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Design Upgrade for LearnDash

Instantly improve LearnDash's design -- focus mode, course content, profile page, course navigation & course grid -- to more closely match yo …

By Dave Warfel·CSS·Free
5(53 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, Design Upgrade for LearnDash is a WordPress css plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 53 reviews. It has been downloaded 237K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 23% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….

5/553 reviews
7.0K+active installs
100%resolved
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

LearnDash is a powerful learning management system (LMS) for managing your online courses, but there are some areas where the design falls short. In order to provide your students with an exceptional learning experience, you need a professional design.

Enter Design Upgrade for LearnDash

Design Upgrade for LearnDash completely redesigns every aspect of LearnDash so that it closely resembles your existing WordPress theme. No settings or custom code. Just activate & enjoy!

Compatible with LD3 & “Legacy” Templates

We’ll automatically detect whether you’re using the “LearnDash 3.0” or “Legacy” template, and assign styles appropriately. If you’re still running LearnDash 2.x, all of the same design upgrades that you’ve always en…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Not worth the paid version
by ianbryan·2 years ago·1 reply

This plugin worked great, but broke down when interoperating with other vital plugins and customizations in our LearnDash install. I didn’t request a refund because the refund policy requires you to “prove” that the plugin won’t interoperate. Instead I uninstalled it within hours of buying it and cancelled my subscription. Then when I was charged a year later, I got the refund I requested, MINUS the processing fee. In summary, great plugin for relatively simple LD installs. Company policies not so great. Good luck.

Worth Buying the Paid version
by trainingcity·3 years ago·1 reply

This plugin is easy to deploy and well worth the cost for the paid version. Styling LearnDash is not really difficult, but this plugin will solve 99% of your challenges with getting the courses, lessons, and topics pages formatted to “look nice” in a matter of minutes, vs countless hours if you stick to just out of the box WordPress or even a tool like Elementor.

Note that the plugin will “play nice” with Elementor. It seemlessly does its job formatting the various Learndash elements such as course lists which can then be inserted into course pages that are formatted in any way, including the application of an Elementor Template.

I am finding the the actual lessons and topics pages are more or less best left alone and run in “focus” mode. With this tool, you have the perfect way to format the content for lessons and topics which then display in focus mode.

The plugin “just works”, the available tutorial video provided by the company will walk you through the configuration and setup, and in no time flat, your Learndash elements will have the look and feel you need for a professional & customized site. Highly recommended for anyone building a Learndash based course.

  • This topic was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by trainingcity.
Great Plugin and Exceptional Customer Service
by arika·4 years ago·1 reply

I debated for a bit before buying the pro version of this plugin but it really is a life saver and makes LearnDash look 1000 times better.

I spent 20+ hours being really frustrated trying to make this one thing work that is super important to my brand. I reached out to customer support and had and answer that worked within a few hours. Thank you so much!!!!

Great Plugin and Support
by rhartland·4 years ago·1 reply

The plugin offers some amazing additional options to improve your Learndash site, but where they really go above and beyond is the support. I have the free and pro version which goes even further.

Dave was able to diagnose my problem, wrote some css for me, and showed me where to place it. Solved my problem perfectly!

Would highly recommend this plugin (and the pro version) if you have a Learndash site!

Fantastic plugin!
by clayray·4 years ago·1 reply

Provides great advanced styling and layout functionality that SHOULD have been included with LearnDash.

Download Trends

Today: 9Yesterday: 12This week: 60Period total: 4K

Compatibility

WordPress4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11
PHP5.6+ required

Version Adoption

v2.12
90.6%
Other
9.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.12 – August 9, 2022

  • Added: Improved styles for new LearnDash registration process/page
  • Tweak: Increased size of prev/next buttons at the bottom of lesson/topic pages to prevent wrapping onto two lines
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Dave WarfelDave WarfelEscape CreativeEscape Creative
Plugin Info
Version
2.12
Last Updated
Aug 9, 2022
WP Requires
4.6+
Tested Up To
6.0.11
PHP Requires
5.6+
Active Installs
7.0K+
Downloads
237K+
Added
May 14, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

csslmslearndashonline courseslearning management system

Developer

D
Dave Warfel
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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