# Copy categories / topics

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 27, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676 "2019-03-27T08:23:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Krischan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/krischan/32/47290_2.png) [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676/1 "2019-03-27T08:23:51Z")

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Is there a way to copy topics or categories with their respective settings? Thanks!

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### Author: ![tanius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tanius/32/135041_2.png) [@tanius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tanius)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676/2 "2019-03-27T10:59:19Z")

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On command line level, there is a [script to export a set of topics or a whole category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/38930), and another script to import data exported that way.

Importing is usually meant to happen on another Discourse site, but I think it will also work with the same site as the export, so effectively copying the topics / categories as desires. You’d have to test that yourself, though …

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676/3 "2019-03-27T11:11:52Z")

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What do you mean by “with respective settings”? Which settings?

Can you say more about what problem you are trying to solve?

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### Author: ![Krischan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/krischan/32/47290_2.png) [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676/4 "2019-03-27T11:55:55Z")

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I need to create a lot of topics that have the same metadata - location/event plugin used - and I want to save time by copying one. And I need to create a lot of categories as well that have very similar settings and that I just want to copy/paste.

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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676/5 "2019-03-27T12:52:09Z")

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The way that I’d approach that is to use the API.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-categories-topics/112676/7 "2022-05-27T09:54:21Z")

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