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Overview
A profile is a named set of copy settings: which elements are copied, how copies are named, what happens after copying, which button it has and what its Assistant does. Profiles let you keep different ways of copying — “Landing pages”, “Translation draft”, “Full clone” — without changing settings every time.
Open RB Plugins → Duplicate Post → Copy.
The profile bar
At the top of the view:
- Profile — choose the profile to edit. The default one is marked default.
- Rename — give the profile a new name.
- Delete — removes the profile (the Default profile cannot be deleted).
- + New profile — creates a profile with default settings.
- Import / Export (PRO) — move profiles between sites as a file.
Changes are saved with Save profile; the screen warns you about unsaved changes before you leave or switch profiles.
The profile’s tabs
| Tab | What it sets |
|---|---|
| Elements to copy | what a copy contains |
| Naming rules | prefix and suffix of the copy’s title |
| After copying | where you go after copying; Copy as (PRO) |
| Copy button | the profile’s own button |
| Template source | a post new items are created from |
| AI Assistant | steps and questions that adapt every copy |
After copying
- Stay on the same page — the list reloads and shows the copy.
- Open the new copy for editing — straight into the editor of the copy.
- Ask each time — after copying, a message offers to open the copy or stay.
This applies to copies made one at a time; after copying several posts the list always reloads.
Copy as (PRO) — a page copied with this profile becomes a post, or a post becomes a page: turn a landing page into a blog article and back.
Copy button
Tick Show a separate button for this profile to give it its own button next to Copy — e.g. Clone landing: text, an icon or both, a label and a colour, with a live preview. Choose where it appears: in the posts list, the pages list and/or the editor.
(PRO) Copy at once, without the confirmation dialog. Add an item to the “+ New” admin bar menu — the profile appears in the admin bar’s + New menu and creates a new item from its template source.
Template source
Search by title or type a post ID to pick a post or page as the profile’s template: new items created with the profile ("+ New" menu) start as a copy of it — handy for a standard landing page or product page. Clear removes it.
The copy dialog
Clicking Copy in a list, the admin bar or the editor opens the copy dialog.
- Copies — from 1 to 100 at once. With AI steps in the profile, up to 5 per request, so a long run is not cut off by the host.
- Profile — the profile to copy with.
- Site — on a network: the site the copy is created on.
- The questions of the profile’s Assistant, if it has any.
- Advanced settings — change the elements for this copy only; the profile itself stays as it is.
If something could not be copied — a custom field, a child page, an AI step — the dialog says so after copying.
Click Copy now. The same dialog opens for the Copy bulk action, for all selected posts.
Best practices
- Keep the Default profile for everyday copies, and add profiles for special jobs.
- Name profiles after what they are for: “Landing — new city”, “Product variant”.
- Use a profile’s own button for jobs you do often, and the dialog’s Advanced settings for exceptions.
