Getting Started with LearnDash
Setting Up Your First Course with LearnDash
Last Updated: September 27, 2025Step 1: Access the LearnDash Course Builder Step 2: Add a New Course Step 3: Configure Course Settings Step 4: Add Lessons and Topics Step 5: Add Quizzes Step 6: Publish Your Course Step 7: Preview and Test Your Course Additional Tips By following these steps, you can create and configure a new course in...
Getting Started
Last Updated: November 22, 2024NOTE: Looking to get started with LearnDash quicker and skip the install process? Let us take care of the install/hosting for you with LearnDash Cloud: Click here to get started If you are brand new to LearnDash, this is a great place to start. This section will show you how to install LearnDash and set-up...
LearnDash Overview
Last Updated: November 22, 2024LearnDash is a WordPress learning management system (LMS) trusted by companies, universities, training organizations, and entrepreneurs worldwide for creating and selling their online courses. The structure and delivery of LearnDash courses is based on instructional design principles used in learning programs at Fortune 500 companies: NOTE: The terminology can be changed using custom labels, but...
Technical Requirements
Last Updated: July 11, 2025Before installing LearnDash, verify that your hosting environment is running the minimum recommended requirements: NOTE: Beginning May 2025, LearnDash LMS will support the current WordPress version and the two versions before it. When the policy takes effect, these versions will be 6.8, 6.7, and 6.6. Please ensure you are using WordPress version 6.6 or greater...
The Onboarding Wizard
Last Updated: February 2, 2026The LearnDash Onboarding Wizard is a new feature introduced in LearnDash version 4.0. It helps students with a fresh LearnDash installation quickly set up their courses, lessons, and payments options. The wizard handles the basic setup process and automatically installs the required plugins to save time. In just four simple steps, you can go from...
Installation
Last Updated: January 9, 2025If you have not already, please take a moment to review the technical requirements before you continue with installation. The minimum server requirements should be met before you install and can run LearnDash. NOTE: You must enter a valid license key to receive support and updates. Install LearnDash Repeat these same steps for ProPanel if...
LearnDash Core
Last Updated: December 4, 2024This section will guide you through all of the features and settings built into LearnDash. You’ll learn how to create courses, assign lessons and topics, build out complex quizzes with a variety of question types, grade assignments and more. We’ll also explain LearnDash’s settings, which provide a way for you to customize LearnDash to meet...
Orders
Last Updated: December 9, 2024The Order Management system for LearnDash empowers site administrators to manage orders with just a few quick clicks. With improved accessibility, orders are prominently featured in the main navigation menu under LearnDash LMS > Orders, enabling quick and easy access. You can quickly view, search, and organize orders more effectively, enhancing overall workflow and efficiency....
Shortcodes and Blocks
Last Updated: June 19, 2025Shortcodes and blocks provide you with additional ways to insert LearnDash content into your courses, pages, posts and other custom post types. This article will list out every piece of dynamic LearnDash content you can add to your site, and explain how to do it with both a shortcode and a block. Creating a certificate?...
Coupons
Last Updated: February 2, 2026Coupons LearnDash coupons are a way for you to easily offer promotions and discounts to your users before they purchase your courses. With LearnDash coupons, you can create coupons for your users. You can even set expiration dates and usage limits for your coupons to make them work the way you like. NOTE: LearnDash Coupons...
How to Use the Design Wizard
Last Updated: February 2, 2026The LearnDash Design Wizard helps site owners begin building a LearnDash website without starting from a blank layout. The wizard provides guided design choices, including starter templates, fonts, and color palettes, to help establish a consistent site design. The Design Wizard is available for both StellarSites Learning and LearnDash Plugin users. The setup process and...
The Design Wizard
Last Updated: April 9, 2025With LearnDash Cloud, you don’t have to worry about starting from scratch when building your website. We have the Design Wizard ready and available to help you kickstart your LearnDash Site. NOTE: The Design Wizard is now available for both LearnDash Cloud and LearnDash Plugin users. The steps for setting it up are the same...
Style Customizer
Last Updated: February 2, 2026The LearnDash Style Customizer allows site administrators to adjust the appearance of LearnDash courses, lessons, topics, quizzes, and shared interface elements, without writing any code. The Style Customizer is available in the WordPress Customizer, where changes can be previewed live before being published. Accessing the Style Customizer The Customizer displays a live preview of the...