Turn knowledge into learner outcomes that last.

Start with a single course and grow into a full learning operation—all on one platform. LearnDash has the tools, flexibility, and ownership to take it as far as you want to go.

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Trusted by 100,000+ creators

Join the agencies, universities, and enterprise teams that trust LearnDash to deliver learning at scale.

100K+

Active installs

25M+

Learners taught

4.8★

Trustpilot

ownership stays with you

Your courses. Your students. Your data.

Everything you build on LearnDash lives on your WordPress site: student records, course content, revenue history. No platform lock-in, no vendor dependency, portable to any host you choose.

AI course builder

Launch a course this weekend with AI

Describe a topic, and the AI assistant creates a full curriculum, lesson copy, and quiz questions, all ready for you to customize and publish.

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AI-generated course outlines from a prompt
Describe a topic and get a structured curriculum with lessons for easy customization.
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Auto-generated quiz questions
AI automatically creates relevant quiz questions for each topic to test comprehension.
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Drag-and-drop reordering of AI output
Rearrange lessons, topics, and questions to match your preferred flow.
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Fully editable. Customize everything
AI does the bulk of the work, but you still control the final design and delivery.

Built-in memberships

Harness membership tiers and recurring revenue

MemberDash is fully integrated into LearnDash, giving you a complete membership platform without third-party plugins. Create tiers, sell subscriptions, and manage access—all from one place.

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Multiple membership levels and tiers
Create free, basic, and premium tiers with different access and pricing.
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Sell subscriptions and course bundles
Offer monthly and yearly recurring subscriptions or bundled course packages.
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Drip content by membership level
Release content on a schedule so members get new material over time.
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Member dashboard and profile management
Give members the control to manage their own subscriptions, payment methods, and account info.

Reporting | Pro & Elite Plans

Know exactly what’s working in your courses.

Track enrollment trends, monitor completion rates, and identify at-risk learners—all from a single dashboard. Because when your program is growing, gut instinct isn't a reporting strategy.

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Real-time enrollment tracking
See new enrollments and signups as they happen, not after the fact.
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Course completion rate analytics
Track what percentage of learners finish each course and identify dropoff points.
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Quiz score breakdowns and analysis
See which questions learners struggle with to improve course content.
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Learner progress monitoring
Watch individual learner progress and flag at-risk students who are falling behind.
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Revenue and sales reporting
Track course sales, subscription revenue, and which offerings perform best.

Team & Scale | Elite plan

Sell to enterprise customers at scale

Scale your learning platform with group-based enrollment, multi-instructor course management, and seat-based learning you can sell to enterprise customers.

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Sell group seats to organizations
Create seat-based pricing so companies can enroll entire teams at once.
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Group leaders manage their own teams
Clients assign their own people and manage their teams, so you don’t have to.
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Instructor role with front-end course creation
Let instructors build courses without touching the WordPress backend.
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Multi-instructor course collaboration
Enable multiple instructors to work together on a course seamlessly, with no bottlenecks.
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Ratings, reviews, and feedback collection
Collect learner reviews and ratings to build trust and improve courses.

Pricing

Simple annual pricing. No per-student fees.

One license, unlimited courses, unlimited learners. Renews annually — cancel any time.

For solo creators

Essentials

$ 259 /year

Everything you need to launch and sell courses.

Drag-and-drop course builder
Quiz builder & question bank
Memberships, subscriptions, bundless
Payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal)
Onboarding wizard
Video progression
Focus mode for learners
Certificate builder and achievements
Plagiarism detection
Automated learner notifications

Questions, answered

Want to know more? Check out our FAQs below for answers to common questions.

LearnDash is a WordPress LMS plugin that lets you create, manage, and sell online courses directly from your WordPress site. First launched in 2013, it includes tools for course building, quizzes, assignments, progress tracking, and payment integrations, making it a flexible solution for educators, businesses, and training teams. As part of Nexcess, LearnDash is backed by decades of experience building tools for serious web professionals.

LearnDash is built for businesses, educators, creators, and training teams that want to run a full online learning operation on WordPress with complete ownership of their platform, student data, and revenue. It's trusted by Fortune 500 companies, major universities, and the agencies that build for them.

No. LearnDash is designed to be easy to set up and manage with visual tools and sensible defaults. Advanced options are available for developers and agencies who want deeper customization, but you don't need them to build a professional course experience.

Yes. LearnDash lets you sell courses directly from your site using built-in payment integrations with Stripe and PayPal, plus membership tools. You keep full control of your revenue, customer data, and brand—no third-party platform required.

MemberDash is a full membership platform built directly into LearnDash. It lets you create membership tiers, sell subscriptions and course bundles, and manage content access—all without a third-party plugin. It's included in every LearnDash plan.

Yes. LearnDash is built to scale from your first course to a full training operation without switching platforms or rebuilding from scratch. It's especially well-suited for high-traffic learning sites when paired with managed hosting for WordPress from Nexcess.

LearnDash Pro and Elite plans include ProPanel—a real-time analytics dashboard built inside WordPress. Track enrollment trends, monitor course completion rates, analyze quiz performance, and identify at-risk learners, all from a single interface.

Yes. LearnDash is built for agencies and freelancers managing multiple client sites. Enjoy a powerful LMS with no hosting lock-in and no proprietary dependencies.

Yes. LearnDash integrates with WooCommerce for payment processing, giving you additional flexibility for selling courses, bundles, and memberships through your existing WooCommerce store.