Title: Duplicate Posts & Publicize
Last modified: November 27, 2016

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# Duplicate Posts & Publicize

 *  Resolved [JBCO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbco/)
 * (@jbco)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-publicize/)
 * Hi guys – I’ve read a few articles but can’t seem to locate the ideal fix here.
 * I have a big number of products to create (within WooCommerce) and they are very
   similar. I’d like to spend time creating ONE and then use the duplicate post 
   feature so I only have to change a few key details for each new product.
 * MY issue here is that I also want to Publicize each new product to my social 
   media channels, via Jetpack / Publicize. The boxes are all blocked out within
   the new product – not allowing the post to be pushed via Publicize.
 * Any fix for this? Can I add a snippet of code into my functions file or elsewhere?
 * Thanks so much!

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-publicize/#post-8485218)
 * When you duplicate a post (or a product), you also duplicate post meta data that
   was created by Publicize on the original post to indicate that the post was pushed
   to your social networks.
 * As a result, Publicize won’t be triggered in the duplicated post, because the
   post meta says it’s already been triggered before.
 * To solve that issue, you’ll need to customize the duplicate post feature to remove
   all post meta data star the string `_wpas_` when duplicating a post.
 * I hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [JBCO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbco/)
 * (@jbco)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-publicize/#post-8486026)
 * Thanks [@jeherve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/) – I’ve ready 
   this in a few spots before. I feel like a TOTAL noob here – but where can I edit
   that?
 * I do not have a plugin for duplicate posts, I believe it’s built into WP.
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-publicize/#post-8486060)
 * If you do not use a plugin to duplicate posts, you’re most likely using WooCommerce’s
   built-in duplicate feature.
 * You’ll consequently need to contact the WooCommerce team, and ask them if it’s
   possible to exclude specific post meta when using their duplicate feature. Maybe
   you could use the `woocommerce_duplicate_product_exclude_meta` filter that’s 
   included in Woocommerce to control what gets copied, and what doesn’t:
    [https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/master/includes/admin/class-wc-admin-duplicate-product.php#L273](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/master/includes/admin/class-wc-admin-duplicate-product.php#L273)
 *  Thread Starter [JBCO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbco/)
 * (@jbco)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-publicize/#post-8486074)
 * Thanks guys!

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-posts-publicize/#post-8486074)
 * Status: resolved