Download the LifterLMS plugin for free here directly from our website so you get instant access to all our valuable resources to help you get started quickly and easily for free.

Turn your WordPress website into a professional eLearning platform with every customizable feature you could possibly need from your LMS.

• Intuitive LMS Course Builder: Create Courses, Sections, and Interactive Lessons with multimedia content.
• Track Student Progress: In-Depth Reporting, Create Timed or Open Quizzes, Drip Content, Add Prerequisites, Analyze Progress, and Award Certificates
• Complete Ecommerce Platform: Built-in Gateway Integration for Stripe and PayPal With Memberships and Subscriptions
• Community and Social Learning: Integrate a Community Forum or Discussion Area, Add Multiple Instructors, and Display Course Reviews

Explore All LMS Features

LifterLMS makes it easy to create, sell, and protect engaging online courses and training-based membership websites.

Integrate LifterLMS With Any Theme, Page Builder, & Block Editor

LifterLMS works with any modern WordPress theme/FSE, the Block Editor (Gutenberg), and every popular WordPress page builder including Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Divi.

With over 10 years development, our team is deeply engaged with the WordPress community. We encourage our integration partners to create the extensions you need most, like Affiliate WP, Monster Insights, WP Fusion, popular form plugins, GamiPress, Astra Pro, and more.

Open Source, Free Core Plugin

LifterLMS gives back to the open-source community. The core LifterLMS plugin is a totally FREE forever LMS – no limits on your courses, memberships, enrollments, or earnings.

We believe in free, distributed learning for all. LifterLMS exists to democratize education in the digital classroom.

Premium Add-ons and Bundles

Get to know our team and product. by signing up for a $1 temporary 30 Day website. You’ll get instant access to a private demo site hosted on our servers pre-installed with:

• the core LifterLMS plugin, AND
• every premium LMS add-on

See why so many people start with or switch from another WordPress LMS or hosted platform to LifterLMS for online courses, membership sites, and remote schools.

LifterLMS is Perfect For:

Builders
We’re the favorite LMS plugin for WordPress developers, designers and IT pros who build LMS websites and training portals for clients, employers, and themselves

DIY
Do-it-yourself innovators love that LifterLMS helps them easily create high-value online courses, coaching or training-based membership websites, right on WordPress.

Switchers
Have you outgrown a hosted LMS platform or an incomplete WordPress LMS stack? Choose LifterLMS if you are looking for more power, control, and better support.

Meet The LifterLMS Team

The LifterLMS team is a diverse group of talented course creators, developers, designers, marketers, and entrepreneurs.

Before developing LifterLMS, we consulted and built custom WordPress-based online learning and membership sites for clients worldwide. LifterLMS was born through this deep hands-on experience building high-end, custom WordPress LMS websites from scratch.

Learn more about the people behind LifterLMS.

LifterLMS By The Numbers

• 8,377,042 Course Enrollments powered by LifterLMS
• 12,570,881 Course and lesson completions powered by LifterLMS
• 186,997 Achievement badges awarded by LifterLMS
• 310,728 Certificates awarded by LifterLMS
• Over 10,000 active installs of the WordPress LMS plugin
• 308 5-star reviews

Features

Start with the free LMS plugin and scale-up as you grow.

Make Money Teaching Online
Set up LifterLMS, activate built-in payments with Stripe or PayPal. That’s all you need to get started.

When you need more features and to expand your online learning business, we’re here for you. We have several free and premium add-ons to help you create more value for your users, and scale your business revenue.

