Title: BBCode in Posts?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# BBCode in Posts?

 *  [matthias_k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthias_k/)
 * (@matthias_k)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbcode-in-posts/)
 * Hello,
 * I remember that the documentation somewhere mentioned that you can use BBCode
   in your posts, that means discussion board syntax right?
    However, all of my 
   attempts to use it remained uninterpreted, such as using [b]xyz[/b] to write 
   bold text.
 * I have to say that right now I find WordPress highly unintuitive to use, because
   you have to encode every single thing in HTML and CSS which can become very tedious(
   how is someone without HTML know-how to use WordPress at all??).
 * Did I miss something? Or maybe is there a plugin which allows for more intuitive
   text formatting as you know it from most CMS and other Blogs?
 * Thanks,
    Matthias

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbcode-in-posts/#post-298784)
 * It’s a plugin you’re looking for:
 * [http://www.procata.com/software/wordpress-bbcode/](http://www.procata.com/software/wordpress-bbcode/)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbcode-in-posts/#post-298785)
 * You are probably missing the quicktag buttons above the writing area. If you 
   are using Safari as your browser, here is an explanation and work-around:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#Why_can.27t_I_see_the_Quicktag_buttons_when_using_Apple.27s_Safari_browser.3F](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#Why_can.27t_I_see_the_Quicktag_buttons_when_using_Apple.27s_Safari_browser.3F)
 * As for BBCode, you can add this functionality with a plugin:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Posts_Editing](http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Posts_Editing)

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bbcode-in-posts/#post-298785)
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