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Menu Duplicator

Name: Menu Duplicator
Rating: 4.6 (13 reviews)
Author: Jeremy Ross

⤓ Download v0.8 on WordPress.org ↗

by Jeremy Rossupdated 2026-05-27🌿The Dependable Sort

A tiny utility for a very specific navigation task.

HealthyDeclining

70/100

The plugin performs its core task well. The small sample size makes the high rating hard to verify.

Loved25/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum2/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menus_columns', function( $columns ) { return $columns; } ); // no-op, just context

/**
 * Adds a "Duplicate" action link on the Menus management page (Appearance > Menus).
 * Usage: call duplicate_nav_menu( $menu_id ) directly, or wire to a custom admin action.
 */
function duplicate_nav_menu( int $menu_id ): int|WP_Error {
    $menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $menu_id );
    if ( ! $menu ) {
        return new WP_Error( 'invalid_menu', 'Menu not found.' );
    }

    $new_menu_id = wp_create_nav_menu( $menu->name . ' (Copy)' );
    if ( is_wp_error( $new_menu_id ) ) {
        return $new_menu_id;
    }

    $items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu_id, [ 'post_status' => 'publish,draft' ] );
    $id_map = [];

    foreach ( (array) $items as $item ) {
        $old_id   = $item->ID;
        $new_item = wp_update_nav_menu_item( $new_menu_id, 0, [
            'menu-item-title'     => $item->title,
            'menu-item-url'       => $item->url,
            'menu-item-type'      => $item->type,
            'menu-item-object'    => $item->object,
            'menu-item-object-id' => $item->object_id,
            'menu-item-target'    => $item->target,
            'menu-item-attr-title'=> $item->attr_title,
            'menu-item-classes'   => implode( ' ', (array) $item->classes ),
            'menu-item-xfn'       => $item->xfn,
            'menu-item-status'    => $item->post_status,
            'menu-item-parent-id' => $id_map[ $item->menu_item_parent ] ?? 0,
        ] );
        if ( ! is_wp_error( $new_item ) ) {
            $id_map[ $old_id ] = $new_item;
        }
    }

    return $new_menu_id;
}

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.7★

13 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-35%

Declining fast

43 → 28 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORdownloads down 35% vs a year ago

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -35% in the last year

43/day a year ago→28/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Menu Duplicator is generally praised for its simplicity and reliability in duplicating menus, though at least one user reports it creates empty menus instead of copying items.

What people like

+Performs as described, duplicating menus correctly×3
+Simple and easy to use×4
+Copies menu attributes along with items
+Effective and reliable×2

Common complaints

−Fails to copy menu items, creating an empty menu

Review trustMostly organic

4.64★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
15%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 13 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 13 analyzed

2025-10-12★★★★★Worked without any problems AlwaysEnthusiast
2025-09-14★★★★★Works great!Topher
2025-08-23★★★★★Its Workig Good abdulljolil1-shot
2024-05-09★★★★★No hace lo que dice.ctnei
2022-11-16★★★★★Simple and great plugin, does exactly what it says.Guaven Labs
2021-05-07★★★★★Perfect florijan
2021-03-10★★★★★Amazing and Lightweight drew
2021-01-24★★★★★Simple and great!Pavlos7
2020-03-14★★★★★Great simple plugin mmrdesign
2017-02-24★★★★★Great plugin, does what it says.vitolob1-shot

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-27v0.8
2023-12-26v0.7
2023-06-26v0.6
2021-01-03v0.5
2017-12-02v0.4
2017-09-22v0.2

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+12.0%

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.

25%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.35

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

92%

5★ share in analyzed sample

15%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

-100%

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.69 → 4.64★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered