Duplicate Question - Plugixa Exam

POST /plugixa-exam/v1/questions/{id}/duplicate

Make a copy of a question, as a new unpublished question.

Scope questions:write; the token’s user needs the questions:create permission.

The copy is titled <title> (copy), gets a new slug, and starts at version 1. Its options are copied as new options with new ids, and its tags and custom field values are copied too. It is always unpublished, whatever the source’s status.

Request

POST https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-exam/v1/questions/12/duplicate

No request body.

Path parameters

Responses

201 Created. data is the new copy.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": 27,
    "subject_id": 4,
    "question_type": "mcq_single",
    "title": "Capital of France (copy)",
    "slug": "capital-of-france-copy",
    "stem": "<p>What is the capital of France?</p>",
    "difficulty": 2,
    "default_points": 1,
    "answer_key": { "negative_marking": false, "min_score": 0 },
    "explanation": "<p>Paris is the capital of France.</p>",
    "shuffle_options": true,
    "published": false,
    "version": 1,
    "approval_status": "approved",
    "rubric": null,
    "custom_fields": null,
    "render_hint": null,
    "created_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "modified_at": "2026-11-12 09:30:00",
    "created_by": 1,
    "modified_by": 1,
    "deleted_at": null,
    "options": [
      { "id": 88, "question_id": 27, "ordering": 1, "option_text": "Paris", "is_correct": true, "match_key": null, "feedback": null },
      { "id": 89, "question_id": 27, "ordering": 2, "option_text": "Lyon", "is_correct": false, "match_key": null, "feedback": null },
      { "id": 90, "question_id": 27, "ordering": 3, "option_text": "Marseille", "is_correct": false, "match_key": null, "feedback": null }
    ],
    "tag_ids": [5, 8]
  }
}

The other fields are as in Get Question.

Errors

Plus the errors every endpoint can return.

Examples

curl -s -X POST "https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-exam/v1/questions/12/duplicate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLUGIXA_EXAM_TOKEN"

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-exam/v1/questions/12/duplicate');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('PLUGIXA_EXAM_TOKEN'),
    ],
]);
$response = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
curl_close($ch);

const response = await fetch('https://your-site.example/wp-json/plugixa-exam/v1/questions/12/duplicate', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.PLUGIXA_EXAM_TOKEN}`,
  },
});
const { data } = await response.json();