Bulk Page Duplicator

Description

Bulk Page Duplicator turns one page into many. Duplicate any page or post in a single click, or build a template once (for example “Plumber in London”) and generate a page for every city, service or product, with your text replaced on each one.

When the template changes, push the change to every generated page with Template Sync, and keep your list of cities in a reusable Page Generator so adding a new one is a single click.

Import CSV column headers as named placeholders such as {{city}}, replace text in custom fields, and build an “Areas we serve” hub with the Generated Pages List block or shortcode. WP-CLI commands let you run generators and template syncs from the command line.

Every feature is free.

Who it is for

• Agencies and site owners building location, service or landing pages at scale.
• SEO teams who need titles, descriptions and metadata replaced on every page.
• Anyone who just wants a quick “Duplicate” link for pages, posts and custom post types.

One-click duplication

• “Duplicate” link in the Pages and Posts lists, the admin bar, the classic editor and the block editor.
• “Duplicate” bulk action to copy several selected items at once.
• Copies content, custom fields, featured image, categories, tags and page builder data. Copies are saved as drafts.

Bulk generation

• Pick a template, enter the text to replace (for example London, or London, UK for several placeholders) and add one line of values per page.
• Paste values or import a .csv / .txt file. Quoted CSV values can contain commas; column headers can become named placeholders such as {{city}} and {{phone_number}}.
• Replaces text in titles, slugs, content, excerpts, custom fields, page builder data and SEO fields. The placeholder exactly as typed inserts the value exactly as entered (London → iPhone Town); other case variants get matching case (LONDON → IPHONE TOWN).
• Choose draft or published, a parent page, categories and tags, and whether to copy the featured image and the template’s terms.
• Dry Run preview, live progress with ETA, a results log with CSV export, and one-click rollback of a whole run.
• Works with pages, posts and any public custom post type. Existing slugs are skipped, never overwritten.

Page Generators

• Save a template, its placeholders and its list of values as a generator (Tools > Page Generators, or Save as Generator on the bulk screen).
• Run it again at any time: only missing pages are created.
• Edit a value and its page is updated in place; remove a value and its page is moved to the trash (after confirmation).
• See every value with its page, status and edit/view links. Pages you created earlier from the same template are linked, not duplicated.

Template Sync

• Edit the template, then click Sync changes in its Bulk Page Duplicator box in the editor.
• Choose what to push: content, excerpt, custom fields, page builder data, SEO meta, featured image, page template, terms, and (with confirmation) titles or slugs.
• Preview which pages will change. Pages edited by hand since they were generated are skipped unless you choose to overwrite them.
• A revision is saved before each page changes, including page builder data, so any sync can be undone from the Revisions screen.

Generated Pages List

• Add the “Generated Pages List” block to a hub page and choose a template or generator, sort order, columns and excerpts.
• Or use [bpd_generated_pages template="123" columns="3" orderby="title" show_excerpt="yes"]. Replace 123 with your template ID, or use generator="45" to select a generator instead.
• With neither ID set, a generated page lists its siblings and a template lists its generated pages. The current page is excluded by default.
• Lists published items only, with 100 items by default. Set limit="500" for the maximum of 500 items; columns range from 1 to 4.

WP-CLI

Run commands as a WordPress administrator with --user=<ID-or-login>:

• List generators: wp bulk-page-duplicator generator list --user=admin
• Preview a generator run: wp bulk-page-duplicator generator run 45 --dry-run --user=admin
• Run a generator: wp bulk-page-duplicator generator run 45 --user=admin. Add --no-update to create missing pages without updating changed rows.
• Preview a template sync: wp bulk-page-duplicator sync 123 --fields=content,excerpt --dry-run --user=admin. Remove --dry-run to apply it; add --overwrite-edited only if you want to replace hand-edited pages too.

Replace the example IDs and admin with your own template, generator and administrator account.

Works with

• Page builders: Elementor, Beaver Builder, Bricks.
• SEO plugins: Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress.

How It Works

1. Go to Tools > Bulk Page Duplicator.
2. Choose a post type and select the template.
3. Enter the placeholder text, for example London or London, UK.
4. Add one line of replacement values per page, or import a CSV/TXT file.
5. Choose where to replace text (title, slug, content, custom fields, page builder data, SEO data) and the other options.
6. Click Dry Run (Preview) to check the result, then Start Duplication.
7. Review the Results Log. Use Recent Operations to roll back a run if needed, or Save as Generator to manage these pages later.

CSV/TXT Format Guide

Single placeholder

If the placeholder is London, use one value per line:

New York
Paris
Chicago

Multiple placeholders and quoted values

If the placeholders are London, UK, each line must contain matching comma-separated values. Wrap a value containing a comma in double quotes:

New York, USA
"Paris, France", EU
Toronto, Canada

One line creates one item. Empty lines are ignored; quoted fields containing line breaks are not supported.

Column headers and named placeholders

When importing a CSV, the plugin offers to turn a first row of column names into placeholders. For example:

City,Phone Number
Manchester,0161 496 0000
Birmingham,0121 496 0000

Accept the header suggestion to use {{city}}, {{phone_number}} as your placeholders. Write those tokens in your template’s title, content or custom fields wherever each value should appear. The header row is removed from the replacement values when you accept it.

Compatibility

• WordPress 5.0 or later, tested up to 7.1.
• PHP 7.2 or later.
• Pages, posts and any public custom post type.
• Page builders: Elementor, Beaver Builder, Bricks.
• SEO plugins: Yoast SEO, Rank Math, All in One SEO, SEOPress.

Usage Tips

• Use unique placeholders (for example CITYNAME) to avoid accidental replacements.
• Start with Draft status for review workflows.
• Use Dry Run before large batches.
• Keep the browser tab open during long runs for progress updates.
• Use Recent Operations to rollback quickly if required.

License

Bulk Page Duplicator is free software released under the GPLv2 or later.