• Credit card payments
• One-time payments
• Recurring payments
• Payment plans
• Unlimited course and membership pricing models
• PayPal
• Subscriptions
• Checkout
• Free courses
• Course bundles
• Private coaching upsells
• Course and membership Coupons
• Bulk course and membership sales
• Affiliate ready
• Native course and membership sales pages
• Offline course and membership sales
• Customizable course and membership enrollment
• Country and currency
• E-commerce dashboard
• Credit card management
• Subscription switching
• Payment switching
• Native Zapier integration

Create Courses on Your WordPress LMS Website

• Course multimedia lessons
• Course quizzes
• Quiz question banks
• Course builder
• Course cohorts
• Drip Content
• Course and lesson prerequisites
• Course tracks
• Course assignments
• Quiz time limits
• Student dashboard
• Student note-taking
• Multi-instructor courses
• Lesson downloads
• Course import & export
• Discussion areas
• Instructional design
• Forum integrations
• Graphics pack
• Course reviews
• Group enrollments for courses and memberships

Engage Your Students

• Achievement badges
• Certificates
• Personalized email
• Social learning
• Private coaching
• Text messaging

Offer Memberships

• Sitewide membership
• Course bundles
• Traditional memberships
• Automatic course enrollment
• Bulk course enrollment
• Content restrictions outside of a course
• Members-only payment plans
• Private group discussions
• Members-only forums

Integrate your WordPress LMS with the Tools You Need

• Payment gateways
• Email marketing
• Forums
• Mobile friendly
• Use any theme or page builder
• Built for compatibility
• CRMs
• E-learning authoring tools
• Tin Can API (xAPI)

Secure and Protect Your Content

• Course protection
• User account management and registration
• Members only content
• Course only content
• Restricted access
• Password management
• Self-hosted

Own and Manage Your WordPress LMS Platform

• Detailed course, membership, ecommerce, and student reporting
• Course gradebook
• Email notifications
• Bulk course and membership enrollments
• Student management
• Course and membership access management
• Web design management
• Branding & typography
• WordPress LMS User Roles
• Security
• Require terms
• Scalable
• Layout
• Testing tools

Get Support For Your WordPress LMS Project

• Technical support
• 30 Days of live weekly onboarding calls called Liftoff Sessions
• Live office hours
• Free training courses
• Free training webinars
• Setup wizard
• Detailed documentation
• Dynamic resources
• Demo course
• System analyzer
• User community
• REST API
• Developer ecosystem
• Recommended Resources for course creators

More Resources

• The LifterLMS Official Homepage
• The LifterLMS Knowledge base
• The LifterLMS Blog
• The LifterLMS Podcast
• The LifterLMS Academy
• The LifterLMS Developer Blog

Enhance Your LMS With LifterLMS Add-Ons

Advanced

Increase your LMS website and it’s training program’s value with these add-ons:

• LifterLMS Advanced Quizzes
• LifterLMS Assignments
• LifterLMS Private Areas
• LifterLMS Social Learning
• LifterLMS Advanced Video
• LifterLMS Custom Fields
• LifterLMS Groups
• LifterLMS PDFs
• LifterLMS Private Site
• LifterLMS Course Cohorts
• LifterLMS Advanced Coupons
• LifterLMS Notes

Integrations

Integrate your LMS with the tools you use:

• LifterLMS Stripe
• LifterLMS PayPal
• LifterLMS Authorize.Net
• LifterLMS WooCommerce
• LifterLMS ConvertKit
• LifterLMS MailChimp

LMS Website and User Experience Design Tools

Use LifterLMS with the modern LifterLMS Sky Pilot Theme for even more beautiful results. LifterLMS works with any well-coded WordPress theme, but check out Sky Pilot if you want to start with a modern, beautiful, full-site editing block-based theme. And consider using our Aircraft page builder plugin, to make building beautiful web pages fast using our design template library.

• LifterLMS Sky Pilot Theme
• LifterLMS Aircraft
• LifterLMS Powerpack

Why Do People Switch to LifterLMS From Other LMS Plugins?

