Tips

Think you know Tumblr? Check out some of our favorite
tips and tricks below.

  • Share on Tumblr
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    Bookmarklet

    Drag this button to your Bookmarks Bar to quickly share things you find on the web

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    Post via email

    Send text, a photo, or video to a secret email address to automatically post it to your Tumblr blog. Go to the Settings page for any of your blogs and look for the "Post by Email" section for the email address you should use. Check out more info here!

  • 3

    Quick access to blog actions

    Click the information icon on avatars for a menu that provides quick access to ask the user a question (if enabled), send Fan Mail, or unfollow that user.

  • 4

    Mass edit posts and tags

    The Mega-Editor is a powerful tool to easy edit tags on multiple posts at once. Select the posts you'd like to edit by clicking on them, then use the buttons at the top to make the edits.

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    Peek at post times

    Hover over the dogear on a post to see when it was published.

  • 6

    Phone in an Audio post

    Dial 1-866-584-6757, leave a message, and your followers will hear you within seconds.

  • 7

    Send Answers to Drafts or Queue

    When you're done answering a question, hold down the Alt key for options to "Queue" or "Save as Draft".

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    Move a queued post to the top of your Queue

    When viewing your Queue, hold the Alt key and the sliders normally used for reordering posts change to allow you to send a post to the top of your queue with one click.

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    Short URLs

    Short urls are useful when you'd like to share a link to one of your posts and you don't have much space. If you've connected your blog to Twitter, you can grab the short url for any published post from the right column of the Edit screen for that post.

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    Reblog between your blogs

    Click "reblog" on any of your own posts to reblog it to any of your other Tumblr blogs.

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    Get feedback, opinions, answers

    End a post with a question mark, and you're given the option to allow the post to be answerable by the Tumblr community. You'll see a new option in the right-column for "Let people answer this" if you end your post in the form of a question.

  • Keyboard shortcuts

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    On the Dashboard, you can press J to move forward through posts, K to go in reverse, L to like the current post, and N to see the notes.

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    When using J or K to navigate to a photoset or video, press the spacebar to view.

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    When using J or K to navigate to a post, press Option + R for a fast reblog.

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    When using J or K to navigate to a post, press Option + E to add the post to your Queue.

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    Press Option + Tab to quickly switch between the dashboard and your blogs.

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    When using J or K to navigate to a post, press Shift + R for a fast reblog.

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    When using J or K to navigate to a post, press Shift + E to add the post to your Queue.

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    Press Z + Tab to quickly switch between the dashboard and your blogs.