Keyboard shortcuts or hotkeys speed up the work on any platform. WordPress too, has some handy keyboard shortcuts that can be helpful to the user when composing a post. These shortcuts basically fulfill the formatting tasks and help you to quickly format and finish your posts.
Remember that in order to use these shortcut keys, you must be using the WordPress Visual editor to compose posts.
| Shortcut / Hotkey | Function |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + c | Copy |
| Ctrl + v | Paste |
| Ctrl + x | Cut |
| Ctrl + a | Select all |
| Ctrl + z | Undo |
| Ctrl + y | Redo |
| Ctrl + b | Bold |
| Ctrl + i | Italic |
| Ctrl + u | Underline |
| Ctrl + 1 | Heading 1 |
| Ctrl + 2 | Heading 2 |
| Ctrl + 3 | Heading 3 |
| Ctrl + 4 | Heading 4 |
| Ctrl + 5 | Heading 5 |
| Ctrl + 6 | Heading 6 |
| Ctrl + 9 | Address |
| Alt + Shift + z | Advanced Editor (Kitchen Sink) |
| Alt + Shift+ q | Blockquote |
| Alt + Shift + c | Code |
| Alt + Shift + t | Insert read more tag |
| Alt + Shift + u | Unordered List (UL) |
| Alt + Shift + o | Ordered List (OL) |
| Alt + Shift + d | Strikethrough |
| Alt + Shift + f | Align Left |
| Alt + Shift + c | Align Center |
| Alt + Shift + r | Align Right |
| Alt + Shift + j | Justify Text |
| Alt + Shift + n | Check Spelling |
| Alt + Shift + a | Insert link |
| Alt + Shift + s | Remove link |
| Alt + Shift + m | Insert Image |
| Alt + Shift + w | Full Screen Distraction Free Editor |
| Alt + Shift + p | Insert Page Break tag |
| Alt + Shift + e | Switch to HTML mode |
| Alt + Shift + h | Help |
| Ctrl + End | Go to End |
| Ctrl + Home | Go to Home |
Feel free to leave a comment if you know some more shortcuts keys for WordPress.