There are several other LMS plugins like:

• Sensei LMS
• Tutor LMS
• WP Courseware
• LearnDash
• Masterstudy LMS
• Academy LMS
• Namaste LMS
• LearnPress

There are some membership plugins with some course features like:

• Paid Memberships Pro (Membership plugin that also integrates with LifterLMS)
• MemberPress

The main reasons we hear from users who switched to LifterLMS after trying out the best WordPress LMS plugins is that LifterLMS has:

• The best most feature-complete customizable well-coded features
• Outstanding customer support including live calls
• The free LifterLMS plugin is amazing making the project affordable
• Memberships, ecommerce, and gamification included in LifterLMS without the need for 3rd party plugins

Other Plugins and Themes Commonly Used with LifterLMS

The most common plugins and themes used with LifterLMS include Elementor, WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, Yoast SEO, WP Forms Lite, Akismet Anti-Spam, Elementor, Jetpack by WordPress.com, Classic Editor, Updrafts Plus Backup/Restore, Realy Simple SSL, All-in-One WP Migration, WordPress Importer, Starter Templates, Wordfence Security, Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights, Loco Translate, Slider Revolution, Astra Pro, Essential Addons for Elementor, WP Mail SMTP, WooCommerce Stripe Gateway, LiteSpeed Cache, Jetpack, Gravity Forms, MailChimp for WooCommerce, BuddyPress, BuddyBoss, Divi, Kadnece, Beaver Builder, bbpress, The Events Calendar, Ultmate Member, and more.

Connect LifterLMS to over 7,000 other apps like Facebook, Google Sheets, Zoom, Shopify, etc. using the LifterLMS Zapier app.

Support From LifterLMS

**All of our paid products include priority private support.

• LifterLMS Support Ticket System, ready for any question you have about your LMS
• Liftoff Sessions access with live screen-sharing to help you get started with the LMS software
• LifterLMS Office Hours is a weekly Mastermind group hosted by LifterLMS CEO Chris Badgett and special guests

Save on LifterLMS With A Bundle

Save money and get more features.

• Free LifterLMS plan gives you everything you need to start with all the essential LMS features from unlimited courses, memberships, students, teachers, and more.
• Earth Bundle gives you all the essentials you need to get your online learning website up and running so it’s collecting money today with the most powerful secure learning management system software.
• Level up your online course LMS website with our ecommerce, design, marketing technology, and automation tools with the Universe Bundle.
• Add more engagement and student transformation potential to your immersive training programs with our entire suite of products including advanced features used by the best teachers, experts, and coaches with the Infinity Bundle.

Try the Best LMS Plugin

• Install the free core LifterLMS plugin right now. See how extensive and customizable our free core plugin is.
• Get a temporary 30 Day website on our servers with the core LifterLMS plugin AND all the premium add-ons installed. This demo website allows you to test drive all the LMS add-ons before you invest. Practice creating courses, test out the learner experience, and see how easy it will be to manage your course with WordPress. Install your favorite plugins & themes to test compatibility. Try LifterLMS for $1 now.
• Test LifterLMS as a student. Take a free course on how to build a LifterLMS website in 20 minutes. Take a Free Course now.

Scaling LifterLMS

LifterLMS is incredibly flexible, customizable, and scalable. Use it for a simple one course website. Use it as a course marketplace or multi-instructor online school.

LifterLMS is lightweight enough to handle small niche sites, while also powering huge universities and employee training in Fortune 500 corporations. We’ve even worked with a site that has 4,470,829 course enrollments.

Unlike hosted LMS software where you would pay increasing monthly fees for access and growth, LifterLMS does not charge you more per course, per instructor, per student, or based on your revenue.

Whether you are going big or keeping it small, LifterLMS scales to meet your needs.

LifterLMS in Action

• Success Stories — Discover these amazing stories and accomplishments from our community of course creators.
• Showcase — Check out these websites using LifterLMS

What Others Are Saying About LifterLMS

“I’ve used many LMS platforms over the years. And they were all fine… right up to the day when they weren’t. The trouble is, they all want you to package and manage your course the way THEY think you should do it. THEIR feature set. THEIR way to do it. Now I host all my courses on LifterLMS. TOTALLY different experience. I’m free to do things MY way. I’ve never yet hit a wall where LifterLMS didn’t enable me to do things the way I wanted. Love it! Great support and community too.”

