How to Duplicate a Portfolio Collection in Squarespace Step-by-Step

Building and controlling a portfolio on the internet should be easy for anyone, especially designers, creatives, and businesses exhibiting many projects. But if you are on Squarespace 7.1, you might have run into an annoying limitation:

There is not currently a way to copy an entire Portfolio Collection.

This problem can limit you when you want:

• Duplication of a Portfolio structure for another Service or Client Group

• Build multilingual portfolio pages

• Easily scale and manage your content across your site

In this guide, we will cover workarounds and best practices for professionals that will hopefully allow you to duplicate and maintain your portfolio collections effectively in Squarespace 7.1, even without a one-click duplication tool.

Why You Can’t Duplicate a Portfolio Collection Natively

In Squarespace 7.1, portfolio collections are made up of:

• A parent collection page (the portfolio grid)

• Multiple child project pages (each representing an individual project)

While you can duplicate individual project pages, there is currently no native option to clone the entire portfolio collection structure.

This is due to how Squarespace handles collections on the backend—they're treated as nested content, and cloning parent-child structures isn't yet supported in the UI.

What You Can Do Instead

Although you can't duplicate the entire collection at once, there are several reliable workarounds to achieve the same result:

1. Duplicate Portfolio Projects Manually

Squarespace allows you to duplicate individual projects within a portfolio.

Step-by-Step:

1. Navigate to Pages → [Your Portfolio Collection]

2. Hover over any project and click the ••• (More) icon

3. Select Duplicate

4. Rename the new project and update its content

5. Repeat for additional projects

Tip: Use naming conventions and structured tags to keep duplicate projects organized.

2. Rebuild a New Portfolio Collection

If your goal is to duplicate the entire collection layout, you can manually recreate it.

Steps:

1. Go to Pages → + → Portfolio

2. Name your new collection (e.g., “Web Design Projects” or “Portfolio – French”)

3. Manually add projects using the duplicate method above

4. Customize thumbnail images, titles, and layouts as needed

5. Link this collection in your site navigation or internal buttons

This approach is ideal for segmented portfolios (e.g., by language, service, or location).

3. Use Summary Blocks to Display Portfolio Projects Elsewhere

You can also repurpose portfolio content across your site using Summary Blocks.

Benefits:

• Dynamically pulls content from existing projects

• Supports filters by tag or category

• Automatically updates when projects are edited

Example Use Cases:

• Feature “Branding” projects on your homepage

• Highlight “Web” projects on the services page

• Create filtered project feeds without duplicating pages

Steps:

1. Assign tags to each portfolio project (e.g., branding, print, UX)

2. On any page, add a Summary Block

3. Select Portfolio as the source

4. Filter by tag or category

5. Choose layout (grid, carousel, list)

Tip: Match the visual style of your original portfolio grid using Site Styles.

4. Advanced: Duplicate Page Sections for Layout Consistency

While this doesn’t duplicate portfolio logic, you can ensure visual consistency by reusing section layouts across different pages or portfolios.

Steps:

1. Click Edit on the section you want to reuse

2. Open the section menu (•••) → Click Copy Section

3. Navigate to another page. → Click + Add Section

4. Scroll to the bottom and select Paste Section

Great for recreating custom headers, calls-to-action, or testimonial blocks used alongside your portfolio.

What You Cannot Do in Squarespace 7.1

Action	Supported?
Duplicate the entire portfolio collection	Not currently supported
Duplicate individual portfolio projects	Yes
Export/import collection data	No built-in tools
Clone portfolio layout settings	Not automatic
Display projects in multiple areas	Yes, using Summary Blocks

Best Practices for Managing Portfolios Professionally

For more efficient duplication and rescaling in the future:

• Standardize project templates across all portfolios

• Use tags and categories to make your website easy to scan.

• Create a reusable section design system (e.g., hero, intro, gallery, CTA)

• I like to keep a content checklist: thumbnail, excerpt, SEO title, alt text

Managing multiple client or service portfolios? Use page folders and sub-navigation to keep things in order.

Final Thoughts

Although Squarespace 7.1 currently doesn’t allow for full portfolio collection duplication, there are still ways you can manage it, via: Manually copying projects using the right summary blocks and having a good structure for your content

These techniques allow you to:

• Maintain visual consistency

• Scale your creative output

• Standardise layouts across services or languages

• Reduce repetitive design work

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Frequently Asked Questions

• Can I copy an entire portfolio collection in Squarespace 7.1?

  Nope, Squarespace 7.1 doesn't natively support duplicating a full portfolio collection (parent and child pages grouped) at the same time. You can only copy projects from Portfolio One one by one.

• How can I copy a project within a portfolio collection?

  Head on over to your Portfolio Collection → hover over the project → click on the ••• (More) icon → select “Duplicate” → modify the name and configuration of the duplicate project.

• How do I make a new portfolio for another service or language, fast?

  Create a new portfolio collection from scratch, and duplicate and edit the individual projects from your old portfolio. It’s a great way to build out segmented or multilingual portfolios.

• Can I show the same portfolio projects at different sections of my website?

  Yes. Pull and feature portfolio projects using Summary Blocks by tag or category. You can therefore show particular works on different pages without repeating them.

• Will the Summary Blocks change if I modify the initial project?

  Yes. Any changes to a project’s page will happen across all Summary Blocks that pull from the project, so you can keep your site consistent and simpler to manage.