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WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses

by hookandhook · Education

Also makes 6 other plugins · 101.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

WP Courses LMS - Create Courses, Lessons, Quizzes, Profiles and more. Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses.

How scoring works →
89 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 90/100
Support 70/100

89 health vs 66 average across 168 Education plugins

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.

96 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 83/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+175% vs prior 30d
22Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

749

now · peak 4.2K

75730d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Courses LMS · #9149 you Tutor LMS · #452 LearnPress · #598 LifterLMS · #2070

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.5Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

4

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v3.2.29

34

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.2.29 · 3mo ago3.2.28 · 5mo ago3.2.27 · 7mo ago3.2.26 · 9mo ago3.2.25 · 1.4y ago3.2.24 · 1.6y ago3.2.23 · 1.7y ago3.2.22 · 1.7y ago3.2.21 · 1.8y ago3.2.20 · 2.1y ago3.2.19 · 2.3y ago3.2.18 · 2.4y ago3.2.17 · 2.5y ago3.2.16 · 2.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.2 98%
v2.0 2.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈570

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2017-07-06 · 1,429 observations

500Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
3.2.30
Last updated
8d ago
Added
2016-08-17 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. bartoszberkowski
    1.7y ago

    great for begginers

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  2. danielepr
    3.0y ago

    The support is incredible: fast and efficient The plugin is easy to use. I really recommend it if you want to build your video tutorials

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  3. luisgsdiniz
    3.0y ago

    Simple and easy to use LMS for WordPress, lots of cool features. Works very well with Divi Theme and ARMember plugin. I had a technical problem that was quickly solved by the attentive support.

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  4. Juraj Hamara
    3.2y ago

    This plugin is very simple and works as expected. If you need to sell video courses through Woocommerce and payment gateway, this is the best choice. Perfect for combining LMS system with Woocommerce! They have a great support, they helped me step-by-step to resolve problem with AJAX on my client’s website. Thank you guys!

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  5. bellaizabella
    3.3y ago

    I really like this plugin because it’s easy to use and I can create courses fast, without having any coding knowledge. I love the Premium version, because I can sell my courses through Woocommerce and the quizzes, attachments, badges, certificates make the learning more fun and engaging for my students. But, perhaps, the most important thing is that the support team quickly resolves any issues, even if they are not necessarily related to the plugin. Keep up the good work!

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  6. markbrink
    3.3y ago

    I was new at using WP Courses LMS and also run into a problem, my wpc_courses was not loading the data in a right way. I asked help and within few hours i got help, it was a hard problem to solve. First we thought caching was the problem, but after shutting everything down it was not the solution. The solution was to make a new subdomain on my website instead of the current one, and that solved the problem. He was friendly, helpfull and determined to find a solution. Together we solved it ! Keep up the good work with this wonderfull plugin, looking forward to work with it. With such support it has to be a good plugin!

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  7. peterclark
    3.5y ago

    I had my forst problem with WP Courses after a few years’ use. The problem was nothing to do with WP Courses it was a PHP issue on my site. Nevertheless they very quickly looked at the problem and suggested where the problem might lie and they were right. A very quick and friendly service even if the problem was nothing to do with them.

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  8. shoobeedoo
    4.2y ago

    I’ve tried other lms plugins, but this was the simplest and easiest – others were complex and loaded with features I did not need. What I really wanted was a way of organising my how-to-draw youtube videos into playlists with extra text and images. WP Courses LMS does just that. Now I have it up and running, I’m building a new course that goes with a book and series of videos. The course is added-value for the book and videos so I’ll not be charging, therefore I can’t tell you how it integrates with payment systems, i’m afraid. I’d like to thank Myles for making the basic plugin free and for such amazing and rapid support. I had a problem after an upgrade. Myles had a fix up almost within the hour!

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

8 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2026-08-24 CVE-2026-10630 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 3.2.29 Patched in 3.2.30
  2. 2026-03-23 CVE-2026-31914 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 3.2.26 Patched in 3.2.27
  3. 2024-12-11 CVE-2024-12172 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.2.21 Patched in 3.2.22
  4. 2023-11-14 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.2.3 Patched in 3.2.4
  5. 2023-11-14 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 3.2.3 Patched in 3.2.4
  6. 2023-11-14 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.2.3 Patched in 3.2.4
  7. 2021-08-16 CVE-2021-24621 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.0.44 Patched in 2.0.44
  8. 2020-09-28 CVE-2020-26876 Improper Access Control Affects <= 2.0.28 Patched in 2.0.29

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 7 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Dutch (Formal) 100%
Russian 98%
English (Canada) 43%
German 13%
Czech 4%
Spanish (Ecuador) 2%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-19 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-16 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-15 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-10 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-04-08 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-04-07 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-04-06 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-04-05 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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