Customization & Template Overrides

5 min read Updated Jun 13, 2026 Applies to: Free & Pro

Override any front-end template from your theme — updates to the plugin will never overwrite your changes.

How overrides work

PlayCourse looks for templates in your theme before falling back to its own. Copy a file from plugins/playcourse-lms/templates/ into your-theme/playcourse/, keeping the same path.

example

plugins/playcourse-lms/templates/single-course.php
        ↓ copy to
your-theme/playcourse/single-course.php   # now yours to edit

Common overrides

single-course.php — course landing layout
lesson-player.php — the lesson player shell
parts/course-card.php — catalog card markup

Keep overrides leanOnly copy templates you actually change, so you still benefit from upstream improvements to the rest.

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