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Design & Appearance

Design Settings controls the colors used throughout the LearnDash Dashboard. Choose a ready-made color preset or build your own custom palette to match your brand.

How to access: Go to WordPress Admin > LearnDash Dashboard > Design.


  1. The settings page shows a row of color presets as clickable swatches
  2. Click a preset to apply it — all five color slots update to match
  3. Choose Custom to set each color individually using color pickers
  4. Click Save Changes to apply your palette to the frontend

Changes appear on your site immediately after saving.


The Choose Preset Colors panel displays all available built-in palettes. Each preset shows five color samples representing the five color roles used across the dashboard.

Click any preset to auto-fill all five color slots with that palette’s values. Click Custom to switch back to your own manually chosen colors.


When Custom is selected, five color pickers become available. Each one controls a specific visual role across the dashboard:

Color slot Used for
Primary Buttons, active tab highlights, links, and accent colors
Hover Button and link colors when you hover over them
Text Body text, labels, and descriptions
Background Dashboard background and card backgrounds
Border Card borders, dividers, and input field borders

Click any color swatch to open the color picker and select your desired color.


  • Click Save Changes to apply the selected palette to your dashboard
  • Click Reset Settings to restore the default color palette