Title: Catch Duplicate Switcher Author: Catch Themes Published: January 23, 2019 Last modified: May 28, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/catch-duplicate-switcher/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2017368) ![](https://ps.w.org/catch-duplicate-switcher/assets/icon.svg?rev=2017368) # Catch Duplicate Switcher By [Catch Themes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/catch-duplicate-switcher.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catch-duplicate-switcher/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catch-duplicate-switcher/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catch-duplicate-switcher/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catch-duplicate-switcher/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-duplicate-switcher/) ## Description Catch Duplicate Switcher is a simple, lightweight, feature-rich free WordPress plugin for cloning posts and pages in WordPress and switching between them. The plugin is extremely easy to use; even for the beginners. It is a simple yet feature-rich two-in-one plugin that empowers you to clone posts/pages and switch between them. It provides you with a switcher section in the Metabox of each post/page in order to switch its content type. The plugin comes with features such as Duplicate Page/ Post Status, Duplicate Suffix Name, Duplicate Page/Post Redirect option, Switcher Option and more. With these features available in the plugin, cloning pages/posts and switching posts into pages and vice versa are easy tasks to perform. It provides features you expect from a decent cloning posts/pages WordPress plugin. So, why wait? Download Catch Duplicate Switcher plugin right away! Make your cloning posts/ pages task and switching between them easier than ever! ## Screenshots * [[ * Main page * [[ * Edit page * [[ * Switcher settings page * [[ * Metabox options ## Installation via FTP The easy way (via Dashboard) : * Go to Plugins > Add New * Type in the **Catch Duplicate Switcher** in Search Plugins box * Click Install Now to install the plugin * After Installation click activate to start using the **Catch Duplicate Switcher** * Go to **Catch Duplicate Switcher** from Dashboard menu Not so easy way (via FTP) : * Download the **Catch Duplicate Switcher** * Unarchive **Catch Duplicate Switcher** plugin * Copy folder with catch-duplicate-switcher.zip * Open the ftp \wp-content\plugins\ * Paste the plug-ins folder in the folder * Go to admin panel => open item “Plugins” => activate **Catch Duplicate Switcher** * Go to **Catch Duplicate Switcher** from Dashboard menu ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Catch Duplicate Switcher” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Catch Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/) * [ Catch Plugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchplugins/) * [ Sakin Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakinshrestha/) * [ Pratik Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pratikshrestha/) * [ Mahesh Maharjan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maheshmaharjan/) * [ dreamsapana ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreamsapana/) [Translate “Catch Duplicate Switcher” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/catch-duplicate-switcher) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/catch-duplicate-switcher/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/catch-duplicate-switcher/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/catch-duplicate-switcher/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/catch-duplicate-switcher/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.2 (Released: May 28, 2026) * Bug Fixed: Plugin settings were never saving — broken nonce logic in the save handler has been corrected * Security: Duplicate Post action now verifies a nonce and checks user permissions before creating any copy * Security: All form inputs and AJAX values are now properly validated and sanitized before use * Bug Fixed: Post meta is now copied using the standard WordPress API instead of direct database queries * Bug Fixed: Duplicate button and row-action links now use safe redirects after duplication * Bug Fixed: Plugin links and admin bar title are now correctly escaped * Bug Fixed: Missing and incorrect text domains corrected throughout, including the customizer section * Improved: Plugin scripts load in the page footer with the correct version for reliable browser cache-busting * Improved: Direct file access protection added to all plugin files * Improved: Translation loading updated to use WordPress’s built-in automatic system * Compatibility check up to version 7.0 #### 2.1 (Released: May 12, 2025) * Compatibility check up to version 6.8 #### 2.0 (Released: April 16, 2024) * Compatibility check up to version 6.5 #### 1.9 (Released: November 15, 2023) * Compatibility check up to version 6.4 #### 1.8 (Released: November 03, 2022) * Compatibility check up to version 6.1 #### 1.7 (Released: February 17, 2022) * Compatibility check up to version 5.9 #### 1.6 (Released: September 16, 2021) * Bug Fixed: Security issue on ajax calls #### 1.5.2 (Released: July 23, 2021) * Compatibility check up to version 5.8 #### 1.5.1 (Released: March 04, 2021) * Compatibility check up to version 5.7 #### 1.5 (Released: August 19, 2020) * Bug Fixed: Issue in add new theme page #### 1.4 (Released: March 10, 2020) * Compatibility check up to version 5.4 #### 1.3 (Released: November 16, 2019) * Compatibility check up to version 5.3 #### 1.2 (Released: August 20, 2019) * Added: Tooltip for info icons * Added: Option to turn off Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs * Compatibility check up to version 5.2 * Updated: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs displaying code #### 1.1 (Released: February 21, 2019) * Compatibility check up to version 5.1 #### 1.0.0 (Released: January 23, 2019) * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **2.2** * Last updated **3 days ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [clone](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clone/)[copy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/copy/) [duplicate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/duplicate/)[post type](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-type/) [switcher](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/switcher/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catch-duplicate-switcher/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-duplicate-switcher/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-duplicate-switcher/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Catch Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/) * [ Catch Plugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchplugins/) * [ Sakin Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakinshrestha/) * [ Pratik Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pratikshrestha/) * [ Mahesh Maharjan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maheshmaharjan/) * [ dreamsapana ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreamsapana/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/catch-duplicate-switcher/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://catchplugins.com/plugins/catch-duplicate-switcher/)