WordPress Quick Dev Reference

A visual cheat-sheet for the 34 keyboard shortcuts found in the WordPress visual editor.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Editor I

Ctrl C — Copy

Ctrl V — Paste

Ctrl A — Select all

Ctrl X — Cut

Ctrl Z — Undo

Ctrl Y — Redo

Ctrl B — Bold

Ctrl I — Italic

Ctrl U — Underline

Ctrl K — Insert or edit a link

Alt Shift N — Check spelling, this requires a plugin

Alt Shift L — Align text left

Alt Shift J — Justify text

Alt Shift C — Align text center

Alt Shift D — Strikethrough

Alt Shift R — Align text right

Alt Shift U — Unordered list

Editor II

Alt Shift A — Insert a link

Alt Shift O — Ordered list

Alt Shift S — Remove a link

Alt Shift Q — Quote

Alt Shift M — Insert an image

Alt Shift W — Distraction free writing mode

Alt Shift T — Insert a more tag

Alt Shift P — Insert a page break tag

Alt Shift H — Help

Alt Shift X — Add or remove a code tag

Alt Shift 1 — Heading one

Alt Shift 2 — Heading two

Alt Shift 3 — Heading three

Alt Shift 4 — Heading four

Alt Shift 5 — Heading five

Alt Shift 6 — Heading six

Alt Shift 9 — Insert an address