Backup your database
You can do this pretty easily. I created a proof-of-concept for you to try out. I would backup the database before running this.
Run the plugin
Configure the plugin by setting $post_type_1
and $post_type_2
variables to your source and destination post types.
To run this plugin, you need to be logged in as an administrator. Then, visit:
http://yourdomain.com/wp-admin/?duplicate-posts=magic-password
/*
Plugin Name: Post Duplicator
Description: Duplicate posts to a new post type
Version: 0.1
Author: WPSE
Author URI: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com
License: GPL2
*/
add_action('admin_init', 'foo_duplicate_posts', 99999);
function foo_duplicate_posts(){
# Only allow admins to run the script
if(!current_user_can('manage_options'))
return;
# Check if keyword is set
if(!isset($_GET['duplicate-posts']))
return;
# Check if keyword matches
if($_GET['duplicate-posts'] !== 'magic-password')
return;
global $wpdb;
# Configure post types
$post_type_1 = 'foo';
$post_type_2 = 'bar';
$query = $wpdb->prepare("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type="%s"", $post_type_1);
$posts = $wpdb->get_results($query, ARRAY_A);
foreach($posts as $post){
# Post info is already stored in an array
# Set the post_type to the new post type
$post['post_type'] = $post_type_2;
# Insert new post
$new_post = wp_insert_post($post);
# Proceed if new post was created
if($new_post){
# Print a success message to the screen
show_message("{$post['post_title']} was duplicated from #$post['ID'] to #$new_post");
# Get source post's post meta
$post_meta = get_post_custom($post['ID']);
# Convert all postmeta to new post
if(is_array($post_meta))
foreach($post_meta as $k => $v)
update_post_meta($new_post, $k, $v[0]);
}
else
# Print an error message to the screen
show_message("{$post['post_title']} was not duplicated.");
}
# Stop the admin area from loading to get a clean reading of our output messages
exit;
}
This plugin accounts for the basic post information and its postmeta. It does not account for revisions, auto-drafts, or attachments. You can run similar loops within the foreach loop to duplicate those sub post types.