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Yoast Duplicate Post
Fast cloning that might leave your post settings behind.
GrowingReview burstPoor rating
63/100
The plugin provides quick cloning but the rating is inflated by many hollow reviews.
Active installs
~4.5 million
our estimate · wp.org shows 4.0M+
Rating
4.7★
540 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+669%
Growing fast
1,606 → 12,356 installs/day
Warnings
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.68★
- MAJOR32% of reviews in one month (2026-06-04)
- MAJORsudden recent review surge
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +669% in the last year
1,606/day a year ago→12,356/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayYoast Duplicate Post is a well-regarded time-saving utility for cloning posts and pages, appreciated for its simplicity, though recurring feedback points to limited options and occasional incomplete copying of settings.
What people like
- +Clones posts and pages quickly with minimal effort, eliminating repetitive manual work×9
- +Preserves formatting and layout from the original, avoiding the need to rebuild from scratch×4
- +Simple and easy to use with a clean interface×3
Common complaints
- −Lacks advanced or bulk options, frustrating users managing larger sites×4
- −Does not always copy all post settings properly, requiring manual cleanup afterward×3
- −Sometimes copies old dates from the original post, which must be corrected manually
Review trustMixed — some inflation
- 3.68★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- recent spikeReview timing — up to 32% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-09-122025-08-082026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 540 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-04★★★★★Good but needs updateAlonso
- 2026-06-01★★★★★best for copying pagesshanna51
- 2026-05-25★★★★★kole20
- 2026-05-24★★★★★Best duplicate posttypes pluginMokhtar Bensaid
- 2026-05-21★★★★★galen55
- 2026-05-19★★★★★Clone & Donedarlen3
- 2026-05-19★★★★★Finallydarlen3
- 2026-05-15★★★★★One Click Magiccamryorma1-shot
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Clone in SecondsLore Otto
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Saves copy pastingLeila Lia
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
12,664
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
5,585
Prior 7-day baseline
6,726
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
17,304
Mean release-day peak (30d)
12,857
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+126.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
32%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.57
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
51%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+633%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.67 → 3.68★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered