LearnDash General Settings
The General Settings in LearnDash serve as the foundation for your entire Learning Management System (LMS). These configurations allow you to define how your site operates on a global scale, from payment processing and email notifications to custom labels and translations. By tailoring these settings to your specific needs, you can create a cohesive brand experience and ensure that your automated workflows align with your instructional goals.
Within this section, you can manage essential commerce functions, such as enabling payment gateways and tracking student orders. You also have full control over the communication sent to your learners, with tools to customize email notifications for course enrollment and quiz completions. For those looking to personalize their platform further, advanced options allow for the renaming of core terms—like changing “Courses” to “Workshops”—to better fit your organization’s terminology. These centralized controls ensure that your site remains professional, organized, and easy to maintain.
LearnDash General Settings
Use the global setup checklists and administrative manuals compiled below to tailor your classroom design properties, alter REST API configurations, and upgrade system data.
Advanced Options
Read more: Advanced OptionsSince 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…
Course Enrollment Mode Settings
Read more: Course Enrollment Mode SettingsCourse Enrollment Mode settings control how learners gain access to a course, whether access requires registration, payment, prerequisites, or manual enrollment. These settings also determine how long access lasts and whether enrollment is managed directly in LearnDash or through an external system. This page explains each enrollment mode and related access settings, along with common…
Emails – LearnDash General Settings for Notifications and Senders
Read more: Emails – LearnDash General Settings for Notifications and SendersThe 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…
Experiments
Read more: ExperimentsThe 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…
Focus Mode
Read more: Focus ModeNOTE: 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…
General Settings
Read more: General SettingsThe 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…
Global Course Settings
Read more: Global Course SettingsThe 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…
Global Lesson Settings
Read more: Global Lesson SettingsThe LearnDash Global Lesson Settings screen allows site admins to manage settings that apply to all lessons across the site. These global options help standardize lesson behavior and structure. How to Access Lesson Settings Lesson Display Settings If you’re using the course builder to organize your lessons, the lesson display settings here don’t apply. You…