diff --git a/wp-content/themes/academyAfrica/includes/widgets/featured_courses.php b/wp-content/themes/academyAfrica/includes/widgets/featured_courses.php
index b8d34d2b..631e7906 100644
--- a/wp-content/themes/academyAfrica/includes/widgets/featured_courses.php
+++ b/wp-content/themes/academyAfrica/includes/widgets/featured_courses.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public function get_name()
 
     public function get_style_depends()
     {
-        return ['academy-africa-featured-courses','academy-africa-learndash-course-grid'];
+        return ['academy-africa-featured-courses', 'academy-africa-learndash-course-grid'];
     }
 
     public function get_script_depends()
@@ -36,40 +36,6 @@ public function get_categories()
         return ['academy-africa'];
     }
 
-    public function concatenate_with_count($array)
-    {
-        $count = count($array);
-        return $count === 0 ? '' : ($count === 1 ? $array[0] : $array[0] . ' + ' . ($count - 1) . ' more');
-    }
-
-
-    public function get_courses()
-    {
-        return [
-            [
-                'title' => 'Introduction to Data Visualisation with Flourish',
-                'providers' => ['code for africa'],
-                'students_count' => 75,
-                'price' => 'Free',
-                'image' => '/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/user.svg',
-            ],
-            [
-                'title' => 'Fact-checking for Social Media',
-                'providers' => ['pesacheck'],
-                'students_count' => 75,
-                'price' => 'Free',
-                'image' => '/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/user.svg',
-            ],
-            [
-                'title' => 'Drone Journalism',
-                'providers' => ['Sensors Africa', 'pesacheck', 'code for africa'],
-                'students_count' => 75,
-                'price' => 'Free',
-                'image' => '/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/user.svg',
-            ],
-        ];;
-    }
-
     protected function register_controls()
     {
         $this->start_controls_section(
@@ -200,48 +166,12 @@ protected function register_controls()
         $this->end_controls_section();
     }
 
-    public function get_current_user()
-    {
-        return [
-            'first_name' => 'First Name Middle Name',
-            'last_name' => 'Last Name'
-        ];
-    }
-
-    public function get_academy_head()
-    {
-        return [
-            'name' => 'First Name Middle Name',
-            'role' => 'Academy Head',
-            'signature' => '/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/signature.png',
-            'date' => 'MM/DD/YYYY',
-        ];
-    }
-
 
     protected function render()
     {
-        // $course_list = do_shortcode('[ld_course_list array=true]');
-        // print_r($course_list);
-
         $settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
-        $courses = $this->get_courses();
         $title = $settings['title'];
         $description = $settings['description'];
-        $courses_link_label = $settings['link_to_courses_label'];
-        $courses_link_url = $settings['link_to_courses'];
-        $want_to_learn = $settings['want_to_learn'];
-        $banner_description = $settings['banner_description'];
-        $certificate_course = $settings['certificate_course'];
-        $certificate_description = $settings['certificate_description'];
-        $presented_to = $settings['presented_to'];
-        $certificate_type = $settings['certificate_type'];
-        $certificate_title = $settings['certificate_title'];
-        $user = $this->get_current_user();
-        $art_board = "/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/artboard.png";
-        $company_image = "/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/cfa_bw.png";
-        $company_name = "academy.Africa";
-        $academy_head = $this->get_academy_head();
 ?>
         <div class="featured-courses">
             <div class="title-description">
@@ -257,122 +187,6 @@ protected function render()
                 <?php echo do_shortcode('[learndash_course_grid taxonomies="ld_course_tag:featured"  id="featured" columns="3" skin="grid" card="grid-1" per_page="3" filter="false" progress_bar="" pagination="" button=""  ]'); ?>
 
