After you've created and styled your LearnDash platform you may find that the login page is still the generic WordPress one. The login page is an important part of the user journey in your LearnDash platform, so in this video we'll show you how to quickly make this...
If you sell your training into other organizations, they might ask if you can "Overbrand" or "White label" your platform. The essentially means amending your platform's look and feel to match that of the organization, so that their learners feel at home while carrying...
Recently the development team at LearnDash released an early beta of the new LearnDash 4.0.LearnDash 4.0 introduces "Dynamic Learning Paths" and one of the ways it achieves this is via "Challenge Exams". In this walkthrough video, we create a Challenge Exam to...
We often see requests on the "LearnDash Tips and Tricks" Facebook group from people wanting to allow their learners to "Mark lessons as incomplete". LearnDash has a little known feature that allows you to enable learners to mark lessons as "Incomplete" after...
Dripping lessons to learners can be a useful way to add a structure or schedule to your online course. In LearnDash, it's possible to drip lessons to learners. However, when it comes to dripping lessons to groups of learners, this is more problematic.In the video...
LearnDash allows you to translate many aspects of its interface into different languages. You can do this in one of the following ways: Translate the interface entirely into a different language using one of the translation packs provided by LearnDash and their...
The WordPress REST API is a feature intended for WordPress developers, but it might be disclosing some information about your learning platform without you knowing about it. In this walkthrough video we show you how to check and what you can do about it....
Accessibility is a crucial part of setting up an online platform. It is important to ensure that all of your content and the interface itself is usable by people with physical disabilities such as visual impairments. In this video we show you how you can use a tool...
If you run a busy LearnDash platform, system downtime can cause a lot of disruption for your learners (and probably an inbox full of support enquiries!). In an ideal world, you want to find out if your platform is down before your learners do. That's where tools like...
Using the Yoast SEO plugin in your WordPress/LearnDash site, you can control what content is indexed in Google. This walkthrough shows you how to set this up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw40ZH_lvP4
Want a quick and simple way to test how learners enrol on your LearnDash learning platform? Mailinator is an easy way to use temporary email accounts to review your registration process.Find out more in our walkthrough video > https://youtu.be/jZ49NqaGs64
If you’re familiar with WordPress, you’ll know that there is a really handy feature that lets you schedule your posts to be published in the future. This is a real time saver if you queue up lots of blogs. But that’s not the only thing WordPress uses scheduling for....
Want to learn how to strengthen the security of your LearnDash LMS in less time than it takes to eat lunch? We've pulled together a handy walkthrough guide on how to install and set up Defender on your WordPress site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncU81I3DqJQ...
If you’re a regular reader of the Training Spark blog, you’ll have noticed that we’re big fans of cohort-based courses. This powerful online course format mixes live video calls with on-demand online learning materials to create a high-impact training experience. Yet...
We’re delighted to announce that you can now test our Cohort Manager and Organization Toolkit plugins for LearnDash on our dedicated demo site. Naturally many WordPress administrators and LearnDash course creators are keen to try a plugin before they purchase and add...
It’s no secret that we’re big fans of cohort-based online courses. We believe there is huge untapped potential for course creators and training providers in this online course format. Cohort-based courses - where a group of learners study together over a number of...