by Dave Warfel 5 (10 reviews)

Widget Areas for LearnDash

Name: Widget Areas for LearnDash
Rating: 5.0 (10 reviews)
Author: Dave Warfel

Add unlimited blocks/widgets to several areas of LearnDash Focus Mode, plus course & group pages.

Widget Areas for LearnDash ranks #8,140 among WordPress.org plugins with 600+ active installations, is #1,131 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 10 reviews, and was last updated Jul 13, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

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Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 13 Jul, 2025

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#1,131 of 8,549 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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600+

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10.7K

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Jul 13, 2025
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Dave Warfel

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Reviews: 10
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for LearnDash course creators who want to add custom content to Focus Mode, course pages, and group pages. It solves the lack of built-in widget areas in those locations by adding new WordPress widget/block areas via LearnDash action hooks.

8 LearnDash widget areas
Focus Mode sidebar widget areas
Course page content widget areas
Group page content widget areas
Block editor and default WordPress widgets support
LearnDash Student and Visitor blocks
Elementor template embedding
CSS class names for styling widget areas

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Widget Areas for LearnDash

There are two ways you can add widgets to the new widget areas that this plugin creates. Navigate to "Appearance > Customize" and click on the "Widgets" panel Make sure you're previewing a page that contains the widget areas Click on the widget area in which you'd like to add content Click the + icon or use the / key to choose a block or widget Customize the content to your liking -or- Navigate to "Appearance > Widgets" Locate the widget area you want to add content to Click on it to open it up Click the + icon or use the / key to choose a block or widget Customize the content to your liking

Yes. Widget Areas for LearnDash should work with almost all themes. We use standard LearnDash action hooks, so as long as your theme is not modifying this LearnDash code (they shouldn't be), then it should work. You might experience some spacing irregularities, depending on how your theme styles its default widgets. Please reach out in the support forum so we can help you adjust spacing. Incompatible Themes: BuddyBoss (LD Course: Content: End works, but the other widget areas do not) eLumine (The Focus Mode widget areas work, but not the ones on course pages)

If you're already using the Design Upgrade for LearnDash plugin (free or pro), the spacing is automatically added for you. Not only does it add spacing, but it upgrades many other aspects of the LearnDash design. If you'd like to write your own CSS, add the following code to the style.css file of your child theme, or the "Additional CSS" area in the Customizer. .ldx-widget-area.fm-nav-before, .ldx-widget-area.fm-nav-after { margin: 1em; } This will add 1em of margin around the widget areas in the Focus Mode sidebar. Feel free to adjust the value to achieve the spacing you want.

Sure thing. Add the following code to the style.css file of your child theme, or the "Additional CSS" area in the Customizer. You'll need to adjust it for the specific widget area you'd like to target (see class names in description above). .ldx-widget-area.fm-content-start { padding: 0.75em; border-radius: 5px; background: #000; color: #fff; } This would change the Focus Mode: Content: Start widget area to have a black background and white text. The padding is there so the text doesn't run up against the edge of the box. Feel free to adjust the border-radius to match your site's style, or just delete it. The widget area I want isn't listed. That's probably because we haven't added it. There are 50+ different areas we could've added widgets to, but that would clutter your WordPress admin area, and we didn't want to do that to you. We carefully selected the areas we thought course creators would want most. However, it's possible we got this wrong. If there's enough demand for a particular widget area, and LearnDash allows us to target it, we'll consider adding it.