Shortcuts
WordPress provides a variety of keyboard shortcuts to speed up the process of creating content. This list does not include all possible shortcuts, so use this document as a starting point for finding the shortcuts that work for you. Common shortcuts, such as copy, paste, and undo function as they do on most machines.
Visual text editor Accordion Closed
- Alt + Shift + n = Check Spelling
- Alt + Shift + l = Align Left
- Alt + Shift + j = Justify Text
- Alt + Shift + c = Align Center
- Alt + Shift + d = Strikethrough
- Alt + Shift + r = Align Right
- Alt + Shift + u = Unordered List
- Alt + Shift + a = Insert link
- Alt + Shift + o = Numeric List
- Alt + Shift + s = Remove link
- Alt + Shift + q = Quote
- Alt + Shift + m = Insert Image
- Alt + Shift + w = Full screen distraction free writing mode
- Alt + Shift + t = Insert More Tag
- Alt + Shift + p = Insert Page Break tag
- Alt + Shift + h = Rich text editor help
Plain text editor Accordion Closed
- Ctrl + c = Copy
- Ctrl + v = Paste
- Ctrl + x = Cut
- Ctrl + z = Undo
- Ctrl + y = Redo
- Ctrl + p = Print
- Alt + Shift + p = Publish
- Alt + Shift + f = Full-screen, distraction-free writing
Mac users
- Use Command instead of Ctrl
- Use Option instead of Alt
Headings
To change the heading of text as you type, press # for the number of the Heading option you need. The text automatically changes the Heading option you specified when you press Enter.
- #text = Heading 1
- ##text = Heading 2
- ###text = Heading 3
- ####text = Heading 4