diff --git a/credentials/apps/core/admin.py b/credentials/apps/core/admin.py
index f4cd9284e..3400ebecb 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/core/admin.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/core/admin.py
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class SiteConfigurationAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             {
                 "fields": (
                     "site",
+                    "edx_org_short_name",
                     "platform_name",
                     "company_name",
                     "segment_key",
@@ -178,4 +179,9 @@ class SiteConfigurationAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
                 )
             },
         ),
+        (_('Edly Settings'), {
+            'fields': (
+                'edly_client_branding_and_django_settings',
+            )
+        }),
     )
diff --git a/credentials/apps/core/migrations/0024_siteconfiguration_edly_client_branding_and_django_settings.py b/credentials/apps/core/migrations/0024_siteconfiguration_edly_client_branding_and_django_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f963b90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/credentials/apps/core/migrations/0024_siteconfiguration_edly_client_branding_and_django_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.20 on 2025-09-16 11:47
+
+from django.db import migrations
+import jsonfield.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0023_add_core_user_indices'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='siteconfiguration',
+            name='edly_client_branding_and_django_settings',
+            field=jsonfield.fields.JSONField(default={}, help_text='JSON string containing edly client theme branding & Django settings.', verbose_name='Edly client theme branding & Django settings'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/credentials/apps/core/migrations/0025_siteconfiguration_edx_org_short_name_and_more.py b/credentials/apps/core/migrations/0025_siteconfiguration_edx_org_short_name_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..306c17903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/credentials/apps/core/migrations/0025_siteconfiguration_edx_org_short_name_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.20 on 2025-10-08 06:04
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import jsonfield.fields
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0024_siteconfiguration_edly_client_branding_and_django_settings'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='siteconfiguration',
+            name='edx_org_short_name',
+            field=models.CharField(help_text='Unique, short string identifier for organization, same as LMS. Please do not use spaces or special characters. Only allowed special characters are period (.), hyphen (-) and underscore (_).', max_length=255, null=True, unique=True, verbose_name='Organization short name'),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='siteconfiguration',
+            name='edly_client_branding_and_django_settings',
+            field=jsonfield.fields.JSONField(default=dict, help_text='JSON string containing edly client theme branding & Django settings.', verbose_name='Edly client theme branding & Django settings'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/credentials/apps/core/models.py b/credentials/apps/core/models.py
index 32e237b15..9b5d4042d 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/core/models.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/core/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import hashlib
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
+import logging
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
@@ -10,7 +11,9 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from edx_rest_api_client.client import OAuthAPIClient
+from jsonfield.fields import JSONField
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class SiteConfiguration(models.Model):
     """
@@ -20,6 +23,17 @@ class SiteConfiguration(models.Model):
     """
 
     site = models.OneToOneField(Site, null=False, blank=False, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    edx_org_short_name = models.CharField(
+        max_length=255,
+        unique=True,
+        verbose_name=u'Organization short name',
+        help_text=_(
+            'Unique, short string identifier for organization, same as LMS. '
+            'Please do not use spaces or special characters. '
+            'Only allowed special characters are period (.), hyphen (-) and underscore (_).'
+        ),
+        null=True,
+    )
     platform_name = models.CharField(
         verbose_name=_("Platform Name"),
         help_text=_("Name of your Open edX platform"),
@@ -124,6 +138,12 @@ class SiteConfiguration(models.Model):
     enable_twitter_sharing = models.BooleanField(
         verbose_name=_("Enable Twitter sharing"), help_text=_("Enable sharing via Twitter"), default=True
     )
+    edly_client_branding_and_django_settings = JSONField(
+        verbose_name=_('Edly client theme branding & Django settings'),
+        help_text=_('JSON string containing edly client theme branding & Django settings.'),
+        null=False,
+        default=dict
+    )
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.site.name
@@ -188,6 +208,22 @@ def get_user_api_data(self, username):
 
         return user_data
 
+    def get_edly_configuration_value(self, name, default=None):
+        """
+        Return Configuration value for the key specified as name argument.
+        Function logs a message if there is an error retrieving a key.
+        Arguments:
+            name (str): Name of the key for which to return configuration value.
+            default: default value to return if key is not found in the configuration
+        Returns:
+            Configuration value for the given key or returns `None` if default is not available.
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.edly_client_branding_and_django_settings.get(name, default)
+        except AttributeError as error:
+            log.exception('Invalid JSON data. \n [%s]', error)
+
+        return default
 
 class User(AbstractUser):
     """
diff --git a/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py b/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py
index 03706ef32..2a73f9a6f 100644
--- a/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py
+++ b/credentials/apps/credentials/utils.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def filter_visible(qs: "QuerySet") -> "QuerySet":
     Filters a UserCredentials queryset by excluding credentials that aren't
     supposed to be visible yet.
     """
-    visible_course_certs = _filter_visible_course_certificates(qs.filter(course_credentials__isnull=False))
+    visible_course_certs = _filter_visible_course_certificates(qs)
     visible_program_certs = _filter_visible_program_certificates(qs.filter(program_credentials__isnull=False))
     visible_certs = visible_course_certs | visible_program_certs
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ def _get_program_certificate_visible_date(user_program_credential: UserCredentia
         (DateTime or None): The date on which the program credential should be
         visible. (It shouldn’t return None but is technically possible.)
     """
-    last_date = None  # type: Optional[datetime.datetime]
+    last_date = user_program_credential.created
     for course_run in user_program_credential.credential.program.course_runs.all():
         # Does the user have a course cert for this course run?
         course_run_cert = UserCredential.objects.filter(