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<p>Cross Site Copy Field for ACF allows you to easily duplicate and transfer Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) field definitions between field groups on the same site or across different WordPress installations.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>One-Click Copy</strong> – Copy any field with its complete configuration</li>
<li><strong>Smart Paste</strong> – Paste fields with automatic key generation</li>
<li><strong>Auto-Save & Refresh</strong> – Fields are automatically saved after pasting</li>
<li><strong>Cross-Site Transfer</strong> – Transfer fields between different WordPress sites via JSON</li>
<li><strong>Nested Field Support</strong> – Full support for Repeaters, Groups, and Flexible Content</li>
<li><strong>Context-Aware</strong> – Automatically detects paste location (top-level or inside containers)</li>
<li><strong>All Field Types FREE</strong> – All 30+ ACF field types are completely free</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported Field Types</h4>
<p><strong>All ACF field types are supported for FREE:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Basic:</strong> Text, Textarea, Number, Range, Email, URL, Password</li>
<li><strong>Content:</strong> Image, File, WYSIWYG Editor, oEmbed, Gallery</li>
<li><strong>Choice:</strong> Select, Checkbox, Radio Button, Button Group, True/False</li>
<li><strong>Relational:</strong> Link, Post Object, Page Link, Relationship, Taxonomy, User</li>
<li><strong>Advanced:</strong> Google Map, Date Picker, Date Time Picker, Time Picker, Color Picker</li>
<li><strong>Layout:</strong> Message, Accordion, Tab, Group, Repeater, Flexible Content, Clone</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Open any ACF field group</li>
<li>Click the “Copy” button on any field</li>
<li>Copy the JSON from the popup</li>
<li>Navigate to another field group (same site or different site)</li>
<li>Click “Paste” and paste the JSON</li>
<li>Field is automatically saved and page refreshes</li>
</ol>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.8 or higher</li>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) or ACF PRO 5.0+</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher</li>
</ul>
<p>Note: Complex field types like Repeater, Flexible Content, and Group require ACF PRO.</p>
<h4>Privacy & Data Collection</h4>
<p><strong>Your Privacy Matters</strong></p>
<p>This plugin respects your privacy and operates with full transparency:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>No Automatic Data Collection</strong> – The plugin does not collect or transmit any data without your explicit consent</li>
<li><strong>Opt-In Telemetry</strong> – You can optionally enable anonymous usage tracking from Settings > ACF WYSIWYG Limit to help improve the plugin</li>
<li><strong>Deactivation Feedback</strong> – When deactivating, you can choose to share feedback to help us improve. This is completely optional</li>
<li><strong>No Personal Content</strong> – We never collect your post content, user passwords, or sensitive information</li>
<li><strong>What We Collect (Only if you opt-in)</strong>:
<ul>
<li>Plugin version and settings</li>
<li>WordPress and PHP versions</li>
<li>Theme information</li>
<li>Site language and multisite status</li>
<li>Anonymous site URL (for duplicate detection only)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Deactivation Feedback</strong></p>
<p>When you deactivate the plugin, a feedback modal appears asking for your reason. This helps us improve the plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Completely Optional</strong> – You can skip and deactivate immediately</li>
<li><strong>Contact Consent</strong> – Check the consent box only if you want us to follow up with support</li>
<li><strong>Your Choice</strong> – Your name and email are only sent if you check the consent checkbox</li>
</ul>


Cross Site Copy Field for ACF

Copy and paste ACF field definitions between field groups and across WordPress sites.

Globalis

David Daugreilh

Pierre Dargham

Julien OGER

<p>MultiSite Clone Duplicator adds a “Duplicate Site” functionality to your network installation.</p>
<p>It allows you to clone any site of your network into a new one : all data, files, users and roles can be copied.</p>
<p>It is useful when you want to create multiple sites from the same template : Don’t waste your time copying the same configuration again and again !</p>
<p>Simple and user-friendly, this plugin extends WordPress core network’s functionalities without polluting the dashboard.</p>
<p>WARNING : If you clone the primary site, you must use <code>mucd_default_primary_tables_to_copy</code> filter to declare plugins and custom database tables, or your cloned site won’t be complete</p>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Clones any site of your wordpress multisite installation</li>
<li>Copies all posts and settings</li>
<li>Generates log files (if option is checked)</li>
<li>Copy all files from duplicated site (if option is checked)</li>
<li>Keep users and roles from duplicated site (if option is checked)</li>
<li>Configure which site is clonable (so you can define an unique “pattern” site)</li>
<li>Fully hookable</li>
<li>Command line ready (provides a WP-CLI subcommand)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Hooks</h3>
<h4>Action : mucd_before_copy_files / mucd_after_copy_files</h4>
<p>Action before / after copying files<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Int : from_site_id</li>
<li>Int : to_site_id</li>
</ol>
<h4>Action : mucd_before_copy_data / mucd_after_copy_data</h4>
<p>Action before / after copying data<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Int : from_site_id</li>
<li>Int : to_site_id</li>
</ol>
<h4>Action : mucd_before_copy_users / mucd_after_copy_users</h4>
<p>Action before / after copying users<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Int : from_site_id</li>
<li>Int : to_site_id</li>
</ol>
<h4>Filter : mucd_copy_blog_data_saved_options</h4>
<p>Filter options that should be preserved in the new blog (original values from created blog will not be erased by copy of old site’s tables)<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Array of string : option_name</li>
</ol>
<h4>Filter : mucd_default_fields_to_update</h4>
<p>Filter fields to scan for an update after data copy<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Array of ( ‘table_name’ => array(‘field_1’, ‘field_2’ …));</li>
</ol>
<h4>Filter : mucd_default_primary_tables_to_copy</h4>
<p>Filter tables to duplicate when duplicated site is primary site<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Array of string table_name</li>
</ol>
<h4>Filter : mucd_copy_dirs</h4>
<p>Filter directories and files you want to copy<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Array of string : dirs</li>
<li>Int : from_site_id</li>
<li>Int : to_site_id</li>
</ol>
<h4>Filter : mucd_string_to_replace</h4>
<p>Filter which strings we want to replace during update<br />
<strong>Args :</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>String : string_to_replace</li>
<li>Int : from_site_id</li>
<li>Int : to_site_id</li>
</ol>
<h3>WP-CLI arguments</h3>
<p>Arguments are :</p>
<pre><code>wp site duplicate --slug=<slug> --source=<site_id> [--title=<title>]
  [--email=<email>] [--network_id=<network-id>] [--private] [--porcelain] [--v]
  [--do_not_copy_files] [--keep_users] [--log=<dir_path>]<h3>Thank’s</h3>
</code></pre>
<p>The original version of this plugin has been developed by <a href="https://github.com/julienOG" rel="nofollow ugc">Julien OGER</a> who keeps following the project carefully.</p>
<p>Some code for search and replace in SQL serialised data were initialy taken from <a href="https://github.com/lpointet/wordpress_migration" rel="nofollow ugc">Lionel Pointet WordPress Migration tool</a></p>


MultiSite Clone Duplicator

Did the job - i love the terminal feature which prevents you from script timeouts. 

Great Plugin

A must-have when working with multiple sites.

Fantastic plugin

Clones an existing site into a new one in a multisite installation : copies all posts, settings and files

Cross Site Copy Field for ACF vs MultiSite Clone Duplicator