Show Certificates Anywhere for LearnDash makes it easy to display earned LearnDash certificates — from both courses and quizzes — on any page, post, sidebar, or widget area of your WordPress site.
If you use LearnDash LMS and want to showcase student achievements, display course completion certificates on a profile page, or build a certificate wall — this plugin does it in seconds with zero coding.
Why Use This Plugin?
By default, LearnDash only shows certificates on the course/quiz page itself. This plugin lets you display certificates anywhere — a student dashboard, a profile page, a sidebar widget, or even a dedicated achievements page.
🏆 Key Features
- Course & Quiz Certificates — Show certificates earned from LearnDash courses and LearnDash quizzes in one unified list
- Simple Shortcode — Use
[ld_earned_certificates]to display certificates anywhere on your site - Gutenberg Block — Drag-and-drop the “LearnDash Certificates” block in the WordPress block editor with live preview
- Elementor Widget — Native Elementor widget with visual controls for LearnDash certificates
- Certificate Type Filter — Display all certificates, only course certificates, or only quiz certificates
- Beautiful Icons — Choose from 5 icon styles (Star, Ribbon, Trophy, Medal, Scroll) or disable icons
- Course & Quiz Badges — Color-coded badges to distinguish between course and quiz certificates
- Fully Customizable Design — Control font color, size, weight, background color, padding, margins, and link colors
- User-Specific Certificates — Show certificates for the current user or any specific user by ID
- No Coding Required — All settings managed through an intuitive admin panel with live color pickers
- Icon Color Customization — Change the certificate icon color and its background color from the settings panel
- Font Family Control — Choose from 10 web-safe font families or inherit your theme’s default
- Lightweight & Fast — No jQuery dependencies on the frontend, no build tools, minimal footprint
- Translation Ready — Fully internationalized with proper text domain support
📋 Shortcode Usage
Basic usage — show all certificates for the logged-in user:
[ld_earned_certificates]
Show only quiz certificates:
[ld_earned_certificates type="quiz"]
Show only course certificates:
[ld_earned_certificates type="course"]
Show certificates for a specific user:
[ld_earned_certificates user_id="5"]
Hide the “no certificates” message:
[ld_earned_certificates show_empty="no"]
Combine multiple attributes:
[ld_earned_certificates type="quiz" user_id="5" show_empty="no"]
🔌 Works With
- LearnDash LMS — Fully compatible with LearnDash 3.x and 4.x
- Gutenberg Block Editor — Native block with server-side rendering
- Elementor Page Builder — Native widget (auto-detected, no setup needed)
- Any WordPress Theme — Customizable styling adapts to your theme
- Translation Plugins — WPML, Polylang, Loco Translate compatible
🚀 Pro Version
Unlock even more powerful certificate features with the Pro add-on:
- 🔒 Certificate Verification with QR Codes
- 🔗 Social Sharing to LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook
- 📊 Certificate Analytics Dashboard
- 🖼️ Beautiful Certificate Wall & Grid Layouts
- 📥 One-Click PDF Certificate Download
- 📧 Automatic Email Certificate Notifications
- 🎨 Advanced Styling & Custom Display Templates
- ⚡ Priority Email Support & Updates
Requirements
- WordPress 5.8 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
- LearnDash LMS plugin (active)
External services
Diagnostics & Error Reporting (Optional)
When an administrator enables the “Diagnostics & Reporting” toggle in Certificate Customizer settings, the plugin sends:
- Anonymous error reports (PHP errors related to this plugin only)
- A daily heartbeat with environment info (WordPress version, PHP version, active theme/plugins)
- Site URL and admin email for identification
No personal user data, passwords, or content is transmitted. All data is sent via HTTPS to lmscrafter.com.
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