LearnDash LMS – How to Bulk Edit Lessons in a Spreadsheet

Editing multiple lessons in LearnDash LMS can be a daunting task if done manually, but with the right tools, you can easily bulk edit LearnDash lessons in just a few clicks. This tutorial will show you how to do it quickly and efficiently using the WP Sheet Editor – Courses plugin.

Manually editing lessons in LearnDash LMS is tedious and time-consuming. You have to open each lesson individually, update the content, and save the changes repeatedly. This process is not only monotonous but also significantly hinders productivity, especially if you manage a large number of lessons. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of manual work required.

Thankfully, WP Sheet Editor – Courses provides the perfect solution. This plugin allows you to manage your lessons in a spreadsheet interface, enabling advanced searches, bulk edits, and even importing and exporting to and from CSV files. With this tool, you can save hours of work and avoid the hassle of repetitive manual tasks.

Follow the steps below to learn how to bulk edit LearnDash lessons effortlessly using WP Sheet Editor – Courses.

Install WP Sheet Editor – Courses

After completing your purchase, you can follow these steps to install and activate the plugin:

1. Go to Plugins > Add New Plugin.
2. Click on Upload Plugin.
3. Click on Choose File.
4. Locate the plugin file on your computer.
5. Click on Install Now.
6. Click on Activate Plugin.
7. Enter your license and click on Activate License.

Open the Lessons Spreadsheet

Once the plugin is activated, open the spreadsheet for the lessons post type by going to WP Sheet Editor > Edit Lessons. You will see all your lessons displayed in the spreadsheet.

How to search for the lessons you’ll edit

WP Sheet Editor – Courses allows you to search for lessons that belong to a specific course. This makes it easy to edit lessons in bulk, because you make sure you are not changing values in lessons from other courses.

To search for lessons by course, you need to open the Search tool.

Once you’re in the Search tool, you need to select the following values:

• Tick the Enable advanced filters checkbox.
• Field: Course (course_id)
• Operator: =
• Value: Enter the ID of the course whose lessons you want to find.
• Click on Run search.

After running the search, you’ll see all the lessons of the selected course displayed in the spreadsheet.

How to Edit Lessons Using the Spreadsheet

Now you can start making changes on your LearnDash course lessons. Here are some examples of what you can do with the spreadsheet.

a) Edit lesson content

If you want to edit the lessons’ content, you just need to locate the Content column, which allows you to edit the lessons using a popup editor that simplifies completely the process of updating lesson content.

This is what the lesson edit looks like in the spreadsheet. You can apply all the changes you want, save changes, and open another lesson to edit it.

b) Edit lesson order

You can order lessons easily by adding the order number in the Order column. This is a great way to easily organize lessons in specific courses.

c) Assign / move lessons to another course

If you want to assign or move lessons to another course, you can use the Course column, which allows you to select the course to which the lessons belong.

d) Edit video lesson settings

The spreadsheet allows you to enable the video lesson, provide the lesson’s video URL, select when the lesson video will be shown, if you want to autostart the video, etc.

e) Edit lesson materials

You can edit Lesson Materials using the spreadsheet. Just click on the Edit button of each cell, and you will see a popup editor that allows you to manage course materials easily.

Once you’re done making all the changes you want, you need to click on Save.

How to Bulk Edit LearnDash Lessons

The Bulk Edit tool in WP Sheet Editor enables you to edit hundreds or thousands of lessons simultaneously, saving you hours of work. You can edit all lessons at once, only the lessons selected manually in the spreadsheet, or just the lessons filtered by a specific search query.

For example, let’s see how to bulk edit lesson materials to all the lessons we filtered.

After searching for the lessons by course, we need to open the Bulk Edit.

Next, we need to select the following values:

• Select the rows that you want to update: Edit all the rows from my current search
• What field do you want to edit: In this example, we will edit the Lesson Materials Enabled field.
• Select type of edit: Set value.
• Replace existing value with this value: In this example, we will select enable the lesson materials, so we need to tick the spreadsheet.
• Click on Execute Now.

As you can see, all the lessons have been updated and the lesson materials have been activated:

With WP Sheet Editor – Courses, you can easily manage your LearnDash lessons in bulk, whether you need to update lesson content, duplicate lessons, or export them to a CSV file. The intuitive interface and robust tools make it the ideal solution for LearnDash users.