Duplicate Page/Post is a WordPress ability from Premium Addons for Elementor — usable via Easy MCP AI, which connects Claude, ChatGPT, and any AI assistant to your site.
Install Free Plugin →Duplicate Page/Post
WriteDuplicate an existing page or post as a new draft, copying its content, taxonomies, and meta.
Requires the Premium Addons for Elementor plugin on WordPress 7.0+ for the Abilities API (abilities are registered only when the wp_register_ability() function exists). Dashboard, settings and site-inventory abilities (get-id-by-title, list-pages, list-templates, get-global-settings, get-settings, update-setting, scan-usage, disable-unused-widgets, clear-dynamic-assets, subscribe-newsletter) require the caller hold the 'manage_options' capability. premium-addons/create-page requires 'edit_pages'. premium-addons/get-widget-schema, premium-addons/get-addon-schema, premium-addons/list-available-elements, premium-addons/list-pa-addons, premium-addons/detect-atomic-support, premium-addons/check-elementor-element and premium-addons/create-elementor-template require 'edit_posts'. premium-addons/get-page-structure, premium-addons/get-element-settings, premium-addons/add-flexbox, premium-addons/add-container, premium-addons/update-element-settings, premium-addons/insert-widget, premium-addons/remove-element, premium-addons/change-post-status and premium-addons/duplicate-post require 'edit_post' on the target post_id, and deny requests for a nonexistent post_id outright.
What it does
This ability duplicates an existing page or post as a new draft owned by the current user, copying its content, taxonomies, and meta. It uses the same Premium Addons Duplicator service the dashboard provides. The copy is always created as draft, regardless of the original post's status. It is not idempotent because each call creates a brand-new duplicate with a new post ID. The resulting object includes the new post ID, title, status (always draft), and the Elementor editor URL.
See it in action
You ask your AI assistant
"Duplicate the page titled 'Homepage' so I can experiment with a redesign without touching the live page."
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | integer | Yes | The ID of the source page or post to duplicate. The copy is created as a draft owned by the current user. |
Returns
An object with post_id (the new duplicated draft's ID), title, status (always draft), and edit_url (the Elementor editor URL for the new draft).
Permission
The current user must have the 'edit_post' capability for the source post_id, checked via Helpers::can_edit_input_post(); requests for a nonexistent post_id are denied outright.
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Add Flexbox (Elementor v4 atomic)
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Change Post Status
Change the status of a page, post or Elementor template (e.g. draft to publish).
Check Copy Compatibility
Check whether this site can render elements copied from another site via a transfer URL, before actually importing them.
Check Elementor Element
Check whether a specific element or widget type is registered on the site before trying to build with it.
Clear Premium Addons Dynamic Assets
Clear generated dynamic CSS/JS asset files and purge the related caches.