LearnDash
The facts below are what the maker publishes about LearnDash, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From LearnDash's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $259 a year | unlimited courses · unlimited learners · drag-and-drop builder · quizzes · memberships/subscriptions/bundles · Stripe/PayPal · video progression · certificates · annual renewal |
| Pro | $399 a year | Essentials features · AI course outline and quiz builder · advanced reporting · enrollment tracking · weighted grading · report cards · notes · group-leader communications · annual renewal |
| Elite | $599 a year | Pro features · group course management · instructor role · front-end course creation · multi-instructor management · ratings/reviews/feedback · seat sales · annual renewal |
The facts
Each one read from LearnDash's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional integrations
- The integrations directory lists LearnDash connections such as Zapier, Uncanny Automator, Memberium, Slack, and WPML.checked 12 Oct 2026
- AI tools
- The AI course builder can generate a structured course outline with lessons from a topic description.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Certificates
- Certificate tools can issue certificates based on course completion or quiz performance.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Course builder
- The product includes a drag-and-drop course builder for arranging course content.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Course building
- The course builder supports drag-and-drop organization of lessons, topics, and assessments, and the quiz builder includes eight question types.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Course formats
- lessons,topics,quizzes,assignments,videochecked 22 Sep 2026
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- The support center provides separate knowledge bases for core, Cloud, add-ons, mobile apps, MCP, troubleshooting and developer documentation.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Ecommerce
- Courses can be sold as one-time purchases, subscriptions, memberships or bundles.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Gamification
- Achievements, badges and points are available through LearnDash features and add-ons.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Group learning
- Groups functionality supports seat-based sales, group leaders and team enrollment.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting limitation
- LearnDash does not support WordPress multisite configurations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The self-hosted plugin is installed by uploading a purchased ZIP in the WordPress plugins screen and activating it.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Official add-ons cover WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, MemberPress, Restrict Content Pro, Paid Memberships Pro, Gravity Forms, Elementor, bbPress, Event Espresso and Zapier.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- LearnDash plugin files are described as licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or later.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: performance and updates
- Software Advice reviewers mention occasional performance effects and maintenance problems after updates.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: plugin complexity
- Software Advice reviewers report that LMS setup can be complex and that plugin compatibility problems occur.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: support incidents
- Trustpilot reviewers report slow or missing responses, unresolved bugs, site outages and worsening support after the Liquid Web acquisition.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: tracking and integrations
- G2 reviews mention unreliable tracking, difficult course-bundle or shopping-cart workflows and challenges exposing enrollment data to external tools.checked 15 Oct 2026
- LTI limitation
- LearnDash has no built-in LTI support; LTI requires third-party integration or custom development.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company identity
- LinkedIn lists LearnDash as a privately held e-learning company with 11–50 employees, headquarters in Lansing, Michigan, and a 2013 founding year.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2013checked 19 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Limit: mobile app reliability
- A Trustpilot reviewer reported that courses failed to appear in a business-critical LearnDash App deployment for roughly 90 days.checked 15 Oct 2026
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