find Duplicizer Settings

After Duplicizer is installed and activated, you can review its settings from your WordPress dashboard.

Step 1 Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.

Step 2 Go to the Duplicizer settings area from the WordPress admin menu.

Step 3 Review the available options for content types, cloning behavior, metadata, taxonomies, and permissions.

The exact settings available may depend on whether you are using Duplicizer Free or Duplicizer Pro.

Check Supported Content Types

The first setting to review is which WordPress content types can be duplicated. This determines where duplicate actions appear in the admin area.

Posts

Allow standard WordPress blog posts to be duplicated into new drafts.

Pages

Allow standard WordPress pages to be copied for new layouts, landing pages, or service pages.

Products

Enable WooCommerce product duplication for product drafts, catalog entries, and offer pages.

Custom Post Types

Allow supported custom content types such as listings, events, courses, properties, or portfolios.

Note

If a duplicate button is not showing for a specific content type, confirm that the content type is enabled in your Duplicizer settings.

Review Duplicate Status

Duplicizer usually creates copies as drafts so you can safely review and edit them before publishing. This is the recommended default behavior for most websites.

Status When to Use It

Draft Best for most workflows. Review the duplicate before publishing.

Pending Review Useful for editorial teams where another user approves content before publishing.

Private Useful when cloned content should remain hidden while being prepared.

For most users, keeping duplicate content as drafts is the safest option.

Review Metadata Settings

Metadata can include SEO fields, builder data, custom fields, product data, tracking details, and other information attached to WordPress content. Depending on your workflow, you may want some metadata copied and some reviewed manually.

SEO metadata Check whether SEO titles, descriptions, and schema-related fields should be copied.

Builder data Confirm that layout or page builder metadata is preserved when needed.

Custom fields Review fields used by directories, listings, products, courses, or templates.

Tracking fields Be careful with analytics, campaign, form, or conversion tracking details.

Review Taxonomy Settings

Taxonomies help organize content across your WordPress site. These may include categories, tags, product categories, product tags, or custom taxonomy terms.

Copy categories when duplicate content should stay in the same topic group.
Review tags if the duplicate is for a new topic, product, offer, or campaign.
Check custom taxonomies used by directories, listings, events, courses, or portfolios.
Remove taxonomy terms that only belong to the original content.

Check User Permissions

If your site has multiple admins, editors, clients, or contributors, review who is allowed to duplicate content. This is especially important for client websites and team-based publishing workflows.

Administrators

Usually have full access to duplicate content and manage settings.

Editors

May need access to duplicate posts, pages, and editorial content.

Shop Managers

May need permission to duplicate WooCommerce products and catalog entries.

Clients or Contributors

May need restricted access depending on your workflow.

Recommended Starting Settings

If you are not sure how to configure Duplicizer yet, start with a safe setup and adjust as your workflow becomes clearer.

Create duplicates as drafts This gives you time to review cloned content before publishing.

Enable only needed content types Turn on duplicate actions only for content types your team actually uses.

Preserve images and taxonomies This helps duplicated drafts keep useful structure from the original content.

Review metadata before publishing Especially for SEO fields, custom fields, product data, and tracking details.

Limit permissions where needed Only give duplication access to users who should be creating duplicate drafts.

Continue with the next guide or return to the documentation category.

Next Steps After Installing Duplicizer Explore WooCommerce support, custom post types, metadata controls, and Pro workflows after installing Duplicizer. Back to: Getting Started Return to the relevant documentation category.