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BT Keyboard Shortcuts

Apple-style keyboard shortcut markup. Shortcode [btkbd] for ⌘⇧P-style output.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.0.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update20 May 20265mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records BT Keyboard Shortcuts version 1.0.4 as active, updated 5mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

BT Keyboard Shortcuts renders keyboard shortcuts in Apple-style symbols (⌘, ⇧, ⌥, ⌃) or as text (Command, Shift, Option, Control). Use the [btkbd] shortcode anywhere shortcodes are supported.

Using shortcuts in a post

g. [btkbd cmd shift p] ), or use the formatting dropdown and choose ⌘ Insert keyboard shortcut to open a dialog where you pick modifiers and key and insert the generated shortcode.

Settings page

The plugin has a Settings page: click Settings next to the plugin on the Plugins screen, or go to Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts. There you can toggle the + separator, modifier symbols vs text, key symbols, Mac vs Windows naming, and style presets (Default, Light, Dark, Modern).

Styling

btkbd styles, use WordPress core Additional CSS in Appearance → Customize (or the Site Editor equivalent for block themes).

Windows compatibility

On the Settings page, use Mac / Windows symbols and names to choose Windows (⊞ Win, Alt) instead of Mac (⌘ Command, ⌥ Option) so shortcuts render with Windows-style symbols and labels for your audience.

Syntax

[btkbd cmd shift p] → ⇧⌘P (symbols, combined) [btkbd $@p] → ⇧⌘P (symbol shorthand input) [btkbd Command-Shift-P] → ⇧⌘P (hyphenated text input) [btkbd right] → → Right Arrow

Display format (symbols/text and plus separators) is controlled by plugin settings.

Supported modifiers

cmd/command, ctrl/control, opt/alt, shift, fn, hyper

You can also use symbol shorthand in the shortcode: $ (shift), @ (command), ~ (option), ^ (control). For example, [btkbd @$p] renders as ⇧⌘P.

g. Control, Option, Shift, Command before the key), regardless of the order you type them in the shortcode.

Key names

tab, return, enter, delete, esc, right, left, up, down, pgup, pgdn, home, end, space, caps, f1-f12

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • kbd
  • keyboard
  • markup
  • shortcut
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity20 May 20265mo ago

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