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WordPress block editor keyboard shortcuts

Blocks, selection, formatting, and editor navigation when writing in WordPress.

30 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026

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Everything Clipboard Code editing Editing Files and printing Navigation Paragraphs and lists Selection View and zoom

15 actions and 15 key variants match.

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Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Select all text or blocks Typing in a block Windows CtrlA Source
Clear the selection Blocks selected Windows Esc Source
Unselect the selected blocks Blocks selected Windows EscEsc Source
Duplicate the selected blocks Blocks selected Windows CtrlShiftD Source
Remove the selected blocks Blocks selected Windows ShiftAltZ Source
Insert a block before the selection Blocks selected Windows CtrlAltT Source
Insert a block after the selection Blocks selected Windows CtrlAltY Source
Delete several selected blocks Several blocks selected Windows Delete Source
Move the selected blocks up Blocks selected Windows CtrlShiftAltT Source
Move the selected blocks down Blocks selected Windows CtrlShiftAltY Source
Wrap the selected blocks in a group Several blocks selected Windows CtrlG Source
Make the selected text bold Rich text Windows CtrlB Source
Make the selected text italic Rich text Windows CtrlI Source
Turn the selected text into a link Rich text Windows CtrlK Source
Underline the selected text Rich text Windows CtrlU Source

About WordPress block editor and its shortcuts

The WordPress block editor treats a post as a stack of blocks, and its shortcuts follow that model: inserting and duplicating blocks, moving them up and down, selecting a whole block rather than the text inside it, and switching between the visual and code views. Its own help panel lists them, which is a shortcut worth knowing on its own.

This is a web editor, so the browser keeps some combinations. Blocks supplied by plugins can add their own behaviour, and the editor has changed substantially across WordPress releases.

Where the WordPress block editor keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of WordPress block editor. Report a key that is wrong

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as WordPress block editor, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task