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8.1 Glossary

Terms used across this documentation. LearnDash's own concepts (course, lesson, topic, quiz) are covered in Getting Started with LearnDash.

Materials​

LearnDash's per-item field for supplementary content, available on every course, lesson, topic, and quiz under Settings > Display and Content Options. It has an on/off toggle and a text editor, and LearnDash shows its content to learners in a Materials tab. LearnDash Materials Extended extends this field; it does not replace it.

Materials tab​

The tab LearnDash's default templates add to a course, lesson, topic, or quiz page when its Materials setting is on and has content, next to the main content tab. This is where the plugin's list normally renders.

Material (item)​

One entry in the plugin's list: a title, a source (Media Library file or external URL), a link action, and an open-in-new-tab option. Items are added with Add item on the Settings tab and belong to that one course, lesson, topic, or quiz.

Source​

Where a material's link points. From Media Library picks a file uploaded to WordPress; External URL is any address you type in.

For Media Library items, whether the link goes to the file itself (Download) or to the file's WordPress attachment page (Attachment page). Has no effect on External URL items.

Attachment page​

The WordPress page WordPress generates for every uploaded file, showing the file with its title and description. Linking to it instead of the file is what the Attachment page link action does.

Insert shortcode​

The button beneath LearnDash's materials editor that places [learndash_materials_extended] into that editor, so LearnDash renders the plugin's list in the Materials tab.

List type​

The site-wide choice on Settings > Learndash Materials between a plain Link list and full-width pill Button items.

Style template (preset)​

One of three bundled starting points, Basic, Button 1, and Button 2, loaded into the settings fields with the Load button. Loading fills the fields; Save Changes applies them.

File-type icon​

The small icon shown with each material, chosen from the file extension at the end of the link: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image, archive, audio, video, or code, with a generic document icon for anything else.