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Time Saving WordPress Keyboard Shortcuts

2011-12-02 16:12:53 Total Bounty

Working with WordPress can be fun, quick, and stress-free especially if you know most useful keyboard shortcuts. Note that there are shortcuts both when writing a post and when approving a comment. So lets start with a list of shortcuts that you can use while writing blogpost. Italics: Alt+SHIFT+i Bold: Alt+SHIFT+b Link: Alt+SHIFT+a Code: Alt+SHIFT+c Read More: Alt+SHIFT+t Blockquote: Alt+SHIFT+q Advanced Editor: Alt+SHIFT+v Unordered List (ul): Alt+SHIFT+u Ordered List (ol): Alt+SHIFT+o List Item (li): Alt+SHIFT+l Publish the Post: Alt+SHIFT+p ins: Alt+SHIFT+s del: Alt+SHIFT+d Align Left: Alt+SHIFT+f Align Center: Alt+SHIFT+c Align Right: Alt+SHIFT+r Ctrl+[number] to get various header sizes on highlighted text. Unquote/outdent: Alt+SHIFT+w Redo: Alt+SHIFT+y Undo: Alt+SHIFT+u Edit HTML: Alt+SHIFT+e WordPress Version 2.7 made it possible to browse through comments and moderate them through the use of various keyboard shortcuts. You can read Keyboard Shortcuts article in WordPress.org for more information on this topic and find out how you can activate it on your site. If you have a huge following, these shortcuts will come in handy. Navigating comments. j moves current selection up k moves current selection down Perform actions a approves comment s marks comment as spam d deletes or moves comment to trash z restores comment from trash u unapproves previously approved comment r makes inline reply q makes inline edit for current comment, activates quick edit Bulk actions are also available and we advise you to head on to WordPress.orgs link above to know more about the rest of Keyboard Shortcuts. Share this: Share