Settings
Custom Labels
Last Updated: November 16, 2024Custom labels let you customize how you refer to the learning material on your site. By default, LearnDash uses the “course,” “lesson,” “topic” & “quiz” language, but you can change this to anything you’d like. For example, you might want to call your lessons “modules” instead. And then maybe you want to rename your topics...
Global Course Settings
Last Updated: September 7, 2025The LearnDash course settings screen allows you to set some global options that will apply to all courses on your site. Course settings are organized into a few sections, outlined below. To access your global course settings: Course Taxonomies (Categories & Tags) Using course taxonomies is completely optional, but they provide an additional way to...
Login and Registration
Last Updated: February 2, 2026LearnDash includes built-in login and registration tools that make it easy to manage student access to courses. These features allow the creation of custom registration pages, login flows, and password reset pages that integrate seamlessly with the site’s design. With a clear and consistent login experience, learners can sign up, log in, and start courses...
Settings
Last Updated: February 13, 2025As you begin using LearnDash, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the settings screen. This is where you’ll configure key global options that apply across your entire learning platform, including courses, lessons, topics, and quizzes. When you first install LearnDash, it comes with pre-configured default settings. Take the time to review these carefully. It’s much...
Permalinks (URLs)
Last Updated: February 2, 2026Permalinks control how WordPress builds the URLs for content on your site. LearnDash adds its own permalink options, allowing you to customize the URL structure for courses, lessons, topics, and quizzes. Note: If you’re using custom labels, we recommend you update your LearnDash permalink settings to match your labels. WARNING: LearnDash works best with a...
General Settings
Last Updated: February 2, 2026The General tab contains most of LearnDash’s global settings. These settings apply site-wide and are grouped into the sections below. Warning: Support for the LearnDash Legacy Template ended on June 15, 2025. Switch to the LearnDash 3.0 template to continue receiving support and updates. Design & Content Elements Note: This group of settings was introduced...
Focus Mode
Last Updated: December 18, 2024NOTE: This feature was introduced in LearnDash 3.0 and works with the LearnDash 3.0 template. This feature does not work with the Legacy template. Focus Mode aims to eliminate distractions and streamline your user’s learning experience – increasing learning retention and completion rates. Where It’s Applied Focus Mode is applied to the following types of...
Experiments
Last Updated: December 26, 2024The Experiments feature in LearnDash lets you see a demonstration of functionality still in the prototype stage. You will be able to freely test Experiments and send the teams feedback to improve the features before they are fully released as part of the LearnDash LMS plugin. The Experiments feature will not require a separate upload...