Why we built PlayCourse LMS
Selling courses on WordPress has always been harder than it should be. Existing LMS plugins are either clunky, expensive, or feel bolted onto WooCommerce instead of integrated with it. Course creators end up fighting their stack instead of building courses students actually finish.
PlayCourse LMS changes that. It's a modern Learning Management System designed to work seamlessly with WooCommerce and Elementor — so a course page is just another beautifully designed WordPress page, not a foreign island.
What's in v1.0
The free version includes everything you need to launch your school:
- Courses & lessons — Drag-drop curriculum builder, four lesson types (video / text / file / live), prerequisites, drip release, and free preview lessons
- Quizzes — Multiple-choice, true/false, short answer; pass mark, attempts, time limit, deterministic shuffle
- Certificates — Elementor-built templates, merge tokens, native PDF download, public hash verification at
/verify/{hash} - Subscriptions — Recurring access via Action Scheduler with retry-with-backoff and graceful expiry
- 20 Elementor widgets — Catalog, course hero, curriculum, instructor card, enroll button, and more
- 20 matching shortcodes — Every renderer reachable both ways
- Email notifications — Enrollment, course completed, quiz result, discussion reply, announcement
- WooCommerce integration — Auto-product per paid course, enrollment fires on configured order statuses
Pro features
For schools that need more, PlayCourse LMS Pro unlocks coupons, an affiliate program, live classes via Zoom or Meet, advanced quiz types, AI-assisted grading, multi-instructor revenue split, content gating, white-labeling, and more. One subscription unlocks the full Pro feature set — no add-ons or upsells.
Get started
Download PlayCourse LMS free from our website and publish your first course in minutes. If you have questions, check our FAQ or contact us.