Save everything in the most natural way by pressing Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on Mac).
As of April 2026, Save with keyboard is a WordPress save plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 31 reviews. It has been downloaded 33K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 20% this week. Top alternative: Weaver Show Posts.
This plugin lets you save your posts, pages, theme and plugin files, widgets, menus, etc. in the most natural way: pressing Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on Mac).
I’ve coded this plugin because I was tired of pressing Cmd+S and then realize Chrome was trying to save the whole webpage
After coding this up, I’ve found in the plugin directory two plugins that did the same thing, but each one had some flaws that convinced me to publish mine.
This plugin loads a small Javascript file (minified if not WP_DEBUG). The Javascript checks the contents of any admin page for save buttons.
It is also so smart that saves as draft unpublished posts/pages and updates the ones that are already public.
Also adds a little tooltip on the buttons that can be “clicked” with Ctrl+S or Cmd+S.
Working fine in 2024
This plugin works as described and is really handy for those of us who want to keep our hands on the keyboard for maximum productivity. Much appreciated.
Works like a charm! Can’t believe this feature is still not built-in. Thank you
Simple and effective, thank you.
The function is now embedded in WordPress by default.
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 5.0.25 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
Fixed loading of minified script.
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