Carbon Copy
Copy pages, posts, menus quickly and conveniently.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 2
- Active installs
- 3k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 5 Jan 2026
- Added
- Aug 2020
- Requires WP
- 5.4
- Tested up to
- WP 6.10
- Downloads
- 28,184
Our analysis
AI-assistedCarbon Copy is a WordPress plugin that allows you to copy pages, posts, menus, widgets, and custom post types efficiently. It provides various options for creating new drafts or bulk copying items, enhancing productivity for users managing content on their WordPress sites.
The plugin includes features to revert to traditional widget management if desired and offers customisation settings for user roles and post types. It is designed for users who need a straightforward way to duplicate content without intrusive ads or data collection.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress users looking to streamline content duplication tasks.
What it does well
- ✓Allows quick copying of posts, pages, and menus
- ✓Supports bulk copying of multiple items
- ✓Option to revert to traditional widget management
- ✓Customisation settings for user roles and post types
- ✓100% GDPR compliant with no ads or data collection
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on additional features or support
- •Some features may be redundant with newer WordPress versions
Verdict
Carbon Copy offers useful functionality for duplicating content in WordPress, particularly for those who prefer traditional widget management. It is a practical tool for enhancing workflow efficiency.
From the developer
Manny Rodrigues's own description of Carbon Copy, lightly tidied.
Are you ready to increase your productivity? The Carbon Copy WordPress plugin will allow you to quickly and conveniently copy your pages, posts, menus, widgets and even your custom post types. You can quickly copy, bulk copy and copy straight to new drafts.
WordPress v5.8 introduces a new Block based widgets page which integrates the ability to duplicate widgets. Thus the widgets copy feature within Carbon Copy is no longer needed.
However, some may wish to revert their widgets page back to the traditional widgets. If so, Carbon Copy 1.2.6 now has an option permitting you to disable the new Block based widgets within WordPress v5.8 and restoring the traditional way in which you managed your widgets as well as copied them using the plugin.
Carbon Copy has many other useful settings to customize its behavior, restrict its use to certain roles or post types and will increase your productivity. For more information check out the plugin documentation on the plugin’s site.
Carbon Copy does not display any annoying ads or pop-ups and does not collect any information outside your WordPress installation. Carbon Copy is 100% GDPR compliant.
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Features
- Within Posts/Pages click the ‘Copy’ link below the post/page title. This quickly creates a new copy and returns you to the list.
- Within Posts/Pages click the ‘New Draft’ link below the post/page title. This creates a new copy and opens the editor so you can get to work.
- Within Posts/Pages select one or more items, then choose ‘Copy’ from the ‘Bulk Actions’ dropdown to copy them all at once as drafts.
- On any given Post/Page edit screen, click on ‘Copy to new draft’ above “Cancel”/”Move to trash” or in the admin bar.
- While viewing a post as a logged in user, you can click on ‘Copy to new draft’ from the admin bar.
- Developers can use a template tag, for use in your theme to clone your posts/pages from the front-end.
- Quickly and easily create a copy of any widget with a single click.
- NEW Option to disable the block editor from managing widgets in the Gutenberg plugin and from managing widgets.
- Copy and rename entire navigational menus using Appearance > Carbon Copy Menu.
- Toggle option to clean out the plugins’ database values upon deactivation.