# Feature request: duplicate posts
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699 "2023-01-04T13:02:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@TrueG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TrueG)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699/1 "2023-01-04T13:02:14Z")
Hi,
There are certain posts that requires a control to the formatting and the texts that must be included to inform the context.
In order to maintain the formatting throughout multiple posts, I would like to have duplicate feature.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699/2 "2023-01-04T13:12:12Z")
I do not fully understand what you want. Can you please elaborate?
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699/3 "2023-01-04T13:52:48Z")
Are you asking for a “copy post” button?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-duplicate-posts/250699/4 "2023-01-04T14:09:51Z")
Does this help? [Using topic templates for categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-templates-for-categories-and-other-alternatives/38295)