Custom Template for LearnDash
by Pratik Chaskar · Education
Also makes 15 other plugins · 12.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
The selected custom template will replace default LearnDash course template for non-enrolled students.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “beaver builder”, “course” and “elementor” for “custom template”, “student” and “students”. “beaver builder” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “custom template” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “course” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “student” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “elementor” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “students” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 69 average across 280 Education plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 41.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Education plugin keeps 1.0%, across 176 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Education plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 68 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| liftlms your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| page buider your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| learndash | #3 | #11 | 0 |
| custom template | #8 | #23 | up 3 |
| template default | #10 | #21 | up 1 |
| students | #24 | #20 | down 1 |
| student | #24 | #20 | down 1 |
| custom page template | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| beaver builder template | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| beaver builder your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| course your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| elementor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “beaver builder”, “course” and “elementor” for “custom template”, “student” and “students”. “beaver builder” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “custom template” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “course” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “student” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “elementor” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “students” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.0.7 · 1 Dec 2025
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jun 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ saidelshayeb1.6y ago
Thanks, it works! This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by saidelshayeb.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Esse Pessie3.0y ago
The pluging doenst work. WordPress won’t load the custom page. And support doens’t respond.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ quanpham13044.6y ago
Great solution & easy to use!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris Jayden7.2y ago
Works like a charm. Simple but extremely effective and a delightful user experience for existing students.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The selected custom template will replace default LearnDash course template for non-enrolled students."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions LearnDash.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,240 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("beaver builder", "elementor", "liftlms", "page-buider" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-28 2K+ → 1K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 735 days in tier
- 2023-11-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 928 days in tier
- 2021-05-01 2K+ → 3K+ up after 181 days in tier
- 2020-11-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 254 days in tier
- 2020-02-21 400+ → 1K+ up after 447 days in tier
- 2018-12-01 300+ → 400+ up after 91 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Template Kit – Import 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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