Time for another WordPress Wednesday! Weekly tips for new and established self-hosted WordPress users, designed to help you get the most out of your site from Sarah, a WordPress website developer.
A list of WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts
I literally found out yesterday that you can use keyboard shortcuts while composing WordPress posts and I was so excited I had to share! (Efficiency nerds FTW).
So the majority of people know the regular shortcuts – Ctrl (or Cmd if you’re on a Mac) + C for copy, V for paste, A for select all etc.
Ctrl (or Cmd for Mac) + key
| Letter | Action |
|---|---|
| c | Copy |
| v | Paste |
| a | Select all |
| x | Cut |
| z | Undo |
| y | Redo |
| b | Bold |
| i | Italic |
| u | Underline |
| k | Insert/edit link |
So far so standard (altho Ctrl + K to insert a link was a new one on me!)
But did you know there’s a hidden subset of keyboard shortcuts that lets you justify your text, strikethrough items and apply header styles, all without having to use your mouse? Because I didn’t, but now I do and it’s changed everything*.
Just make sure you’ve upgraded to WordPress 4.2 (which you should be doing anyway following the recent security alerts) and then use the following combos to speed up your blogging! :)
The following shortcuts use different access keys: “Alt + Shift + letter” on Windows and Linux (and on Macs if you’re running any WordPress version below 4.2), and “Ctrl + Opt (Alt) + letter” on Macs (when running WordPress 4.2 and above).
Alt + Shift + key
| Letter | Action |
|---|---|
| n | Check Spelling |
| l | Align Left |
| j | Justify Text |
| c | Align Center |
| d | Strikethrough |
| r | Align Right |
| u | • List |
| a | Insert link |
| o | 1. List |
| s | Remove link |
| q | Quote |
| m | Insert Image |
| w | Distraction Free Writing mode |
| t | Insert More Tag |
| p | Insert Page Break tag |
| h | Help |
| x | Add/remove code tag |
| 1 | Heading 1 |
| 2 | Heading 2 |
| 3 | Heading 3 |
| 4 | Heading 4 |
| 5 | Heading 5 |
| 6 | Heading 6 |
| 9 | Address |
Ta da! Enjoy your new found efficiency (i.e. more time to eat biscuits and browse Twitter ;) )
