Automatically Creating Duplicate Drafts

Hi @leclaeli

I could not see random duplication of posts via Yoast Duplicate Post plugin. Since there is no specific set of steps to replicate the scenario, it is difficult for us to check this.

So I would suggest the following:

Is your site’s WordPress version, theme and plugins are updated? If yes, kindly check conflict on your site to narrow down the issue.

Please test this on your development or staging site if you have one. If not, we recommend using the Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin. This plugin has a troubleshooting mode, which does not affect normal visitors to your site. Often, we see problems occur in combination with another plugin or theme. The fastest way to rule out any conflict is to deactivate all non-Yoast plugins and switch to a standard theme like Twenty Twenty-Two.

Let us know what you see.

@611shabnam Thank you for the reply. I will try to replicate this error to get more information. That said, do you know if there is any scenario in which a duplicate post draft would be created while in the block editor?

Hi @leclaeli

If you click on clone or New Draft for a post, say post A, then a duplicated draft version of your post A will be created. Please check the screenshot.

Feel free to let me know if I am not catching the question.

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We are still experiencing this issue. Several users are still, seemingly randomly, getting duplicated posts that they did not initiate. Have you gotten any other reports of this happening? Specifically, in a somewhat large multisite environment? I wish I could provide more context, but it is difficult to reproduce the issue or pinpoint exactly when it is happening. Thanks!