LifterLMS
LifterLMS is a WordPress plugin for creating online courses and training-based membership sites.
What LifterLMS is
LifterLMS is a WordPress plugin for creating online courses and training-based membership sites. Its course builder supports multimedia lessons, quizzes, question banks, drip content, prerequisites, and course tracks. Site owners can sell courses with one-time or recurring payments, payment plans, subscriptions, bundles, and PayPal. Membership tools can limit access to courses and other site content, bundle courses, and enroll members automatically. Learner engagement options include badges, printable certificates, behavior-based emails, social learning, private coaching, and text messaging. Listed integrations include payment gateways, email marketing and CRM tools, forums, external authoring tools, Tin Can API, and a Zapier app. A free Core Plugin includes unlimited courses, memberships, students, and teachers. Paid bundles start at $398/yr. LifterLMS requires a WordPress-powered website, domain name, and web hosting account. The company lists technical support, weekly live office hours, free training courses, documentation, and a user community. Manual-grading assignments are described as an advanced add-on coming soon.
Good
- Free Core Plugin includes unlimited courses and students
- Supports multimedia lessons and quizzes
- Offers recurring payments, subscriptions, and bundles
- Lists support, training, documentation, and a user community
Watch out
- Requires a WordPress site, domain, and hosting
- Manual-grading assignments are listed as coming soon
- Paid licenses limit active sites by bundle
Who it suits
LifterLMS suits WordPress professionals, educators, course creators, and education entrepreneurs building online courses or training-based membership sites. It may also fit site owners who want integrated payment and membership tools.
Verdict
LifterLMS combines course creation, payments, membership controls, and learner engagement features in a WordPress plugin. The free Core Plugin is available, while a WordPress-powered site is required and manual-grading assignments are not yet listed as generally available.
Plans and prices
From LifterLMS's own pricing page, checked 20 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Core Plugin | — | Unlimited courses · Unlimited memberships · Unlimited students · Unlimited teachers |
| Earth Bundle | $199 a year | 1 active site · Support for 1 user · Stripe, PayPal, and WooCommerce ecommerce add-ons · Cart Abandonment Recovery · Name Your Price · $199 /yr. |
| Universe Bundle | $299 a year | 5 active sites · Support for 2 users · Sky Pilot Theme · 4 ecommerce add-ons · Email marketing, CRM, and forms add-ons · $299 /yr. |
| Infinity Bundle | $799 a year | Unlimited active sites · Support for 3 users · 15 advanced add-ons · Everything in Universe Bundle · $799 /yr. |
| Core Plugin | Free | Unlimited courses · Unlimited memberships · Unlimited students and teachers · Free |
The facts
Each one read from LifterLMS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Course creation
- The course builder supports multimedia lessons, quizzes, question banks, drip content, prerequisites, and course tracks.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Course formats
- video,audio,text,images,quizzes,assignmentschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Custom domain
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Email marketing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Hosting requirement
- LifterLMS requires a WordPress-powered website, with a domain name and web hosting account where WordPress is installed.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- The product lists payment gateways, email marketing and CRM tools, forums, external authoring tools, Tin Can API, and a Zapier app among its integration options.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Learner engagement
- Engagement features include achievement badges, printable certificates, behavior-based emails, social learning, private coaching, and text messaging.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Memberships
- Membership features let site owners restrict access to courses and other website content, bundle courses, and enroll members automatically.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Notable limit
- The features page describes assignments requiring manual grading as an advanced add-on listed as coming soon.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Payment options
- integratedchecked 20 Sep 2001
- Payments
- The platform supports one-time and recurring payments, payment plans, subscriptions, course bundles, and PayPal payments.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Product
- LifterLMS is a WordPress LMS plugin for creating online courses and training based membership sites.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Security and content access
- The feature page says course content is protected by default for enrolled students and membership restrictions can limit access to site content.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Security disclosures
- LifterLMS accepts vulnerability reports for its WordPress plugins and themes but says it does not have an official bug bounty program.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Site limits
- Paid add-on licenses cover 1 active site with Earth, up to 5 with Universe, and unlimited sites with Infinity.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Support
- The features page lists technical support, weekly live office hours, free training courses, documentation, and a user community.checked 11 Oct 2001
- Target users
- The company says it serves WordPress professionals, educators, course creators, and education entrepreneurs building online courses or training-based membership websites.checked 11 Oct 2001
The company
- Founded
- 2013checked 28 Sep 2001
- Headquarters
- Portland, Maine, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2001
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2001
- Trial and refund
- The pricing page offers a 30-day demo site with the core plugin and add-ons for $1 and a 30-day money-back guarantee on products.checked 11 Oct 2001
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