CommandUI is an impressive WordPress plugin developed by Calvin Alkan. It enables you to go to various parts of the WordPress dashboard using the keyboard and is a great time-saver, especially for power users and those who spend a lot of time daily administering one or more WordPress sites.
It is a premium plugin and the pricing is yet to be announced.
I had a chance to test it out and here are some notes.
- Once active, CommandUI’s launcher can be invoked by pressing ⌘k (⌃k for Windows users) or ⇧⇧. This primary modifier key can be changed in the launcher by going to Internal → Keyboard Shortcuts. The available options are ⌘, ⌃ and ⌥.
- To dismiss the launcher, press Esc
- To navigate back to the root within CommandUI, press delete (or backspace) as many times as needed.
- There are some quick shortcuts we can type even w/o bringing up the launcher! These also work when we are on the front end
ga(go admin) to go to the dashboardgh(go home) to go to the homepage/frontendcto create a post/Page/CPT item/menu/pattern/taxonomy/field group etc.pt(post type) to bring up a list of all the post types. This lets you quickly edit (with WP or Bricks) or view any post/Page/CPT iteme(edit) to the current single Page/post/CPT itemb(edit in Bricks) the current single Page/post/CPT itemuuto search usersgt(go to) and begin typing the name of the page you want to get to. Ex.: readingpa(plugins activate) to activate pluginspd(plugins deactivate) to deactivate pluginspr(plugins repository) to search plugins and install/visit the repo listingvto view the current Bricks Page/template being edited with Bricks on the front end (at this time, there is no preview option that auto-reloads like the Bricks preview does)
- The above quick shortcuts are optional, and if you do not want to remember or forget them, all the above actions can easily be invoked by bringing up the launcher
- Holding ⌘ down and hitting ⏎ opens the pages in a new tab
- One of the side benefits of using this is getting rid of annoying popups that some plugins show when they are deactivated.
- Supports subsearch in to Bricks and WooCommerce settings. For example, we could bring up CommandUI and just begin typing ‘perf’ to see the option to go to Bricks > Settings > Performance.
What differentiates CommandUI from similar attempts is that this plugin is super fast and enables us to search and install plugins from the WP repo. I consider it a must-have plugin for WordPress enthusiasts.