Best shortcut plugins for WordPress
The most popular shortcut plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Save with keyboard leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Text Replace (3K+) and Quick Drafts Access (400+). All 23 plugins tagged “shortcut” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 shortcut plugins
- 1.
Save with keyboardThe most installed shortcut plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 31 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 2.
Text Replace3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 18 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 3.
Quick Drafts Access400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
alx ip statistic70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
TinyMCE Code Formatting70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 6.
Command Palette30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 7.Opes Favicon
30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 8.Link Shortcut
30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1.
- 9.
TinyMCE Pre Button20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 10.
GoToMenu10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 23 plugins tagged “shortcut”

Save with keyboard
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,829by Mattia Trapani8 years ago
Save everything in the most natural way by pressing Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on Mac).
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(31)
- Downloads
- 15/day

Text Replace
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,953by Scott Reilly5 years ago
Replace text with other text. Handy for creating shortcuts to common, lengthy, or frequently changing text/HTML, or for smilies.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(18)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Quick Drafts Access
Down in the last 7 days:48#9,867by Scott Reilly1 year ago
Adds links to 'All Drafts' and 'My Drafts' under Posts, Pages, and other custom post type sections in the admin menu.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

alx ip statistic
Down in the last 7 days:61#18,483by alxinthome7 months ago
Receiving ip addresses and browser identifiers of visitors on the login page and on any page of the site.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

TinyMCE Code Formatting
Down in the last 7 days:88#18,627by mortalis11 years ago
Adds the Pre and Code buttons to the TinyMCE toolbar with customizable shortcuts
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Command Palette
Down in the last 7 days:270#23,109by Tung Du4 years ago
Bring the power of text editor command palette to WordPress Admin.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Opes Favicon
Down in the last 7 days:52#23,404by twapaw11 years ago
Opes Favicon allows you to add and manage favicons & icons on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Link Shortcut
Down in the last 7 days:31#24,387by husani17 years ago
Make TinyURL-like URLs (you.com/33ks8s) that redirect to pages inside / outside your blog. Can also create human-readable aliases (you.com/facebook).
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TinyMCE Pre Button
Down in the last 7 days:90#25,327by mortalis11 years ago
Adds the Pre button to the TinyMCE toolbar and the shortcut Ctrl+0 to format text with <pre> tag
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

GoToMenu
Down in the last 7 days:878#29,662by Santosh Kori2 years ago
A simple and accessible WordPress plugin that allows users to quickly navigate through your site's menus using the F2 keyboard shortcut.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MindValley Shortcut Framework
Up in the last 7 days:436#30,790by Mindvalley16 years ago
Collection of Additional Keyboard Shortcuts for Post Editor page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Registration Page Shortcut
#33,286by phplaw11 years ago
Plugin allow you to create a page that will display registration form for your user registers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Saver
Down in the last 7 days:133#34,695the-saver12 years ago
This plugins allows you to publish your posts/pages and update your files in the admin panel by pressing CTRL+S.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Plugins Site Menu Link
Up in the last 7 days:10,280#35,548by Sébastien Dumont9 years ago
Adds a link to the Plugins management page to the site's toolbar admin menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Keys to Admin
Down in the last 7 days:853#45,593keys-to-admin17 years ago
Provides you a shortcut from blog to admin interface without putting any disturbing link in your page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dashy
Up in the last 7 days:1,972#45,643by Kyle Theisen11 years ago
Dashy gives you a search field to get to admin pages quicker.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Universal Accessibility Key (UAK) / Initiative MAJ+A
#46,871by itchiweb12 years ago
Add an accessibility shortcut to tour Wordpress website / Ajoute le raccourci clavier MAJ+A à votre site Wordpress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Horoscope
#47,646by Duoc Nguyen12 years ago
WP Horoscope - Cung hoàng đạo cho wordpress giúp hiển thị thông tin trong ngày của các cung hoàng đạo.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tiny Link
Down in the last 7 days:1,063#47,696by Brajeshwar19 years ago
Get an alternate TinyURL link for your article or post permalink.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Keyboard Navigation
Down in the last 7 days:10,366#47,874by Tareq Hasan6 years ago
Navigate your WordPress site via keyboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BT Keyboard Shortcuts
Down in the last 7 days:1,272#62,226by bterp5 months ago
Apple-style keyboard shortcut markup. Shortcode [btkbd] for ⌘⇧P-style output.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SquareFox Save Shortcut
#63,882by squarefox8 years ago
Keyboard shortcut -- CTRL + S or COMMAND + S to save
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day