Nick Usborne, Teacher, Entrepreneur

“As a former School Teacher, professional User Experience Designer, and current online course creator – I can honestly attribute much of our success to LifterLMS and it’s consideration for multiple learning modalities, the LMS UI/UX out of the box, and natural student Engagement opportunities. In less than 10 months we’ve gone from $0 to $300K in revenue with LifterLMS playing a huge part in that!!”

Sarah Lorenzen, Teacher, Entrepreneur

Join Our Growing Community

When you download LifterLMS, you join a thriving community of education entrepreneurs, course creators, developers, LMS professionals, and WordPress enthusiasts.

We’re a fast growing open source eLearning community, and everyone seeking to build a sustainable online course business is welcome.

Join the LifterLMS VIP Facebook group to:

• check out what other LifterLMS users are creating
• ask questions and support fellow course creators

Join the LifterLMS Slack community if you’d prefer to connect in Slack.

Contribute

Are you a developer interested in contributing to LifterLMS? Visit the LifterLMS GitHub Repository to find out how to support this open source WordPress LMS software.

Want to add a new language to LifterLMS? Contribute language translations at translate.wordpress.org.

What Should You Do Next?

Install the free LifterLMS plugin on your website,

then …

Try out all the premium add-ons for $1 by signing up >>HERE<<

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• Accept major credit/debit cards via Stripe on your LifterLMS site
• One-time payments and recurring subscriptions for courses and memberships
• Supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Link for faster checkout
• Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and 3D Secure ready
• Stripe Elements for a smooth, mobile-first checkout experience
• Automatic payment retries and smart dunning for failed renewals
• Secure tokenization—no sensitive data stored on your server
• Instant refunds and partial refunds from your WordPress dashboard
• Customizable checkout fields and button styles to match your brand
• Set up free trials, coupons, and payment plans with LifterLMS
• Detailed order history and transaction notes for every student
• Supports multiple currencies and localized payment experiences
• Webhooks for reliable payment event syncing with Stripe
• Easy setup wizard and clear error handling for faster onboarding
• Optimized, lightweight code and compatible with popular WordPress hosts

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• Private, course-focused social network inside your WordPress site
• Student profiles with avatars, bios, and course progress highlights
• Activity feeds for posts, comments, likes, and updates
• Course-based and interest-based groups with discussion walls
• Direct messaging and @mentions for peer-to-peer connection
• Leaderboards to showcase top learners and boost motivation
• Achievements and badges displayed on profiles
• Instructor announcements and pinned posts for visibility
• Follows and notifications to keep learners engaged
• Media sharing: images, links, and embeds in posts
• Privacy controls: site-wide, group-only, or course-only visibility
• Mobile-friendly, fast, and optimized for modern WordPress
• Seamless LifterLMS integration—works with courses, memberships, and enrollments
• Customizable design to match your theme and brand
• Easy setup with straightforward settings and role permissions

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• Create private student portals tied to courses, memberships, or users
• One-to-one messaging between instructors and learners
• Post private notes, assignments, and coaching feedback
• Attach files and resources securely to private threads
• Automated email notifications for new messages and updates
• Rich text editor for formatted feedback and instructions
• Restrict access by role, course, or membership level
• Student activity tracking within private conversations
• Instructor-only drafts and scheduled posts
• Customizable templates and labels to match your brand
• Search and filter private posts by user, course, or status
• Works with native LifterLMS enrollments and progress
• Mobile-friendly, front-end student experience
• GDPR-friendly data control and export support
• Lightweight, fast, and easy to set up in WordPress

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• Create professional PDF certificates and transcripts
• One-click PDF generation from course and membership achievements
• Customizable templates: logos, colors, fonts, backgrounds
• Dynamic merge fields for student, course, date, and grade data
• Automated delivery via email on course or lesson completion
• Downloadable PDFs from student dashboard and instructor views
• Secure, tamper-resistant PDFs with unique IDs
• Supports multiple certificate designs per course or membership
• Bulk generation for cohorts and corporate training groups
• RTL and multilingual-ready for global learners
• Mobile-friendly, high-DPI output for crisp printing
• Works with LifterLMS achievements, badges, and engagements
• Developer hooks and filters for advanced customization
• Compatible with popular caching and hosting environments
• Lightweight performance footprint with clean, fast rendering

