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<p>R2K Terms Copier is a simple and powerful WordPress plugin that allows you to duplicate any taxonomy term (categories, tags, or custom taxonomies) along with all associated meta data without relationships.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>One-Click Duplication</strong>: Simply hover over any term in the taxonomy list and click “Duplicate”</li>
<li><strong>Complete Meta Data Copy</strong>: All term meta data is automatically copied to the duplicate</li>
<li><strong>Preserves Relationships</strong>: Parent-child term relationships are maintained</li>
<li><strong>Smart Naming</strong>: Automatically appends “(Copy)” to duplicated terms, with automatic numbering if duplicates exist</li>
<li><strong>Works with All Taxonomies</strong>: Compatible with categories, tags, and any custom taxonomies</li>
<li><strong>Security First</strong>: Includes nonce verification and capability checks</li>
<li><strong>User-Friendly</strong>: Clear success and error messages</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Navigate to any taxonomy term list (e.g., Posts <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Categories)</li>
<li>Hover over the term you want to duplicate</li>
<li>Click the “Duplicate” link that appears in the row actions</li>
<li>The term is instantly duplicated with all its meta data</li>
</ol>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Duplicate complex category structures with custom meta fields</li>
<li>Create template terms for reuse</li>
<li>Quickly create variations of existing terms</li>
<li>Copy terms with ACF or other custom field data</li>
<li>Duplicate hierarchical term structures</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Hooks</h4>
<p>The plugin provides a filter for developers to customize behavior:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>r2k_terms_copier_skip_meta_keys</code> – Filter to exclude specific meta keys from duplication</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Information</h3>
<h4>Filters</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>r2k_terms_copier_skip_meta_keys</code> – Array of meta keys to skip during duplication</li>
</ul>
<p>Example usage:<br />
    add_filter( ‘r2k_terms_copier_skip_meta_keys’, function( $keys ) { $keys[] = ‘my_custom_key’; return $keys; } );</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the plugin support page or contact the developer.</p>


R2K Terms Copier


I have the Yoast Duplicate Posts plugin installed on almost every site that I've built, but today realised that it is missing that same duplication feature for taxonomy terms! Really grateful that this plugin exists because it cut my interruption short and quickly let me get back on with the site development. Works pretty much perfectly; it cloned the term, with the JetEngine meta terms added on to it. The only thing I noticed was that the Yoast SEO plugin lost its setting to "do not allow index" during the copy, although this might be a feature of the Yoast plugin perhaps and not an incompatibility?


Handy Plugin For When You Need It

Duplicate taxonomy terms including all meta data and relationships with a single click.

Dhanendran Rajagopal

<p>Initial version of this plugin is a fork of https://wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-converter/.</p>
<p>Copy or convert terms between taxonomies.</p>
<p>Taxonomies include categories, tags and any other custom taxonomies that may be present with your active theme and plugins.</p>
<p>This plugin, allows you to copy (duplicate) or convert (move) terms from one taxonomy to another or to multiple taxonomies, while maintaining associated posts.</p>
<h4>Large sites</h4>
<p>Conversions run in batches over AJAX with a progress bar, so large term sets no longer time out. A <strong>Preview (dry run)</strong> button reports exactly what will happen — how many terms would be created, how many posts re-tagged, and how many source terms deleted — before you commit.</p>
<h4>WP-CLI</h4>
<p>For scripted or very large migrations, use the command line:</p>
<pre><code># Preview copying two categories into post_tag
wp term-tax-converter convert 12 15 --from=category --to=post_tag --dry-run

# Convert (move) all categories into a custom taxonomy
wp term-tax-converter convert --all --from=category --to=topic --mode=convert
</code></pre>
<p>Run <code>wp help term-tax-converter convert</code> for all options.</p>


Term Taxonomy Converter

Copy or convert terms from one taxonomy to another while keeping their post associations.

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