handbook/commands/post/block/clone.md

wp post block clone

Clones a block within a post.

Duplicates an existing block and inserts it at a specified position.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

<id>

The ID of the post.

<source-index>

Index of the block to clone (0-indexed).

[--position=<position>]

Where to insert the cloned block. Accepts 'after', 'before', 'start', 'end', or a numeric index. --- default: after ---

[--porcelain]

Output just the new block index.

EXAMPLES

# Clone a block and insert immediately after it (default).
$ wp post block clone 123 2
Success: Cloned block to index 3 in post 123.

# Clone the first block and insert immediately before it.
$ wp post block clone 123 0 --position=before
Success: Cloned block to index 0 in post 123.

# Clone a block and insert at the end of the post.
$ wp post block clone 123 0 --position=end
Success: Cloned block to index 5 in post 123.

# Clone a block and insert at the start of the post.
$ wp post block clone 123 3 --position=start
Success: Cloned block to index 0 in post 123.

# Clone and get just the new block index for scripting.
$ wp post block clone 123 1 --porcelain
2

# Duplicate the hero section (first block) at the end for a footer.
$ wp post block clone 123 0 --position=end
Success: Cloned block to index 10 in post 123.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

Argument	Description
--path=<path>	Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url>	Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>]	Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant").
--ssh-args=<args>	Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by --ssh scheme).
--http=<http>	Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id|login|email>	Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>]	Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>]	Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages	Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path>	Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--exec=<php-code>	Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
--context=<context>	Load WordPress in a given context.
--[no-]color	Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>]	Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>]	Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet	Suppress informational messages.
--alias=<name>	Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https	Set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.