MenuItem Copy & Paste Reviews, Downloads & Maintenance

MenuItem Copy & Paste enhances the WordPress menu editing interface by adding five quick action buttons to each menu item, making menu management significantly more efficient.

Key Features

➕ New: Instantly create a new custom link below the selected menu item
📒 Clone: Duplicate a menu item immediately below itself
🔗 Copy: Copy menu item data to clipboard with visual highlight
📋 Paste: Paste copied items at the desired position
🗑️ Delete: Remove menu items without opening accordions

Perfect For

Creating similar menu structures frequently
Managing large numbers of menu items efficiently
Quickly reorganizing menu layouts
Editing menus without accordion interactions

Features

Simple and intuitive UI
Delete items without page reload (with fade-out animation)
Support for all menu item types (pages, posts, custom links, taxonomies, etc.)
Accurate position calculation considering hierarchical structure
Preserves all metadata (URL, classes, attributes, etc.)
Uses WordPress standard Dashicons

Support

If you have any issues or feature requests, please let us know in the plugin support forum.

Development

This plugin will also be available on GitHub. Contributions and issue reports are welcome.

Installation

Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/menuitem-copy-paste directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Go to Appearance Menus and start using the new buttons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which WordPress versions are supported?

WordPress 5.0 or higher. Tested up to the latest version (6.8).

Can deleted items be restored?

When you click the delete button, a confirmation dialog appears. Once deleted, items cannot be restored. However, if you don’t click “Save Menu” in WordPress, you can reload the page to revert changes.

Can I paste copied items to different menus?

Yes. After copying a menu item, you can switch to a different menu and paste it there.

What are the default values for items created with the New button?

Title: “New Custom Link”, URL: “/”. You can edit these after creation by opening the accordion.

Can I copy child menu items?

The current version copies individual menu items only. The Clone button duplicates only the selected item, excluding child hierarchies.

What if the buttons don’t appear?

Clear your browser cache. If they still don’t appear, there may be a conflict with other plugins. Try temporarily disabling other plugins to identify the issue.

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Screenshots

Five buttons added to the menu editing interface (New, Clone, Copy, Paste, Delete)
Visual highlight of copied menu items
Confirmation dialog when deleting

Changelog

1.0.6

Added New feature: instantly create custom links below items
Added Clone feature: duplicate menu items immediately below
Added Delete feature: remove items without opening accordions
Added visual highlight (blue background) for copied items
Improved button tooltips with detailed descriptions
Enhanced security: strengthened $_POST variable validation
Improved code quality: compliance with WordPress Coding Standards

1.0.4

Added accurate position calculation considering hierarchical structure
Implemented recursive descendant retrieval

1.0.3

Initial release
Menu item copy & paste functionality

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