Handy WordPress shortcuts, visual post editor
The WordPress editor is a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editor.
But there are some tricks you can apply.
Enjoy the handy WordPress shortcuts
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1. Single and double line spacing
2. Change font separately
3. Lock keyboard
4. Highlight word or sentence
5. Print screen
6. Special codes Numeric list
7. Most common Keyboard Shortcuts
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1. Single and double line spacing
When you are working in the WordPress visual editor, and you enter for ←
the next line you will go right over to the next paragraph. ←
Every enter is setting up a new paragraph, but when you
use Shift + enter you go to the next line like this.
2. Change font-size separately
Here is the code you can copy and use
<span style=”text-align: center; font-size: 30px; color: #ff0000;”>YOUR TEXT</span>
Here is an example of how you use it: <span style=”text-align: center; font-size: 30px; color: #fff0000;”>Handy WordPress shortcuts</span>, visual post editor
Here is an example of how you use it: Handy WordPress shortcuts, visual post editor
3. Lock keyboard
You don’t want to loose your content while you have to go to the toilet and the cat jumps on your keyboard.
Use: Win + L to lock your keyboard against accidental intruders.
4. Highlight/ select word or sentence
with the four arrow buttons on your keyboard.
Use: Ctrl + Shift + Arrow
Play around with it and see which arrow select in your editor.
5. Print Screen
Use: Win + PrtSc
It will go automatically to your screenshot map in the folder Images.
6. Special codes numeric list
You can change the color as well.
♥ Single and double line spacing
♥ Change font separately
♥ Lock keyboard
♥ Highlight word or sentence
♥ Print screen
♥ Special codes Numeric list
♥ Most common Keyboard Shortcuts
Look for a complete HTML list on my special symbol codes page.
You can paste the codes into the text editor, or the images into the visual editor, it works both ways.
And when you select the image you can give it an H1 tag and it will enlarge.
7. Most common Keyboard Shortcuts in WordPress
- Ctrl + c = Copy
- Ctrl + v = Paste
- Ctrl + x = Cut
- Ctrl + a = Select All
- Ctrl + z = Undo action
- Ctrl + y = Redo action
- Ctrl + p = Print
- Ctrl + b = Bold
- Ctrl + i = Italic
- Ctrl + u = underline
- Ctrl + F = find word on page or in the editor
- Win+m = Desktop
- F2 = Select file – F2 = rename
- Shift + right mouse button = on 1st character and last character of pharagraph to select all text in between
- Click mousewheel = scroll easy
- Ctrl + mousewheel = zoom in and zoom out
- Ctrl + end = go to the bottom of page
- Ctrl + home = go to the top of page
- Ctrl + shift + t = re-open last closed tab in browser
- Hold shift down to resize images holding proportions
I hope you liked this tutorial, perhaps you find my other tutorials also interesting.