Duplicate Category in Wordpress

The following code helps to duplicate the default wordpress category by help of code.

// Add Duplicate option for categories in WordPress

function add_duplicate_category_link( $actions, $term ) {

    if ( 'category' === $term->taxonomy ) {

        $url = add_query_arg( 

            array(

                'action' => 'duplicate_category',

                'term_id' => $term->term_id

            ),

            admin_url( 'edit-tags.php' )

        );

        $actions['duplicate'] = '<a href="' . esc_url( $url ) . '">' . __( 'Duplicate' ) . '</a>';

    }

    return $actions;

}

add_filter( 'category_row_actions', 'add_duplicate_category_link', 10, 2 );

// Handle the duplicate category logic

function duplicate_category() {

    if ( isset( $_GET['action'] ) && $_GET['action'] === 'duplicate_category' && isset( $_GET['term_id'] ) ) {

        $term_id = intval( $_GET['term_id'] );

        // Get the original category

        $term = get_term( $term_id, 'category' );

        if ( $term && ! is_wp_error( $term ) ) {

            // Create a new category with the same name and description

            $new_term = wp_insert_term(

                $term->name . ' (Copy)', // Name of the new category

                'category',

                array(

                    'description' => $term->description,

                    'slug'        => $term->slug . '-copy', // Optional: Ensure unique slug

                )

            );

            // Redirect to the edit categories page after duplicating

            if ( ! is_wp_error( $new_term ) ) {

                wp_redirect( admin_url( 'edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category' ) );

                exit;

            }

        }

    }

}

add_action( 'admin_init', 'duplicate_category' );