# Query loop: copy & paste query settings between elements

**URL:** <https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/query-loop-copy-paste-query-settings-between-elements/40503>\
**Category:** Feature Requests / Improvements\
**Created:** [October 8, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/query-loop-copy-paste-query-settings-between-elements/40503 "2026-10-08T00:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonaswd](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@jonaswd](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/u/jonaswd)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/query-loop-copy-paste-query-settings-between-elements/40503/1 "2026-10-08T00:06:27Z")

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**Problem**

Setting up a query loop that’s similar to an existing one means configuring every option from scratch: type, post type, order, taxonomy/meta queries etc. Many times I only need to change one or two settings.

**Current workaround**

Save the query as a global query, select it on the other element, then _Disconnect_ it. That works, but it takes several steps and leaves a global query in the Query Manager that was never meant to be global.

**Suggestion**

Copy & paste for query settings, the same way it already works for conditions and interactions:

- right-click on an element → **Copy query** / **Paste query**
- or copy/paste icons next to the global query icon in the query control

The pasted query becomes a regular local query that can be adjusted freely. Ideally this also works across pages and templates, like copying styles does.

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**Author:** ![jonaswd](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@jonaswd](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/u/jonaswd)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://forum.bricksbuilder.io/t/query-loop-copy-paste-query-settings-between-elements/40503/2 "2026-10-08T00:08:53Z")

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**Another use case**

Rolling out a new loop design (e.g. a redesigned product card) step by step across a site. Every existing loop has its own query, so for each instance I have to rebuild the query in the new design by hand before I can swap it in.

Global queries don’t help here: the existing queries are local and usually differ slightly (category, posts per page, order).

With copy & paste, it would be: copy the query from the old loop, paste it into the new design, delete the old one.