can developers include a ‘underline’ button for when a user is adding a post?

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  andyfromsligo · Member · Jul 2, 2026 at 11:59 am

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  I use wordpress.com and when I am writing as post it would be handy to have an ‘underline text’ button along with the Bold and italic buttons

  

  Meanwhile at the moment the way I work around it is to edit as html and then use <u> then close it with </u>
  
  so this instead:

  

  
  

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  james3265166 · Member · Jul 3, 2026 at 5:57 pm

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  You can actually underline your text instantly without needing to touch any HTML code! While WordPress deliberately leaves a dedicated underline button out of the main toolbar to prevent text from being confused with web links, the feature is fully built into the editor via standard keyboard shortcuts.To use it, simply highlight the text you want to underline while writing your post and press Ctrl + U (on Windows) or Cmd + U (on a Mac). This will instantly apply the underline style to your text, saving you from having to manually open the “Edit as HTML” block view every time.