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
This collection provides detailed guides on configuring the core settings of LearnDash, including payments, emails, custom labels, and order management.
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…
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…
Permalinks (URLs)
Read more: Permalinks (URLs)Permalinks 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…
PayPal Settings
Read more: PayPal SettingsWARNING: 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…
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…
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…
How can I make email notifications send on time?
Read more: How can I make email notifications send on time?If you’re using the LearnDash notifications add-on, you might experience a delay in the timing of your email notifications. This is partially a limitation of WordPress, but also depends on the type of hosting you have. In some cases, you might need to add a custom cron job on your server. This process differs depending…