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Simple Content Templates for Blog Posts & Pages

Create content templates for your posts and pages. When creating a new post or page use one of your content templates as the starting point!

By Clifton Griffin·Copy·Free
4.1(23 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago
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As of April 2026, Simple Content Templates for Blog Posts & Pages is a WordPress copy plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.1/5 rating from 23 reviews. It has been downloaded 88K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Downloads are up 7% this week. Top alternative: Yoast Duplicate Post.

4.1/523 reviews
1.0K+active installs
88K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008

Overview

This plugin makes it simple to create content templates for your posts and pages. When creating a new post or page use one of your content templates as the starting point. Simple Content Templates allows you to define a title, post body, and even an excerpt.

How Simple Content Templates Works

  1. Install and activate the plugin.
  2. You should have a new menu item in your admin dashboard “Content Templates”
  3. Use the “Add a Template” button to create a template. Add the title and content you want to be able to start with when creating blog posts or pages. Go ahead and publish the template.
  4. When creating a new post or page, in the sidebar you should see the option to “Load a Content Template.” Select the template you want to use and click the “Load Template…
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Ratings & Reviews

4.123 reviews
5 ★
15
4 ★
3
3 ★
0
2 ★
2
1 ★
3

Recent Reviews

Gutenberg is not supported
by pathetic·2 years ago

Gutenberg is not supported. If you use the classic editor, most likely this is not critical for you.

Top Tier Plugin
by ximbor·4 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to create such an awesome plugin 🙂 saves me a load of time!

Nice plugin
by vendravex·4 years ago

Works perfectly with my latest wordpress.

Template is Public
by Huskynarr·6 years ago

A template has the purpose to serve as a template and not as a public pattern. Especially with large similarly structured data one wants to make use of the internal. But if the whole thing is also public, that has too many disadvantages.
Unfortunately, the plugin missed its target.
The integration into the theme is nice, but not more.

Who has no problem that the template is public, which is hereby helped, but not the rest.

Update
by Oaz·7 years ago

Hello there,

I am using your plugin on sevral websites, and I am getting worried thare has been no update for a long while.

Are you still suppporting this plugin ?

Thanks for your answer

Download Trends

Today: 22Yesterday: 21This week: 150Period total: 5K

Compatibility

WordPress3.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v2.2
90.9%
Other
9.1%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Version 2.2.7

  • Fixes a possible – though highly unlikely CSRF security issue
  • Fixes a couple small warnings that were showing up with the plugin-check
  • Bump version
  • Update dependencies

Version 2.2.61

  • Bump version
  • Update dependencies

Version 2.2.6

  • Bump version
  • Update dependencies

Version 2.2.5

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

NodleRedoyNodleRedoyClifton GriffinClifton Griffin
Plugin Info
Version
2.2.7
Last Updated
Nov 26, 2025
WP Requires
3.6+
Tested Up To
6.8.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
88K+
Added
Oct 30, 2008
Business
Free

Tags

copyclonetemplatepost-templateduplicate post

Developer

C
Clifton Griffin
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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