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How to add a certificate to Teachable

Two ways to give students a completion certificate on Teachable — the native certificate builder, and a fully branded certificate you can paste in yourself when you want more control. No developer required.

A certificate at the end of a course is one of the easiest ways to lift completion rates and give students something worth sharing. On Teachable there are two real paths, depending on how much control you want over the design.

Option 1 — Teachable's built-in certificate

On its higher-tier plans, Teachable includes a certificate feature with a template editor. In your course settings, open the Certificates area, choose a template, add your logo, signature, and course details, and enable it. Students who complete the course can then download a PDF automatically.

This is the quickest route if one of the templates fits your brand. The trade-offs: the certificate feature is limited to certain plans, and the layout options are fairly constrained.

Quick tip: The native certificate feature depends on your Teachable plan. If you don't see the Certificates option in your course settings, that usually means your current plan doesn't include it — in which case the custom approach below is your route.

Option 2 — A custom, branded certificate (paste-in code)

If you want a certificate that matches your exact colors, fonts, and layout — or your plan doesn't include the native feature — you can build a custom certificate with a small block of HTML and CSS. Teachable's certificate template editor accepts custom markup, and you can also render a styled certificate on a completion page. This gives you full control over the palette, a verification ID, the student's name, and the completion date.

The idea is simple: a short snippet lays out a styled certificate using the student's details (simplified):

<div class="lw-cert"> <h2>Certificate of Completion</h2> <p class="name">{{ student_name }}</p> <p>has completed {{ course_name }}</p> <p class="vid">Verified · LW-8F3A2K1</p> </div>

You style it to look like a real certificate — border, serif heading, your logo — and use it in the certificate editor or completion page. Because it's your own code, you own the design forever, with nothing extra to pay each month.

Where the code goes on Teachable

  1. Open your course's Certificates settings (or the completion page you want to customize).
  2. Choose the option to edit or use a custom template where available.
  3. Paste the snippet and adjust the labeled values (colors, logo, wording).
  4. Save and preview in an incognito window to confirm it renders correctly.

Skip the fiddly part

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Common questions

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Both options are copy-and-configure. The native certificate is point-and-click; the custom one is a labeled snippet where you change a few plain-English values.

Will the custom certificate work on my plan?

The paste-in approach works wherever Teachable lets you use a custom template or completion-page markup. If your plan doesn't allow it, the native certificate feature is the alternative.

Can students verify their certificate?

Yes — a custom certificate can include a unique verification ID so it can be checked as genuine.

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