How do I create multiple new cells programmatically in IPython?

Question

I am trying to create several new cells below the current cell. I found someone trying to do the same here. However, this seems to be out of date.

When using .set_next_input(..., replace=False) you can only update the next cell one time it seems. I also tried messing with shell.payload_manager.write_payload(..., single=False as mentioned in the linked post but it still only updates once.

Basically what I am trying to do is the following:

from IPython.core.getipython import get_ipython

ip = get_ipython()

for i in range(10):
    ip.shell.set_next_input(i, replace=False)

I am using version '7.27.0' of IPython.