About LearnDash
LearnDash pricing
LearnDash does not have a free version. LearnDash paid version starts at US$199.00/year.
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LearnDash Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Best LMS for WordPress!
My favorite feature is that I can self-host LearnDash on my website, which allows me to use my own URL and save money. It also allows me to select whatever theme builder to use with it, giving me complete control over how my landing and other associated pages appear with no scripting.
Pros
Lessons and courses can be easily created and managed using LearnDash. The best aspect is that it can be completely integrated with the current WordPress site. They also have nice documentation to help you through it. You may even customize them with your preferred page builder, such as Elementor.
Cons
Enrolling several students in a course is difficult, and I have yet to discover a LearnDash plugin that does it properly. Some areas might be difficult to customize the way you desire.
Alternatives Considered
Tutor LMSSwitched From
WP Courseware- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Best LMS Solution for Wordpress
Pros
The ease of setup and effective end-user adoption. Apart from that it has almost every aspect of LMS covered using its feature rich add-ons.
Cons
I would say the premium price is the only con here if you compare this with something like Learnpress or Moodle.
Reasons for Switching to LearnDash
Good integration with most of the stable WordPress themes.- Industry: Design
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Woocommerce and Product Feature not compatible.
Unfortunately you must make an early decision if you wish to use the features of Learndash or create a profitable product.
While LearnDash goes to great lengths to showcase their features. Once you attempt to use these outside of their limited sales pathway many will no longer be available to you. Using the features and scalable processes of woocommerce will remove many features that make Learndash at first glimpse and during superficial reviews attractive.
Any experienced UX designers will understand that this is a huge issue. Any user will be disappointed if they can purchase a product not available to them. In many countries selling a customer a product not available to them is illegal and will expose you to legal issues.
Very limiting for those wishing to make their product available or sale.
Purchase with care. Not as seamless presented throughout the presales marketing.
Pros
Suitable for small, internal, and experimental projects. Lacks the sophistication to create a large, scalable, and sellable products.
Cons
Unfortunately while it is possible to sell courses through woocommerce, doing so will remove the listed features of the learndash product.
Most businesses will end up selling through woocommerce to unlock automations and the power of wordpress (ie adding customers to mailchimp, adding the sale to accounting software, directing a customer post sales path etc).
Unfortunately once you make a product available for sale through woocommerce many of the listed product features fail. Most notably the course prerequisite feature. Users can purchase any course available in woocommerce regardless of any restriction or settings made in Learndash.
Response from LearnDash
We are really sorry that our product didn't meet the specific needs of your unique use-case. We hope that you have found a solution that works for you.
We wanted to address a couple points from this review since it contains misleading information that might confuse others:
- Course prerequisites still work when selling with WooCommerce. Content cannot be viewed until all of the determined conditions are first met.
-Using WooCommerce to sell courses doesn't expose a business to legal issues. If it is preferred that a product in Woo not be displayed until a prerequisite is completed first then this is indeed possible using LearnDash features.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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Awesome Tool
Pros
Complete package, well designed and easy to use for a complicated need.
Cons
Initial integration was time-consuming, wished it has better features or a tie-in plugin for user management since WordPress user management is poor. Learn press had compatibility issues with WP User Manager (learn dash restoration process was broken with using wp user manager wouldn't create user password on registration) which left me having to do a lot more work to build a user management process
Alternatives Considered
MemberPressReasons for Choosing LearnDash
Easier to use and better for online classesSwitched From
MemberPressReasons for Switching to LearnDash
memberpress was too complicated, too unpolished for our needs- Industry: Design
- Company size: 2-10 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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The best Learning Management software for WordPress
The ability to quickly add courses and still have a level of quality that's right on point is what makes LearnDash such a valuable tool. The features I get with video lessons look like custom development, which makes the courses look like a great deal of money was spent to create them which is always a plus.
Pros
LearnDash has become quite popular for creating courses. It's flexible and they're also well integrated with other products which is very important. The UI with Elementor is seamless. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to enjoy the best user experience possible. LearnDash provides great content possibilities and documentation but their support is a little less efficient than their software!
Cons
The social learning, interactive learning and mobile experience on the website have room for improvement. The last few months has seen an improvement in the mobile experience, but social learning and interactive learning could be better and more user-friendly. Initial integration was time-consuming and there really isn’t any way around that. I also wish they had better user management options since WordPress user management is not great.
