If you’re like me, once you get used to a keyboard shortcut, you never go back.
WordPress has a number of keyboard shortcuts that you can use when writing your posts. The majority of them are conveniently placed in the help section on the editor itself.
Just click the Help icon, and then go to the Hotkeys tab.
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More Shortcuts / Hotkeys
The list in the Hotkeys section on the editor has a lot of the basic shortcuts; however, there are some more you may be interested in.
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
Advanced Editor (Kitchen Sink): Alt+SHIFT+z
Go to End: Ctrl+End
Go to Top: Ctrl+Home
3 More Shortcuts
I also came across the Mind Valley Shortcut Framework plugin, which adds three more shortcuts to the editor:
Publish: Ctrl+Alt+p
Save Draft: Ctrl+Alt+s
Preview: Ctrl+Alt+l
If you know of any other shortcuts, let us know in the comments.
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Very nice. I already knew a few of those, but the Header ones are likely to be useful and I didn’t know them.
Luiz – Glad it helped.
I love keyboard shortcuts! The heading tags are new to me. Thanks for sharing.
Kathy
I was not familiar with these shortcuts at all even after 4 years of working with WordPress. Thanks a lot. As i am lazy, these shortcuts can help me a lot :)
You made adding different headers on my blog easier. I knew the basic shortcuts and was searching for shortcuts for different headers. Thanks a lot.
Naser – I agree, that’s a good one. I use it myself.
Great!
Only a doubt: I don’t see any help icon in WP 3.4.2 editor, could it be a configuration question?
It should be on the second row of icons. To get the second row of icons to appear, click the last icon on the right on the top row.