WordPress Access Keys Plugin

Posted on Saturday the 17th of March, 2007 at 10:14 pm in Plugins

The Wordpress Access Keys Plugin a allows you to add access keys to pages and categories to improve accessibility of your WordPress website. This works with any page or category list that is called with wp_list pages and wp_list_categories respectively. This plugin works in all WordPRess versions from 2.1 – 2.5.

Screenshot of Admin Panel:
Screenshot of Access Keys Version 0.1

Demo:
The About page on this site has an access key of 6 and the site map has an access key of 3.

Download:
Access Keys version 1.0

Installation:

  1. Download the zip file, unzip it and upload to your wp-content/plugins folder
  2. Upload to your plugin directory.
  3. Activate.
  4. Go to the Admin Menu under Manage named Access Keys.
  5. Read the instructions.

Use:
Use of this plugin is simple. On the Admin panel it lists pages and categories with a current access key, and in a separate list it lists the pages and categories without access keys. Just add an access key just type an access key in a text box and then click the save button. The categories or posts will now move to the top list.

How do I use Access Keys
Different browsers implement Access Key shortcuts differently. The following is a list of browser access key key combinations.

  • On Windows and Linux. Firefox 2.0+: Hold down the Alt Key and the Shift key, and press the access key.
  • On Windows. Internet Explorer 5+: Hold down the Alt key, and press the number or letter of the access key. Release both keys and press Enter.
  • On Windows. Internet Explorer 4, Firefox 1.0, Mozilla and Netscape 7+: Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.
  • On Mac OS X. Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape 7+, Internet Explorer 5+, Safari and Omniweb: Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.
  • Konqueror: Press and release the Ctrl key, then press the number or letter of the access key.
  • On the Mac Internet Explorer 4.5 and on all platforms Netscape version 6 and earlier: Access keys are unsupported.

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  1. wps posted the following on March 18, 2007 at 3:41 pm.

    Are you going to make it work with 2.0?

    Reply to wps
  2. Matt posted the following on January 21, 2008 at 8:07 pm.

    I desperately needed this to work for Links as well, so I’ve modified the plugin. Email me and I can contribute the updated code.

    Reply to Matt
  3. Sam posted the following on July 17, 2008 at 1:41 pm.

    Excellent plug-in. I have used it on my site and am very pleased with it with one exception – the ‘0′ (zero) access key does not get written to the page links. I checked your site too and it exhibits the same symptom. All of your access keys as published on your accessibility page with the exception of ‘0′, ‘Accessibility’, are written.

    Reply to Sam
  4. Sergejpinka posted the following on August 13, 2008 at 6:39 am.

    Hi,

    i’ve Wordpress. 2.6 and MistyLook Theme. Your plugin is ok for pages but it don’t work for category.

    I tried it with Firefox 3 and IE last version.

    Have you and idea why it don’t work?

    Thank you. Ciao. :-)

    Reply to Sergejpinka
  5. delizyd posted the following on November 15, 2008 at 4:21 pm.

    Very good job. Thank you.

    I would propose another function -> to add given name of the accesskey to the title attribute.

    Regards…

    Reply to delizyd
  6. Weon posted the following on January 8, 2009 at 1:12 pm.

    Sadly this doesn’t work with WP 2.7 as there is no way of accessing the admin panel for it now that Manage has been removed from the WP-Admin menu! Any chance of a fix so it appears under, say Settings?

    Reply to Weon
    1. Cris posted the following on May 31, 2009 at 2:34 am.

      Hi! I’ve the same problem with WP 2.7! :(

      Is there any chance to put the link on the admin menu?
      Or maybe is there a way to access to the “plugin page” via URL?

      Thanks in advance ;)

      Reply to Cris
  7. Allen Sale posted the following on May 30, 2009 at 9:50 am.

    Needs to be updated for those of us using Wp2.7 and furthermore should be set for Wp2.8; otherwise, I like where this plug in is headed! I would also suggest that it be set up to make other elements accessible (such as an email form for visitors to subscribe) for example.

    Reply to Allen Sale
  8. GG posted the following on June 25, 2009 at 10:30 am.

    Yes… in WP 2.8 the admin panel is under Posts. Not terribly logical but it works.

    Reply to GG
  9. badcat posted the following on August 4, 2009 at 11:30 am.

    is this plugin workingwith wordpress 2.8.3 yet?

    Reply to badcat
  10. Constantine Serafim posted the following on September 5, 2009 at 6:51 am.

    I love the way Wordpress is going! Great work! Thank you all. :lol:

    Reply to Constantine Serafim
  11. matt homer posted the following on September 8, 2009 at 9:58 am.

    Cool plugin… Are there any updated versions on the horizon?

    >> I’m using Wordpress 2.8.4

    Reply to matt homer
  12. Doug Barned posted the following on December 4, 2009 at 12:34 pm.

    Hi there

    Love your work!

    Is there any way to get this access key plugin working with 2.8+ ?

    /Doug

    Reply to Doug Barned
  13. Samuell posted the following on April 7, 2010 at 12:24 am.

    Excellent plug-in. I have used it on my site and am very pleased with it with one exception – the ‘0′ (zero) access key does not get written to the page links. I checked your site too and it exhibits the same symptom. All of your access keys as published on your accessibility page with the exception of ‘0′, ‘Accessibility’, are written.

    Reply to Samuell

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