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...
PayPal Checkout
Last Updated: October 24, 2025LearnDash integrates with PayPal Checkout, a secure and modern payment solution for course sales. This integration uses PayPal’s latest API and offers a streamlined setup with built-in support, no additional plugins required. With PayPal Checkout, you can: Upgrading from PayPal Standard If you’re using the PayPal Standard (IPN) integration, LearnDash recommends switching to PayPal Checkout....
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: March 27, 2025Setting up a smooth and user-friendly login and registration process is essential for making your LearnDash courses accessible to students. With built-in LearnDash features, you can easily create custom registration pages, password reset options, and login links that integrate into your site’s navigation. By enabling these options, you’re not only making it easier for users...
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...
PayPal Settings
Last Updated: August 26, 2025WARNING: PayPal has deprecated Instant Payment Notification (IPN) and plans to fully sunset the service by the end of 2026. This guide is intended for users currently using PayPal Standard (IPN).For new implementations or to future-proof your setup, switching to PayPal Checkout is recommended. LearnDash comes with built-in support for accepting payments via PayPal. No...
Stripe Integration
Last Updated: January 10, 2025NOTE: The Stripe plugin was discontinued on June 13, 2023, and will no longer receive feature updates. Stripe Connect should be used to link a Stripe account to a LearnDash site moving forward. Current Stripe plugin users can easily migrate to Stripe Connect. Learn more about this deprecation in the FAQ on the Stripe Add-on...
Permalinks (URLs)
Last Updated: April 17, 2025Permalinks determine how WordPress choses the URLs to use for different types of content on your site. LearnDash provides additional permalink settings to let you customize how your URLs are structured 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....
General Settings
Last Updated: May 7, 2025The General tab contains the majority of LearnDash’s global settings. It is organized into the following sections. WARNING: Support for the LearnDash Legacy Template ends on June 15, 2025. Update to the LearnDash 3.0 template as soon as possible. Design & Content Elements NOTE: This group of settings was introduced in LearnDash 3.0. Active Template...
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...
Payments
Last Updated: December 4, 2024The LearnDash Payments tab houses all of the payment settings and fields needed to turn your site into a bustling eCommerce platform. You can configure, and individually enable or disable payment gateways that you wish to use from this tab, without having to delete or re-enter your API information. Default Payments Configurations The default payment...
Advanced Options
Last Updated: December 24, 2024Since LearnDash 3.6, we’ve shifted some options around to make it easier (or harder to accidentally) for you to change some options. These options include the Custom Labels, REST API Settings and Data Upgrades, each were previously their own tabs. Custom Labels Custom labels let you customize how you refer to the learning material on...
Emails – LearnDash General Settings for Notifications and Senders
Last Updated: December 24, 2024The emails tab lets you customize your various LearnDash emails without a need for a third-party plugin. You can enable or disable certain emails, change their content and update the “From” name and email from this Tab. Email Notifications On this screen, you can enable or disable certain email notifications that are sent from your...
Razorpay Integration
Last Updated: June 12, 2025Unlock seamless payment processing with LearnDash’s integration with Razorpay. This powerful partnership allows you to easily accept payments for your courses, memberships, and subscriptions through one of the most trusted payment gateways. With Razorpay’s secure, fast, and reliable system, you can offer a frictionless checkout experience for your customers, ensuring smooth transactions and improved conversions...
Cloning
Last Updated: September 27, 2025Imagine you’ve created a great course structure, but now you want to make a similar course with different content. Instead of rebuilding everything, you can just clone it and tweak the details. LearnDash gives you an easy way to copy your existing courses, lessons, topics and quizzes with just one click of a button. WARNING:...
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...