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• Seamless integration between LifterLMS and Mailchimp
• Auto-sync students to Mailchimp audiences and tags
• Trigger emails on enrollments, completions, and purchases
• Segment by course, lesson, membership, and bundle
• Automated onboarding and nurture sequences
• Behavior-based tagging for precise targeting
• Abandoned checkout follow-up campaigns
• One-click opt-in on course and checkout forms
• GDPR-friendly consent fields and double opt-in
• Custom field mapping for student data
• Supports Mailchimp groups and advanced segments
• Works with coupons, upsells, and bundles
• Detailed activity logs for sync and events
• Compatible with LifterLMS Stripe, PayPal, and WooCommerce
• Lightweight, secure, and easy to configure
• Boosts engagement, retention, and course sales

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• Native integration with LifterLMS for seamless SMS automation
• Send real-time SMS for enrollments, course starts, and completions
• Automated reminders for lessons, quizzes, and overdue assignments
• Two-factor authentication and verification via Twilio for secure logins
• Customizable message templates with dynamic merge tags (student, course, date)
• Instructor and admin alerts for new enrollments and payment events
• Event-based triggers for memberships, courses, lessons, and quizzes
• International SMS support using Twilio’s global network
• Opt-in/opt-out compliance tools and unsubscribe keywords
• Delivery status tracking and error logs inside WordPress
• Flexible sender options: Twilio numbers, short codes, or alphanumeric IDs
• Per-course and per-membership messaging controls
• WooCommerce and Stripe event notifications (if connected)
• Lightweight, fast, and compatible with popular page builders
• Easy setup with Twilio SID/Token and cost controls via message rate limits

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• Seamless integration between LifterLMS and Ninja Forms
• Convert form submissions into student enrollments
• Map custom form fields to LifterLMS user meta
• Trigger course and membership enrollments on submit
• Support for free, paid, and prerequisite courses
• Automated email notifications and confirmations
• Apply tags and segments to learners for marketing
• GDPR-friendly data capture and consent fields
• Conditional logic to personalize form experiences
• Spam protection with reCAPTCHA and honeypot
• Shortcodes and blocks for easy form placement
• Works with payment gateways supported by Ninja Forms
• Developer-friendly hooks and filters
• Lightweight, fast, and translation-ready
• Compatible with popular WordPress themes and builders

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• Seamless integration between LifterLMS and Gravity Forms
• Create custom enrollment and registration forms
• Map form fields to LifterLMS student profiles
• Auto-enroll users into courses, memberships, or bundles
• Support for Gravity Forms payments (Stripe, PayPal, etc.)
• Apply coupons and discounts during checkout
• Trigger course access on successful payment
• Conditional logic for personalized enrollment flows
• Automated emails and confirmations on form submission
• Tag and segment users for marketing automations
• GDPR-friendly data collection with consent fields
• Spam protection with reCAPTCHA and honeypot
• Developer-friendly hooks and filters
• Works with memberships, prerequisites, and access plans
• Detailed reporting via Gravity Forms and LifterLMS data

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• Seamless integration between LifterLMS and Formidable Forms
• Create custom student enrollment and registration forms
• Map form fields to LifterLMS user and student data
• Auto-enroll users into courses, memberships, or bundles on form submit
• Conditional logic for personalized enrollment paths
• Support for payments via Formidable Forms payment add-ons
• Capture leads before purchase with pre-enrollment forms
• Automate tags, roles, and LMS actions after submission
• Custom redirects and confirmations for a smooth sign-up flow
• Collect additional profile data and consent fields
• Works with multi-step forms and progress indicators
• GDPR-ready data collection with customizable fields
• Developer-friendly hooks and field mappings
• Compatible with popular WordPress themes and page builders
• Lightweight, fast, and built for scalable LMS sites

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