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title: WordPress
date: 2022-11-23 16:23:31.697854
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  - Keyboard Shortcuts
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  A visual cheat-sheet for the 34 keyboard shortcuts found in the WordPress visual editor
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## Keyboard Shortcuts {.cols-2}

### Editor I

| Shortcut          | Action                                 |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `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                         |

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### Editor II

| Shortcut          | Action                        |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `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             |

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## Also see

- [Keyboard shortcuts for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/article/keyboard-shortcuts/) _(wordpress.org)_