> ## Documentation index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dash.robopost.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Short codes

A short code is a placeholder such as `{PROMO}` that Robopost replaces with your saved text when the post
publishes. Change the saved text once and every post that uses the code picks up the new text, even posts
already scheduled. A short code can also have a different value on each channel.

**You need:** the **Manage Short Codes** right (or **Admin**) to manage codes under **Tools → Short Codes**.

## Create a short code

1. In the sidebar, open **Tools → Short Codes** ([Short Codes](https://dash.robopost.app/shortcodes)).
2. Click **New Short Code**.
3. Fill in:
   - **Short Code Name**: the name you see when you pick the code.
   - **Short Code Description** (optional): a reminder of what it's for.
   - **Short Code**: the code itself, letters and underscores only, for example `SUMMER_SALE`. In posts you
     write it in braces: `{SUMMER_SALE}`.
   - **Default Value**: the text that replaces the code.
4. Click **Create Short Code**.

### Use a different value on some channels

Under **Channel-Specific Values**, click **Add Channel Specific Value**, pick a channel and type its
**Channel Value**. Posts on that channel use this value; every other channel uses the **Default Value**.
Click **Remove** to delete a channel value.

For example, `{SHOP_LINK}` could point to your US store on one channel and your UK store on another.

## Insert a short code in a post

1. In the [composer](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/posts/create-a-post.md), click **Insert Short Codes** (the **</>** button).
2. Pick one or more codes and click **Confirm**.

The codes are added at the end of your text, in braces. Move them where you want. You can also type a code
yourself, for example `Use {SUMMER_SALE} at checkout`.

The composer and the preview show the code, not its value. The value is filled in when the post publishes,
on posts and in WordPress articles.

> **Note:** If you delete a short code, posts that use it are published with the code text as written, for
> example `{SUMMER_SALE}`.

## Edit or delete a short code

On the [Short Codes](https://dash.robopost.app/shortcodes) page, each card has a button to copy the code, an **Edit** button and a
**⋮** menu with **Delete**. Changes to the value apply to every post that publishes after you save.

## Add a signature to every post from a channel

If you want the same text at the end of every post on a channel, such as a call to action or your
hashtags, you don't need a short code. Open the channel in [Channels](https://dash.robopost.app/channels), click
**Show Advanced Settings**, fill in **Post Signature** and click **Update Channel**. Robopost adds the
signature on a new line at the end of each post that channel publishes, unless the post already contains
it. See [Channel settings](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/channels/channel-settings.md).

## Next

- [Contacts](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/posts/contacts.md)
- [Hashtag groups](https://dash.robopost.app/docs/posts/hashtag-groups.md)