LearnDash Account Management
Managing user accounts and administrative settings effectively is the cornerstone of a successful online learning platform. LearnDash provides a robust suite of tools designed to help you organize learners, manage site-wide licenses, and oversee individual progress. By mastering these account management features, you can ensure a smooth administrative experience for your team and a professional, user-friendly environment for your students.
Within this section, you will find resources for handling essential administrative tasks, such as activating your LearnDash license and managing official add-ons. You can also explore tools for organizing students into groups, which is ideal for corporate training or classroom settings. Additionally, LearnDash offers powerful profile management options, allowing students to track their own course history, certificates, and personal data from a centralized dashboard. These features empower you to scale your educational offerings while maintaining organized and secure user records.
LearnDash Account Management
Use the account administration guides and registration tutorials compiled below to streamline student onboarding, manage profile changes, and organize user databases.
Course Progression
Read more: Course ProgressionCourse progression determines how learners move through the content in a course. LearnDash offers two modes of progression—Linear and Free form—allowing course creators to control how structured or flexible the learning path should be. This article explains how course progression works, where to adjust the settings, and how it affects learners after course completion. What…
Edit Your Customer Account Email and Password
Read more: Edit Your Customer Account Email and PasswordFollow these steps to change the email address associated with your account or update your password: The above email address is for your LearnDash account and your LearnDash license email. This update will not impact your Billing email. NOTE: The email address for your account is the same one that should be entered under LearnDash…
Groups Management
Read more: Groups ManagementThe Groups Management is a packaged download that includes both the Groups Plus add-on and the Group Registration add-on. Together, these add-ons help site owners organize learners into groups, manage enrollment options, and review course activity through reporting tools. After purchase, site owners can activate Groups Plus, Group Registration, or both add-ons, depending on their…
LearnDash Licensing & Management
Read more: LearnDash Licensing & ManagementLearnDash Licensing and Management controls how LearnDash licenses and official add-ons are handled inside WordPress. It provides a central location to activate a license, manage add-ons, and control which users can view licensing details. Starting with LearnDash version 4.18.0, licensing is included directly in the core LearnDash plugin. A separate licensing plugin is no longer…
Lesson Access Settings
Read more: Lesson Access SettingsThe Lesson Access Settings control when learners can view a lesson, whether a lesson is offered as a sample, and how it connects to a course. These settings help course creators control pacing, offer previews, and manage course content more efficiently. Locating Lesson Access Settings To locate the access settings for a lesson: Associated Course…
License
Read more: LicenseHow do I activate my license key? A LearnDash LMS license provides access to premium features that help you create, manage, and sell online courses with ease. You’ll have access to updates, technical support, and integrations with other tools, while also offering advanced customization options. With a valid license, you can scale your platform as…
Updates
Read more: UpdatesWe continually update LearnDash and our add-ons with new features, functionality, security patches and bug fixes. While we release updates on a regular basis, we do not post a public schedule. We hold weekly internal meetings to determine the scope and priority of LearnDash updates. There are three ways you can update LearnDash. The easiest…
User Data
Read more: User DataThe Administrator and Group Leader user roles can export two reports (in CSV format) from LearnDash. Standard Reports NOTEIf you are using built-in reporting, you have these reports and more with additional filter options located directly on your Admin Dashboard. NOTE: These export options are for reporting purposes only. If you want to learn more…