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PlayCourse Pro 2.0 is here — Gamification + SCORM

The WordPress LMS your courses actually deserve.

Build beautiful courses, sell them with WooCommerce, and run teams, certificates & payouts — on a platform that's faster and friendlier than LearnDash, Tutor LMS or LifterLMS.

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Course Studio
Good morning, Maya — here's how your academy is doing.
2,481
Students
£18.4k
This month
94%
Completion
Advanced UX Research
72%
Figma for Teams
48%
Brand Strategy 101
90%
Certificate issued
PDF · verified
New sale · £149
via WooCommerce
+250 XP earned
Level up!
10,000+
Courses built
38
Countries
£4.2M
Creator earnings
Everything in one plugin

One LMS to teach, sell, and scale

No franken-stack of add-ons. PlayCourse ships the builder, commerce, teams and analytics you'd normally bolt on — natively.

Drag-and-drop courses

A visual builder with lessons, quizzes, drip schedules and content gating — no shortcodes required.

WooCommerce-native

Sell courses, bundles, subscriptions & installments with the checkout you already trust.

Teams & seats

Group enrollment, seat management and manager reporting for corporate & cohort training.

Genuinely fast

Lean queries and a modern UI that loads instantly — even with thousands of learners.

Course Builder

Build a course in an afternoon, not a weekend

Outline your curriculum visually, drop in video, quizzes and assignments, then set drip rules and prerequisites — all from one screen.

  • Sections, lessons, topics & quizzes drag-to-reorder
  • Content drip, prerequisites & conditional access
  • Question Bank, essay grading & assignments
Welcome & orientation
Video · 6 min
Core principles
Lesson · drip day 2
Knowledge check
Quiz · 10 questions
Final assignment
Essay · graded
Add lesson, quiz or assignment
Team Training

Sell to companies, not just individuals

Group & team seats let one buyer enroll a whole department. Managers invite members, track progress and reassign seats — without touching wp-admin.

  • Bulk seat purchase & self-serve invites
  • Manager dashboards with completion reporting
  • Seat reassignment & CSV import / export
Acme Corp · Sales Team
38 of 50 seats used
Studio
JD
Jordan Diaz
5 / 6 courses
On track
SK
Sam Klein
2 / 6 courses
Behind
Certificates

Certificates students can actually verify

Server-side PDF certificates render pixel-perfect every time. Each carries a public verification URL — so employers can confirm it's real in one click.

  • Server-rendered PDFs — no browser quirks
  • Public certificate verification pages
  • Custom templates, signatures & QR codes
Certificate of completion
Maya Thompson
Advanced UX Research
verify.playcourse.com/c/9F4K-2210
Gamification

Keep learners coming back for more

Points, badges, levels and leaderboards turn passive viewers into committed students — and dramatically lift your completion rates.

  • XP, streaks, levels & unlockable badges
  • Course & site-wide leaderboards
  • Reward rules tied to any learning action
Leaderboard · This week
Live
1
Priya N.
3,420 XP
2
Marcus L.
2,980 XP
3
You
2,710 XP
7-day streakLevel 12
Instructor Marketplace

Run a multi-instructor academy with real payouts

Onboard instructors, set revenue splits, and pay everyone automatically through Stripe Connect. PlayCourse handles the accounting math.

  • Stripe Connect instructor payouts
  • Per-instructor revenue splits & statements
  • Built-in affiliate program
PENDING PAYOUT
£3,847.20
+22% vs last month
Maya T. · 70% split
Next payout June 1
£2,693
Leo R. · 60% split
Next payout June 1
£1,154

WooCommerce-native by design

Every course is a WooCommerce product. That means coupons, taxes, subscriptions, 100+ payment gateways and your existing reports — working on day one.

Coupons Subscriptions Installments Multi-currency

25+ Elementor widgets

Design course catalogs, pricing tables, student dashboards and progress bars visually — with native Elementor widgets that match your brand.

Course grid Pricing table Progress Student profile
Honest comparison

Everything the others charge extra for — included

Competitors lock teams, gamification and certificates behind premium add-ons. PlayCourse Pro bundles them.

FeaturePlayCourseLearnDashLifterLMSTutor LMS
WooCommerce-nativeAdd-onAdd-on
Group & team seatsAdd-onAdd-on
GamificationAdd-onAdd-on
Server-side PDF certificatesAdd-on
Stripe Connect payoutsAdd-on
SCORM supportAdd-on
Simple, fair pricing

Pay for sites, not per-student

Every plan includes all Pro features. Choose by how many sites you run. Cancel anytime.

Starter
£99/year
1 site
  • All Pro features
  • Certificates & gamification
  • 1 year updates & support
Choose Starter
Most popular
Studio
£199/year
10 sites
  • Everything in Starter
  • Team seats & instructor payouts
  • Priority support
Choose Studio
Agency
£399/year
Multi-site
  • Everything in Studio
  • White-label custom domains
  • Client sub-accounts
Choose Agency
Unlimited
£799/year
Unlimited sites
  • Everything in Agency
  • Audit logs & REST API
  • Dedicated onboarding
Choose Unlimited
14-day money-back guarantee on every plan
Loved by creators

Switchers don't look back

★★★★★

"We migrated 14 courses off LearnDash in a weekend. The team-seats feature alone closed two corporate deals we'd been chasing for months."

RC
Rina Chowdhury
Founder, NorthLight Academy
★★★★★

"Finally an LMS that looks like it was designed this decade. Our completion rate jumped 31% after we turned on gamification."

DM
Daniel Mertens
Head of L&D, Brightpath
★★★★★

"As an agency, white-label domains and client sub-accounts are gold. We run 30+ client academies from one PlayCourse license."

SO
Sofia Oduya
Director, Wavelength Studio
FAQ

Questions, answered

Is the core plugin really free?
Yes. The PlayCourse core plugin is free forever on WordPress.org — build unlimited courses, lessons and quizzes. PlayCourse Pro unlocks teams, certificates, gamification, payouts and the rest.
Do I need WooCommerce?
Only if you want to sell. PlayCourse is WooCommerce-native, so selling courses, bundles and subscriptions works the moment WooCommerce is active — but free academies run without it.
Can I migrate from LearnDash, LifterLMS or Tutor LMS?
Absolutely. Our migration tool imports your courses, lessons, quizzes and student progress with a CSV import / export, and our team will help on Studio plans and above.
How does licensing work?
Licenses are priced by the number of sites you activate Pro on — from 1 (Starter) to unlimited. Manage activations, seats and renewals anytime from your customer dashboard.
What's your refund policy?
Every plan is backed by a 14-day, no-questions-asked money-back guarantee. If PlayCourse isn't right for you, we'll refund you in full.
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