{"id":1064,"date":"2019-04-08T18:56:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T22:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/docs\/documentation\/settings\/custom-labels\/"},"modified":"2024-11-16T08:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T13:47:42","password":"","slug":"custom-labels","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/kb\/core\/settings\/custom-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Custom labels let you customize how you refer to the learning material on your site. By default, LearnDash uses the &#8220;course,&#8221; &#8220;lesson,&#8221; &#8220;topic&#8221; &amp; &#8220;quiz&#8221; language, but you can change this to anything you&#8217;d like.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you might want to call your lessons &#8220;modules&#8221; instead. And then maybe you want to rename your topics to &#8220;lessons.&#8221; You could also rename &#8220;quizzes&#8221; to be &#8220;tests&#8221; or &#8220;exams.&#8221; It&#8217;s entirely up to you.<\/p>\n<p>When you apply a custom label, all references to that label will change in the WordPress admin area, as well as on the front-end of your site. Both your site administrators and all of your users will see the new label(s).<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>URLs \/ PERMALINKS<\/strong><br \/>\nCustom labels <strong>will not<\/strong> affect your URLs. You can change the URLs to match your custom labels in the <a href=\"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/docs\/documentation\/settings\/permalinks\/\">permalink settings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following LearnDash labels are available for customization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Course<\/li>\n<li>Courses<\/li>\n<li>Lesson<\/li>\n<li>Lessons<\/li>\n<li>Topic<\/li>\n<li>Topics<\/li>\n<li>Quiz<\/li>\n<li>Quizzes<\/li>\n<li>Question<\/li>\n<li>Questions<\/li>\n<li>Take this Course (button)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Complete (button)<\/li>\n<li>Click Here to Continue (button)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can revert all custom labels back to their default values by using the<strong>Reset Settings<\/strong> button at the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/learndash-settings-custom-labels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1091 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/learndash-settings-custom-labels.jpg\" alt=\"LearnDash custom labels\" width=\"1922\" height=\"1742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/learndash-settings-custom-labels.jpg 1922w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/learndash-settings-custom-labels-400x363.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/learndash-settings-custom-labels-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learndash.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/learndash-settings-custom-labels-800x725.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1922px) 100vw, 1922px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any text not included in the Custom Labels section can be modified using the translation files. 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