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Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is less than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB. Check FAQ for more.
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No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
Latest PHP 7.4.8 compatible WP Hive automated test found the plugin fully compatible with the latest version of PHP
Latest WordPress 6.0.1 compatible WP Hive automated test found the plugin fully compatible with the latest version of WordPress
Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
Frequently updated The plugin was not updated at least once in the last 90 days
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The database server is MySQL 8.0.21 and the default PHP memory limit is 256M.
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About Design Upgrade for LearnDash
Description
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....
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!
? Fully Compatible with LD3! ?
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 enjoyed will still be there.
See below for a list of what’s new.
Features
LearnDash 3.x Features
Tested with LearnDash 3.1.2
NEW: Improved styles for Focus Mode comments, which were added in LearnDash 3.1
Global: Larger clickable areas for all course content, navigation & Focus Mode areas
Buttons: All buttons have matching rounded corners & increased font size
Font Sizes: These will now be inherited from your theme, which should increase your font sizes across the board
Focus Mode: Improved sidebar tray design, Course Sections, shadow added to mobile menu, collapse arrow flips to show current menu state, and more.
Focus Mode: Top navigation bar received several small improvements
Animations: Subtle animations for LearnDash tooltips & the Focus Mode menu
Profile: Several styles were improved & standardized
Login/Registration: Unified styles for all form fields
Course Grid: Equal height columns & other small tweaks
Also: Small tweaks were made to assignments, pagination, the “User Status” widget and more.
LearnDash 2.x “Legacy” Features
Much improved course grid styles, equal height cards & no more weird spacing issues ?
All fonts have been reset to use your theme’s default font family, size & color
All PNG icons have been replaced with comparable SVGs
All complete/incomplete icons for lesson/topic/quiz lists have been moved to the right for better consistency
Spacing around & between elements has been adjusted to provide greater consistency throughout
All LearnDash widgets now have more consistent spacing & sizing, including improvements to Course Info & Course Navigation
Styling for the [ld_profile] shortcode has been completely revamped
Completely revamped & restyled quiz elements ?
Improved design of the statistics modal window (for quizzes), including row highlights on hover
Larger pager navigation buttons to improve usability
Full support for RTL languages
Tested with LearnDash 2.6.6
Who is this for?
Brand new LearnDash users: There is absolutely no reason not to try it out. At the very least, it will give your site a more consistent design. If you plan to customize LearnDash further, you can still do so using a child theme or Additional CSS in the Customizer.
Seasoned LearnDash veterans: If you have not made any customizations to your LearnDash design, but would like to improve it, give us a shot. You might want to try it out on a test site first, but you can deactivate it with one click and return to your previous design.
You might also want to give your students a heads up that you’re updating the design. But we feel confident that they’ll like it ?
LearnDash developers: If you’re a developer who builds LearnDash sites for your clients, this could save you hours (maybe even days) of development time. LearnDash’s markup & CSS is a beast to customize. This will give you a much easier baseline to work with.
We designed the plugin to be just specific enough to override LearnDash’s default styles, but not so specific that you’ll need to use a ton of selectors to override our specifity. All CSS in child themes and Additional CSS will take precedence over our styles.
Pro Version
Need custom styles? Our pro version uses the Customizer to bring you over 100 customizable design options. Completely customize your LearnDash site with just a few clicks.
Pro Features
Show/Hide various course & profile features
Disable expand/collapse links & show all by default
Course Content Lists: Update background & text colors, hover effects, customize line separators, remove the list count numbers and more
Progress Bar: Customize the color, border radius & height, add stripes, and animate the bar on page load
Buttons: Add your own background & text colors
[ld_profile]: Avatar shape, custom “edit profile” link, hide profile info, hide quiz information, and more
Login/Registration Popup: 10+ design options
Focus Mode: 20+ design options, including 7 for Focus Mode comments
Course Navigation Widget: 15+ design options
Course Grid Add-On: 20+ design options
Alerts: 9 custom colors, plus a few other options
Tooltips: customize the background & text color
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Theme Compatibility
Design Upgrade for LearnDash should work on most themes, assuming they have not customized the LearnDash markup in any way. While we can’t guarantee full compatibility, we have tested with the following themes.
Tested With
We have tested with the following themes, and they all appear to be compatible:
Astra
Divi
GeneratePress
Neve
OceanWP
LearnMate
Edufire
Storefront
Twenty Twenty
Twenty Nineteen
Twenty Seventeen
Twenty Sixteen
Incompatible Themes
BuddyBoss Platform (released June 2019)
Boss. / Social Learner (If you deactivate the “Boss for LearnDash” plugin, it will still work in “Legacy” mode)
eLumine by WisdmLabs
Incompatible Plugins
LearnDash Visual Customizer by SnapOrbital: The Visual Customizer takes a similar approach to designing LearnDash components, and thus the code conflicts with ours.
Uncanny Owl Toolkit Compatibility
We recognize the Uncanny LearnDash Toolkit by Uncanny Owl is a popular LearnDash plugin that adds some nice features. We’re in the process of making our plugin fully compatible with theirs. Here’s where we are so far:
Reset Progress button: Button styles upgraded
Simple Course Timer modal: Button styles upgraded
[uo_dashboard]: Styles upgraded
[uo_courses]: Styles upgraded
[uo_breadcrumbs]: Compatible; Design upgrades in progress
[uo_lessons_topics_grid]: Compatible; Design upgrades in progress
[uo_login_ui]: Compatible; Design upgrades in progress
NOTE: Uncanny LearnDash Toolkit styles are only upgraded if you’re using the “LearnDash 3.0” active template. Styles do not apply to the “Legacy” template.
Plugin Compatibility
Ratings, Reviews & Feedback plugin by WisdmLabs
As of version 2.5, we now enhance the styles of the Ratings, Reviews & Feedback plugin by WisdmLabs. For a detailed overview, please see our article on ldx.design.
Browser Support
A few techniques we use to improve the LearnDash design are only supported in the latest versions of major browsers. For the most part, as long as you’re not using Internet Explorer, most (if not all) of our plugin’s design upgrades will work.
We support the latest versions of the following browsers:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
Chrome for Android
Firefox for Android
iOS Safari (not tested, but should work)
We do not support any version of Internet Explorer, however, we do offer a few code snippets & suggestions to fix a few issues in IE11. See the IE11 section below in FAQ.
Roadmap
As LearnDash adds new features, it is our goal to keep this plugin updated.
Features planned for future release:
Compatibility with more Uncanny LearnDash Toolkit modules
Exploring compatibility with other WisdmLabs plugins
We’d love to hear from you!
Does something look weird with your theme? Is there something we missed? Wouldn’t it be cool if…
We tested it on a handful of popular themes, but we couldn’t possibly cover them all. If you have any feedback, please let us know in the support forum.
Credits
Paint brush icon made by Freepik, courtesy of flaticon.com. Licensed under CC3.0 BY.
Gradient by colorful gradients
From within WordPress
Visit “Plugins > Add New”
Search for “Design Upgrade for LearnDash”
Click the “Install” button
Click the “Activate” button
There are no settings to configure. An improved design will automatically be applied to all LearnDash elements on your site.
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