WordPress Course Catalog Plugin - Settings - General (Google Map, Banner Size)


General Settings

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To edit the general settings in the WordPress Course Catalog plugin, head to Admin Dashboard Course Catalog Pro→ Settings → General tab.

Link to the course catalog page - WordPress Plugin for Online Courses
Link to the course catalog page

All settings screens have handy shortcuts for the shortcode list, HTTP Get variables reference and Course Catalog page.

Also, buttons to Clean database (warning, clears all data!) and restore Default settings are available.


General Options

The settings are:

General settings - WordPress Plugin for Creating Online Courses
General settings
  • Course permalink - Change the permalink (URL) of the catalog
  • Insert the nofollow tag on all external links - Adds the rel="nofollow" attribute to them. This tells search engines to ignore those links, so that they don't impact page rankings
  • Show admin edit link - If you logged in as the admin, the plugin will show the link Edit next to each course. This link is visible for the admin only. 
  • Default country - Will be the default choice for all courses
  • User profile page - This option automatically inserts a shortcode [cmcc_user_profile]  to the chosen page for displaying a student dashboard. This option requires the CM Course Catalog Dashboard add-on to be installed and activated. Learn more about How To Build Student Dashboard
  • Enable Basic Registration - Turn it on, if you want users to have the ability to register to courses. If you're using the CM Course Catalog Payments add-on, then this option will not be visible. Learn more about: WordPress Course Catalog Plugin - How To - Enable Basic Registration. Note: this option was introduced in version 1.3.6.

Course Banner

The settings are:

Course banner settings - LMS Plugin for WordPress
Course banner settings
  • Show a warning for banner size - Show a warning if the banner dimensions exceed 1000x300
  • Enable banner scaling - Resizes the banner dynamically. Enable this to choose between:
    • Resize to Fit specified dimensions (no cropping)
    • Resize proportionally to fit entire image into specified dimensions
    • Resize proportionally adjusting size of scaled image
    • Crop and resize to best fit the dimensions (default)
  • Choose the default course banner - This image will be applied to courses that have no banner

Google ReCAPTCHA

Note: This section with options was introduced in the base plugin version 1.3.9 and the Waiting List add-on version 1.0.11.

When you use the Waiting List add-on, it is possible to enable reCaptcha in the waiting list form to protect your site from unwanted spammers and bots.

In order to enable the reCaptcha feature, you need to get API key and secret key. Learn more about how to do it in this guide: General Support - reCAPTCHA - What is It and How to Enable

The section has the following options:

Google reCaptcha settings - Google reCaptcha settings - LMS WordPress Plugin for Courses
Google reCaptcha settings
  • Enable Google reCAPTCHA - Choose Yes to turn on this option.
  • API site key - Add here generated API key.
  • API secret key - Add here generated API secret key.

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