What is Clone Expert for Jira?

Clone Expert for Jira (formerly Template (Epic) Cloner for Jira) is a powerful tool for cloning items in Jira — Epics, Issues and Sub-tasks. It works on any level of the hierarchy, including items above an Epic (available in Jira Premium and Enterprise), entire hierarchies (Epic → Issues → Sub-tasks), or just individual elements.

You can:

Clone complete structures (e.g. Program/Initiative → Epics → Issues → Sub-tasks).
Clone a single Epic with or without its children.
Clone one or multiple individual work items or Sub-tasks.

All clones preserve comments, attachments, links, labels, watchers and custom fields.

Typical use cases:

IT teams – quickly duplicate complex multi-level initiatives.
Marketing – reuse full campaign structures with repeatable tasks.
HR / Legal – copy procedures, checklists and recurring workflows.

With its intuitive interface, you can perform one-off clones or set up repeatable templates across different Jira projects.

Installation

You can find Clone Expert for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace.

To install the app, follow the official Atlassian guidelines:

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Clone Expert is available with a 30-day free trial.

The trial version has no limitations — it is fully identical to the commercial version so you can evaluate every feature without restrictions.

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For small teams (up to 10 users) there is a completely free plan.

Migration from Server/Data Center to Cloud

Moving to the Cloud edition of Clone Expert for Jira is straightforward:

No migration of application data is needed.
Simply install the Cloud version from the Marketplace and activate your license.

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A commercial license does not transfer automatically between editions — contact Atlassian to activate your Cloud license if needed

⚠️ Atlassian Data Center End-of-Life

Atlassian has officially announced the end of life for most Data Center products:

March 30, 2026, at 23:59 PST – New customers will no longer be able to purchase new Data Center subscriptions or new Marketplace Data Center apps.
March 30, 2028, at 23:59 PST – Existing customers can continue to purchase new Data Center subscriptions, Marketplace apps and subscription expansions until this date.
March 28, 2029, at 23:59 PST – End of life for impacted Data Center products. Subscriptions and associated Marketplace apps will expire on this date, making Data Center products and apps read-only.

Atlassian will wind down support over a three-year period (starting March 30, 2026) to give customers time to prepare, test, and migrate to the cloud. Through March 28, 2029, Atlassian will continue to provide:

Technical support
Security bug-fixes for critical vulnerabilities
Connectors from Atlassian Data Center products to Atlassian Cloud

For the full timeline and FAQ, see:
Atlassian Data Center End-of-Life Announcement

Plan your migration

If you’re currently on Data Center, Atlassian provides detailed step-by-step guidance, tools and checklists to help you move to the Cloud:
Atlassian Cloud Migration Center (Migration Guide)