Keyboard Shortcuts(WordPress)
February 19th, 2010
by Amina
Do you like using KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS? I sure do!
Whatever software program or application it is, keyboard shortcuts lets you perform actions quicker and let you do your work faster .For all wordpress users out there, you need to be handy with shortcuts that can be used while writing or editing a post. This will save you lot of time and you can wrap up the word quickly. Here is run through few important keyboard shortcuts to add that extra pace to blogging using WordPress!
WordPress keyboard Shortcuts:
(These keyboard shortcuts work only on the HTML Editor)
- Bold: Alt + Shift +B
- Italic: Alt + Shift + I
- Link: Alt + Shift + A
- Blockquote: Alt + Shift + Q
- Code: Alt + Shift + c
- Unordered list(ul): Alt + Shift + U
- Ordered list(ol): Alt + Shift + O
- List Item(li): Alt + Shift + L
- Read More Tag: Alt + Shift + T
- Line Break: Shift + Enter
- Insert Image URL: Alt + Shift +M
Here are a few of the others that I have featured here in the post and only work on the Visual Editor
- Advanced Editor: Alt + Shift + V
- Publish Post: Alt + Shift + P
- Del: Alt + Shift + D
- Ins: Alt+ Shift + S
- Unquote/Outdent: Alt+ Shift+ W
- Undo: Alt +Shift +u
- Redo: Alt +Shift + y
- Edit HTML: Alt + Shift + e
- Align Left: Alt + Shift + l
- Align Center: Alt + Shift + c
- Align Right: Alt + Shift + r
- H1 Header: Ctrl + 1
- H2 Header: Ctrl + 2
- H3 Header: Ctrl + 3
- H4 Header: Ctrl + 4
- H5 Header: Ctrl + 5
- H6 Header: Ctrl + 6
- Paragraph: Ctrl + 7
- Format: Ctrl + 8
- Address: Ctrl + 9
Keyboard Shortcuts to perform Actions:
To perform these actions to affect a comment, make sure the comment is first selected
- Pressing a approves selected comment.
- Pressing s marks the current comment as spam.
- Pressing d moves the comment to the trash (WordPress 2.9) or deletes the current comment.
- Pressing z restores the current comment from the trash or activates the Undo when that row is selected.
- Pressing u unapproved the currently selected comment, placing it back into moderation.
- Pressing r initiated an inline reply to the current comment (you can press ESC to cancel the reply).
- Pressing q activated “Quick Edit” which allows for rapid inline editing of the current comment.
Bulk Actions:
You can also perform an action on multiple comments at once.
- Pressing Shift+aapproves the checked comments.
- Pressing Shift+s marks the checked comments as spam.
- Pressing Shift+d deletes the checked comments.
- Pressing Shift+u unapproved the checked comments.
- Pressing Shift+t moves the checked comments to the Trash.
- Pressing Shift+z restores the checked comments from the Trash.
Some of these shortcuts may not work depending on the web browser you’re using. I’ve only tested these shortcuts on Firefox. These WordPress keyboard Shortcuts are only available for the Post Writing page.
If for some reason you want to edit/change the keyboard shortcuts or want to create your own set of shortcuts, you can do it by editing this file – /wp-includes/js/quicktags.js
I am sure after you start using above shortcuts, you will be a quick and one smart blogger.
