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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
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