The WordPress Editor Toolbar

After adding your text to a page or post you’ll probably want to add some formatting – bold, italics etc. Directly above the text editor box you’ll notice the editor toolbar. Below is a full list of all icons on the toolbar with a description on functionality and implementation.

Formatting Buttons

Bold – to strongly emphasise a word or phrase – to use: highlight word & click icon or Press control key & B key

Italics – to emphasise a word or phrase – to use: highlight word & click icon or Press control key & I key

Strike through – to correct or update a word or phrase, used frequently in updating a post in case of development after publication – to use: highlight word & click icon

Unordered list – creates a bulleted list – to use: start new line, click icon; for next item hit return key; to exit from list hit return key twice.

Ordered list – creates a numbered list – to use: start new line, click icon; for next item hit return key; to exit from list hit return key twice.

Block Quote – for use with long quote from reference text or person – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Left Align – left align text (default) – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Centre Align – centre align text – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Right Align – right align text – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Link – create a hyperlink to a website or web page – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Break Link – remove hyperlink – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Read More Link – inserts a link to full post article (to be used with post articles only.) – to use: go to a new line, click icon.

Spell Checker – checks spelling of article – click icon, suspected misspellings are underlined in red, right click underlined word for spelling suggestions.

Full Screen Toggle – view editor in full screen; very handy for long article writing – to use: click icon

Show Full Editor Toolbar – view complete editor toolbar – to use: click icon

Format Bar – format text using paragraphs and headings – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Underline – underlines word; to be used sparingly in online articles as underlining on the web usually indicates a link – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Justify – justify text; to be used with caution as can look funny on the last line of a paragraph – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Text Colouring – colour text; to be used sparingly as interferes with site design sensiblity – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Paste in Text – paste text from another source – to use: click icon and paste copied text into the pop up window.

Paste in Text from Word Doc – paste text from a Microsoft Word Document – to use: click icon and paste copied text into the pop up window.

Remove Formatting – removes formatting from text and reverts back to plain text – to use: highlight text and click icon.

Insert Media – insert or immbed media e.g. movies, images, audio into page/post – to use: position cursor where you want to insert media and click icon

Insert Special Character – inserts special character e.g. €, ©, á etc. – to use: position cursor where you want to insert media and click icon

Indent – indents text – to use: place cursor at start of line and click icon

Remove Indent – removes indent – to use: place cursor at start of line and click icon

Undo – undoes most recent step; click as many times as necessary (up to 10 times) – to use: click icon

Redo – redoes steps just previously undone; click as many times as necessary (up to 10 times) – to use: click icon

HELP! – access additional help on using the text editor; useful hot keys tips included – to use: click icon

Upload/Insert Image – add image to page/post – to use: position cursor where you want to insert media and click icon

Upload/Insert Video – add video e.g. YouTube to page/post – to use: position cursor where you want to insert media and click icon

Upload/Insert Audio – add audio e.g. MP3 or podcast to page/post – to use: position cursor where you want to insert media and click icon

Upload/Insert Media – add media e.g. PDFs or Docs to page/post – to use: position cursor where you want to insert media and click icon