Configure the Settings
All addon options live in the Reign theme settings, under the LearnDash tab. The tab is divided into sections; some appear only when BuddyPress is active.
General
Section titled “General”- Select Default Cover Image - a fallback cover image for courses and groups that have none. Recommended size 1920 x 350 pixels.
- Select Default Course Image - a fallback featured image for course cards with no thumbnail.
- Course Curriculum Layout - expanded or collapsed course content by default.
- LD Profile Layout - expanded or collapsed LearnDash profile display.
- Distraction Free Layout - Enable or Disable Distraction Free Reading.
- Close Action - Distraction Free - where the learner lands when leaving the distraction free view (Return To Default View, or the course page).
- Dashboard Title Text - the link label used inside the distraction free view.
- Course Archive Layout - choose Layout One, Two, or Three for the course archive.
- Course Category Filter - show or hide the category filter on the course archive.
- Course Tag Filter - show or hide the tag filter on the course archive.
- Course Instructor Filter - show or hide the instructor filter on the course archive.
- Hide Course Ribbon - hide the price or “free” ribbon on archive cards.
- Hide Instructor Tab - remove the instructor tab from single course pages.
Related Courses
Section titled “Related Courses”- Enable Related Courses - show a related courses section on single course pages.
- Heading Text - the section heading.
- Number of Courses - how many related courses to show.
Course Group Integration (BuddyPress Groups active)
Section titled “Course Group Integration (BuddyPress Groups active)”- Enable group integration and course user sync options that link LearnDash courses to BuddyPress groups.
- Social Group Privacy - default privacy for synced groups.
Learndash Course Activity (BuddyPress active)
Section titled “Learndash Course Activity (BuddyPress active)”Per-event toggles for what the addon posts to the BuddyPress activity stream: course enrollment, course completion, lesson completion, topic completion, quiz passed, single-course comments, and single-lesson comments.
Group Synchronization (BuddyPress Groups active, not BuddyBoss)
Section titled “Group Synchronization (BuddyPress Groups active, not BuddyBoss)”- Enable Group Sync and the leader / user role mapping.
- Auto Delete Social Group - off by default. When on, deleting a LearnDash group also deletes the linked BuddyPress group and its data. Leave it off to keep social groups.
How settings are stored
Section titled “How settings are stored”The addon does not use its own options record. Everything on this tab is saved inside the Reign theme’s reign_options array under a learndash key, and templates read it through a shared settings global. This is why the options appear inside Reign’s settings rather than in a separate menu. It also means the addon adds no custom database tables.

