Duplicated post is published

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Problem:
The client was experiencing an issue where duplicating a published post resulted in the duplicate being immediately published, rather than staying in draft as expected.
Solution:
We explained that the behavior observed is by design in our plugin. When using the "duplicate" feature, the status of the original page or post is copied to the duplicate. Therefore, if the original is "published", the duplicate will also be "published". We asked the client to share more about their workflow to understand why they are duplicating pages or posts that aren't ready to be displayed, so we could suggest a more suitable alternative workflow.

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Last updated by karelV-8 9 months, 1 week ago.

Assisted by: Bobby.

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February 6, 2024 at 10:09 am #15270351
karelV-8	Hello, Earlier when we duplicated a published post then it stayed in a draft. Right now it is published immediately and we don't have even time to translate it. It just gets published. Even when we have it disabled... Karel
February 6, 2024 at 11:11 pm #15274096
Bobby Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Los_Angeles (GMT-08:00)	Hi Karel, The behavior you've observed with our plugin is by design. When you use the "duplicate" feature, it also copies the status of the original page or post. So, if the original is in "draft," the duplicate will be in "draft" too, and the same applies if it's "published." Could you share why you're duplicating pages or posts that aren't ready to be displayed? Understanding your goal might help me suggest an alternative workflow that could be more suitable for your needs.
February 6, 2024 at 11:24 pm #15274144
karelV-8	Info from my editor (translator): That's not correct, before by using the wordpress editor option for the duplicate, it would create a blank copy in draft, and then you could use the "copy content from English" in the plug in to bring over the text and still hold it in draft. Reason why I prefer it is because that way I can hold the article in draft while I translate the text, but having the structure and media already there. Otherwise, I have English articles up on the Spanish site while I'm done translating and that's not always a speedy process. 00:15 This is what I used to use when it would copy as a draft. By clicking it, it would bring the entire thing, images and all. And mainly it also copied the theme settings and all the needed fields etc. I don't know why it's not working as it used to work a few days, weeks ago. See the attached screenshot. That's what we need to use.
February 6, 2024 at 11:50 pm #15274171
karelV-8	Hm, our editor was wrong, he has to click the plus icon to translate it and then to copy the text. Sorry.