Learning Platforms versus Learning Plugins is an interesting debate. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend reading my “Where Should My Course Live?” which discusses five different platforms for your course.
Here will be looking at four different options for Plugins for your WordPress site. These are not listed in any specific order.
LearnPress
It starts Free! I love when things start free; I mean, who doesn’t :P. For free, you get the following:
- Unlimited Courses, Students, and Instructors
- Paypal payment option
- 3 Quiz Types
- Course results are stored in the student’s profile
- Use with any theme
Depending on your needs, they offer several different add-ons ranging from $19 to $299.
LearnDash
The basic pricing starts at $199 annually (as of Feb 2023). You get everything you need for this price.
- 1 Site License
- Unlimited Courses and Users
- Course Content Protection
- Content Drip
- Advanced Quizzing
- Badges & Certificates
- Email Notifications
This is a very nice drag and drop creator with templates.
WP Courseware
WP Courseware is more popular. I know several people who use it and love it. It starts at $149 for a year and includes everything! (as of Feb 2023) For this price, you get the following:
- Unlimited Courses
- Unlimited Students
- 1 Year of Support
- 2 Sites
Another excellent course plugin option.
LifterLMS
It’s fascinating how LMS (Learning Management System), which was introduced in the 1990s, is not a commonly used term. LifterLMS has a FREE plugin that you can use to create your course.
The Free plugin is only for testing your idea. Their website does not include a list of features for the free plugin.
They also have an option for $149/year (as of Feb 2023). Which includes:
- 1 Site
- Ecommerce Add-Ons
- Tech Support
I’m sure there are other plugin options, but these seem to be the most popular. I want to note that I do not use these plugins myself, but I have worked with sites that have used some of them.
(Updated February 2023)
Website Specialist