BatchPilot is a single plugin that replaces the usual stack of bulk-delete, bulk-edit, and duplicate-post plugins. Every action is previewed before it runs, can be undone, and is recorded in a history log you can re-run.

Three operations on posts, pages, and any registered public post type:

Delete. Trash by default, with a separate permanent option.
Duplicate. Copies meta, taxonomies, featured image, and optionally child posts.
Bulk edit. Change status, author, publish dates, taxonomies, password, comment status, or menu order.

Twelve filters narrow the matching set: post type, status, author, date ranges (modified, published), taxonomy terms, has comments, has featured image, parent, children.

Four ways to drive it:

Admin UI. Stepper-driven Operations Builder with live preview.
WP-CLI. wp batchpilot delete, duplicate, edit, history, undo, doctor.
REST API. /wp-json/batchpilot/v1/* endpoints with capability-gated permissions.
WordPress Abilities API. Each Target × Operation pair is exposed as a registered ability so AI agents and other clients can drive operations.

Safety features:

Every operation is previewed (count plus sample rows) before it runs.
Preview tokens (HMAC-signed, 5-minute TTL) prevent stale state from being executed.
Snapshots are written before mutation so Undo restores the previous state.
Operations over a configurable threshold (default 100 items) run in the background via Action Scheduler.
Per-operation capabilities: batchpilot_delete, batchpilot_edit, batchpilot_duplicate, batchpilot_move, batchpilot_schedule. Grant per-role or per-user.

Use cases:

Trash old drafts, auto-drafts, or revisions on a schedule.
Re-attribute posts from a departing author.
Shift publish dates on a backlog.
Add or remove taxonomy terms across a content set.
Duplicate templates or landing pages.

Development

Source code, including the un-minified JavaScript sources for the admin app, lives at https://github.com/jgalea/batchpilot

The compiled assets in assets/build/ are generated with @wordpress/scripts from the sources in assets/src/. To rebuild:

npm install && npm run build

PHP dependencies are managed with Composer (composer install).