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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Clone

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Clone

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for clone comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Yoast Duplicate Post Best overall 94/100
  2. 2. All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 93/100
  3. 3. WPvivid 93/100
  4. 4. Migrate Guru 93/100
  5. 5. WP STAGING 92/100
  6. 6. BlogVault Backup & Staging 87/100
  7. 7. WP Migrate Lite 86/100
  8. 8. Prime Mover 86/100
  9. 9. WP Post Page Clone 85/100
  10. 10. InstaWP Connect 85/100
  11. 11. Machete 85/100
  12. 12. WP Synchro 83/100
  13. 13. NS Cloner 82/100
  14. 14. Export Themes 82/100
  15. 15. Duplicate Menu 81/100
1 Yoast Duplicate Post
Best overall Free by Yoast

Yoast Duplicate Post

The go-to tool for cloning posts and pages, including the powerful Rewrite & Republish feature.

4.7★
from 538 ratings
3M+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
94

WPScore

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3 WPvivid
Free by wpvividplugins

WPvivid

All-in-one WordPress backup, migration and staging plugin — schedule automatic backups, restore in one click, and migrate or clone sites safely.

4.9★
from 1,536 ratings
900k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
93

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org
4 Migrate Guru
Free by migrateguru

Migrate Guru

Effortlessly migrate, clone, or transfer your WordPress site to over 5,000 web hosts with Migrate Guru, trusted by Cloudways, Pantheon, and Dreamhost.

4.9★
from 1,633 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
93

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org
5 WP STAGING
Free by Rene Hermenau

WP STAGING

WordPress backup plugin: backups, restore & migration in minutes. Clone or duplicate your site, test updates on a staging copy. 100% unit-tested.

4.8★
from 2,464 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
92

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org
7 WP Migrate Lite
Free by WP Engine

WP Migrate Lite

Migrate your database. Export full sites including media, themes, and plugins. Find and replace content with support for serialized data.

4.2★
from 316 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org
8 Prime Mover
Free by Codexonics

Prime Mover

The simplest all-around plugin to migrate WordPress and do backups. These support multisite backup/migration or cloning a WP site/multisite subsite.

5★
from 137 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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10 InstaWP Connect
Free by InstaWP

InstaWP Connect

Create a staging WordPress site from production (live site). Ideal for testing updates, version change or re-write. Sync back only the changes.

4.5★
from 11 ratings
40k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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11 Machete
Free by Nilo Velez

Machete

Machete is a lean and simple suite of tools that solve common WordPress annoyances: cookie bar, tracking codes, header cleanup, social sharing

5★
from 52 ratings
6k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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12 WP Synchro
Free by WP Synchro

WP Synchro

WordPress migration plugin to easily migrate, clone, backup, and synchronize your WordPress site, including database, media, plugins, themes, and file …

5★
from 29 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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13 NS Cloner
Free by Never Settle

NS Cloner

Clone, copy, and duplicate WordPress sites, single sites, and multisite subsites with NS Cloner, a fast WordPress site cloner and site duplicator.

4.7★
from 279 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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14 Export Themes
Free by Sergio Milardovich

Export Themes

Export any installed theme as a .zip file you can upload to another WordPress site.

4.9★
from 13 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org