Copy a _project_ (as opposed to a page)

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  robehle · Member · May 24, 2019 at 9:46 pm

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  I have a portfolio of a few book cover designs. I want to add more covers. Each cover in the portfolio page links to a “project” showing only the cover uncropped, along with a caption. Going forward, I want to use one project as a template for setting up new ones in order to keep a uniform layout. But I apparently can’t copy projects the way I can copy pages. Can someone explain why not?

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 25, 2019 at 11:51 am

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  Hi there,

  The Copy feature is only available for posts and pages, not for custom post types like Portfolio projects.

  As an alternative, if you use the block editor you can create a template by making re-useable blocks. If you save a block as a re-useable block, you can add that same block with it’s saved content to any new project you create in the editor.

  To create a re-useable block, create a new block in the editor and add the content you want to it. Then click the … icon in the block toolbar, and select the option to add it to re-useable blocks. Next time you add a new block, that saved block will appear among the options you can add.

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  robehle · Member · May 25, 2019 at 4:00 pm

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  Thanks, kokkieh.

  I’ve just made the re-usable block, but I don’t see how to replace the image that’s in the block with a new one. The point is to use the image as a placeholder for any new media I want to put in at the same size.

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 25, 2019 at 6:22 pm

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  I understand. In that case, you’ll have to add a new image and size it manually each time – a re-useable block will not work for what you want.