Using Presto Player With LearnDash

Presto Player works with LearnDash, including support for LearnDash’s Video Progression feature. This guide shows you how to add Presto Player videos to your lessons and how to enable video progression.

Add Video to a Lesson

You can add a Presto Player video to any LearnDash lesson or topic using the Presto Player block in the Gutenberg editor.

Step 1: In your WordPress dashboard, navigate to your LearnDash course and open the lesson you want to edit.

Step 2: In the block editor, search for and add the Presto Player block.

Step 3: Set your video source (for example, a YouTube URL). You can adjust video settings in the right sidebar. If you added the video via the Media Hub, navigate there to modify its settings.

For more details on using Presto Player with the Gutenberg editor, see this article.

Enable Video Progression

LearnDash’s Video Progression feature requires students to watch the full video before moving to the next lesson or topic. Presto Player supports this feature natively.

To learn more about how Video Progression works in LearnDash, see the LearnDash documentation.

Step 1: While editing your lesson, click Settings in the top menu and enable Video Progression.

Step 2: Enable the Use Presto Player option so that LearnDash tracks progression through your Presto Player video.

Step 3: Set the Display Timing option. Choose Before completing sub-steps to show the video first, or After completing sub-steps to show the video only after students complete all steps in the lesson.

Conclusion

That’s all it takes to use Presto Player with LearnDash. You can now add videos to your lessons and optionally require students to watch them before progressing. If you run into any issues, feel free to reach out to our support team. We’re happy to help.