Next Step for LearnDash
by Luis Rock · Education
**Change course link for enrolled students and forward them direct to the next step in the course to complete.
45 health vs 72 average across 64 Education plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1828 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
28
now · peak 83
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,376 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-07 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-06 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-05 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-04 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-02 70+ → 60+ down after 35 days in band
- 2026-03-28 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-27 70+ → 60+ down after 12 days in band
- 2026-03-15 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 5 shared tags A -
PowerPack for LearnDash 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 5 shared tags A -
Easy Dash for LearnDash 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags B -
DT LMS – elearning, WordPress LMS Plugin 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags B
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