             </div>
-            <!-- Fetch from Learndash -->
-            <!-- <div class="neutral-bg">
-                <div class="content">
-                    <?
-                    if (!empty($courses)) {
-                        foreach ($courses as $course) {
-                            $title = $course['title'];
-                            $provider = $this->concatenate_with_count($course['providers']);
-                            $student_count = $course['students_count'];
-                            $price = $course['price'];
-                    ?>
-                            <div class="card">
-                                <img alt="course-logo" class="logo" src="/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/course-image.png" />
-                                <div class="card-content">
-                                    <div class="card-title">
-                                        <p>
-                                            <?php echo $title; ?>
-                                        </p>
-                                    </div>
-                                    <p class="provider">
-                                        by <?php echo $provider; ?>
-                                    </p>
-                                    <div class="card-footer">
-                                        <div class="student-count">
-                                            <img alt="user" src="/wp-content/plugins/academy-africa/includes/assets/images/user.svg" />
-                                            <span><?php echo $student_count; ?></span>
-                                        </div>
-                                        <div class="tag free">
-                                            <?php echo $price; ?>
-                                        </div>
-                                    </div>
-                                </div>
-                            </div>
-                    <?
-                        }
-                    }
-                    ?>
-                </div>
-            </div> -->
-            <!-- Fetch from Learndash -->
-        </div>
-        <!-- <div class="neutral-bg">
-            <div class="certificate-showcase">
-                <div class="certificate">
-                    <div class="certificate-content">
-                        <hr>
-                        </hr>
-                        <div class="flex-items">
-                            <div style="flex: 1">
-                                <p class="certificate-of">
-                                    <? echo $certificate_title ?>
-                                </p>
-                                <p class="certificate-type">
-                                    <? echo $certificate_type ?>
-                                </p>
-                                <hr>
-                                </hr>
-                            </div>
-                            <div class="cert-logo">
-                                <svg width="90" height="91" viewBox="0 0 90 91" fill="#000" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
-                                    <rect x="0.363281" y="0.257812" width="89.4864" height="89.8571" fill="url(#pattern0)" style="mix-blend-mode:difference" />
-                                    <defs>
-                                        <pattern id="pattern0" patternContentUnits="objectBoundingBox" width="1" height="1">
-                                            <use xlink:href="#image0_11038_43255" transform="matrix(0.00850969 0 0 0.00847458 -0.0063263 0)" />
-                                        </pattern>
-                                        <image id="image0_11038_43255" width="119" height="118" 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/>
-                                    </defs>
-                                </svg>
-                            </div>
-
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="course-details">
-                            <div class="student">
-                                <p class="title"><? echo $presented_to ?></p>
-                                <p class="first-name">
-                                    <? echo $user['first_name'] ?>
-                                </p>
-                                <p class="last-name"><? echo $user['last_name'] ?></p>
-                            </div>
-                            <div class="course">
-                                <p class="course-description">
-                                    <? echo $certificate_description ?>
-                                </p>
-                                <p class="course-name">
-                                    <? echo $certificate_course ?>
-                                </p>
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="certificate-footer">
-                        <img height="40px" width="40px" alt="logo" src="<? echo $art_board ?>" />
-                        <p class="company-name">
-                            <? echo $company_name ?>
-                        </p>
-                        <img alt="artwork" src="<? echo $company_image ?>" />
-                        <div class="signature">
-                            <img alt="signature" alt="<? echo $academy_head['name'] ?>" src="<? echo $academy_head['signature'] ?>" />
-                            <p class="signee-name"><? echo $academy_head['name'] ?></p>
-                            <p class="signee-role"><? echo $academy_head['role'] ?></p>
-                            <p class="sign-date"><? echo $academy_head['date'] ?></p>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-                <div class="certificate-showcase-content">
-                    <p class="showcase-text">
-                        <? echo $banner_description ?>
-                    </p>
-                    <p class="course-text">
-                        <? echo $want_to_learn ?>
-                    </p>
-                    <a class="all-courses" href="<?php echo $courses_link_url; ?>">
-                        <? echo $courses_link_label ?>
-                    </a>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div> -->
-<?
+    <?
     }
 }