Title: Clone page safely
Last modified: April 30, 2026

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# Clone page safely

 *  Resolved [Kelsi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelsi451/)
 * (@kelsi451)
 * [1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clone-page-safely/)
 * Hey, quick question. When I clone an old page with Yoast Duplicate Post, is there
   any safe way to keep it as draft by default? I don’t want copied pages to appear
   live by mistake.

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 *  Plugin Author [Enrico Battocchi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lopo/)
 * (@lopo)
 * [3 days, 10 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clone-page-safely/#post-18898049)
 * Hi [@kelsi451](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kelsi451/), yes. Go to **Settings
   > Duplicate Post > What to copy** and set “Status for the new post” to “Draft”.
   After that, Clone will always create a draft copy.

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 * Last reply from: [Enrico Battocchi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lopo/)
 * Last activity: [3 days, 10 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clone-page-safely/#post-18898049)
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