WordPress keyboard shortcuts allow you to keep your hands on the keyboard rather than moving them away to mouse, click, drag & drop, and so on. Furthermore, keyboard shortcuts allow you to save time without sacrificing your ability to pick text, apply formatting, undo-redo, insert a block, or even rate your comment section.
Above all, this will save a significant amount of time for blog authors and editors who spend a significant amount of time writing, maintaining, and editing blogs. After all, we're all busy people with a variety of tasks to complete each day.
Many WordPress newbies will utilize their mouse to reach the editor's formatting and style features. WordPress keyboard shortcuts, on the other hand, allow you to quickly get your hands on the keyboard and modify your posts. After that, you'll be able to text more quickly and save your work to WordPress. You can also keep your hands on the keyboard while selecting a format and measuring texts.
Furthermore, one of the best things about using WordPress shortcuts is that they work the same way in the WordPress content editor as they do in Microsoft Word.
Similarly, we've compiled a list of common WordPress shortcuts for speed and efficiency. We've compiled a comprehensive list of all the WordPress keyboard shortcuts we're familiar with. They work with both the block editor and the classic editor in WordPress.
Standard WordPress Keyboard Shortcut
Shortcut Action
For Mac users
For Window users
Copy
Cmd+c
Ctrl+c
Paste
Cmd+v
Ctrl+v
Cut
Cmd+x
Ctrl+x
Select All
Cmd+a
Ctrl+a
Bold
Cmd+b
Ctrl+b
Italic
Cmd+i
Ctrl+i
Underline
Cmd+u
Ctrl+u
Undo
Cmd+z
Ctrl+z
Redo
Cmd+y
Ctrl+y
Save your changes
Cmd+s
Ctrl+s
Cmd+p
Ctrl+p
Convert the selected text into a link
Cmd+k
Ctrl+k
Display the selected text in a monospaced font
Opt+Ctrl+x
Alt+Shift+x
Show keyboard shortcuts (Display this help)
Opt+Ctrl+h
Alt+Shift+h