RootWright LMS templates and theme overrides

RootWright LMS does not look up template files in your theme folder. Its PHP templates load from the plugin, and block themes can replace them through the Site Editor. This page explains which template wins and which filters change it.

How templates load

• Dashboard and profile pages load from the plugin's templates/ folder.
• Certificate pages load from templates/certificates/ with the built-in designs sky-landscape.php and sky-portrait.php.
• Course archive and single course pages use the plugin's block template.

Because the plugin includes these files directly, a file with the same name in your theme is not used. The locate_template function is not called.

Block themes and the Site Editor

On a block theme, a Site Editor template takes priority over the plugin's template. A template with the same slug in your theme also takes priority. The slugs used include archive-rootwright_course, single-rootwright_course and taxonomy-{tax}.

Edit the template in the Site Editor.

Filters that change templates

Filter	Purpose
template_include	Choose the template file for a request.
rootwright_lms_dashboard_standalone	Show the dashboard without the theme header and footer.
rootwright_lms_course_page_layout	Change the layout of the course page.
rootwright_lms_certificate_ssr_templates	Allow-list of certificate template keys.
rootwright_lms_certificate_template_path	Replace the file used for a certificate design. The path must be a real .php file.

Example: use your own certificate design

Check the call site in CertificateBlock.php for the exact arguments before you rely on this example.

add_filter( 'rootwright_lms_certificate_template_path', function ( $path, $key ) {
	if ( 'sky-landscape' === $key ) {
		return get_stylesheet_directory() . '/rootwright/certificate-landscape.php';
	}
	return $path;
}, 10, 2 );

The filter must return a real file. If the path does not exist, the plugin falls back to its own design.

Related

• Hooks and filters.
• Shortcodes and blocks.