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How Did We Rank Best WordPress LMS Plugins?

We consider 4 important parameters during our analysis. Our team collects all the data from the wordpress.org plugin directory and wphive and then makes a calculation. Here is what we consider and how we make the calculation. 

SL	Name	Consideration
01	Active Installation	40%
02	Plugin Resource	30%
03	Plugin Ratings	20%
04	Plugin Age	10%
	Total	= 100%

First, we build the ranking then we start researching the features. We want to include exclusive information. Keeping the blog length readable and adding the information that you need were our main goals. In this article, the details feature is not included. In case, if you are interested to know, all the links are clickable. You can check the details feature from the directory of each plugin. Click and check from the plugin directory.

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The global LMS market was valued at $8.76 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to $38.10 billion by 2027 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.7% during the forecast period, according to Fortune Business Insights! And WordPress covers 40% of the web. So, it is expected to have a lot of plugins for the LMS market. So does it.

When we are talking about WordPress LMS, we have 17+ WordPress Learning Management Systems available in the marketplace. It took a lot of time for us to analyze all of them and make the final list. Still, we are happy to publish the blogs. Let’s explore them one by one to step up making the final decisions.

There is a total of 5 categories inside WordPress LMS plugins according to our analysis.

1. Established LMS Plugins (10k – 100k Active installations)
2. Semi-established WordPress LMS (1k – 9k Active installations)
3. Growing WordPress LMS (100 – 900 Active installations)
4. Honorable Mention WordPress LMS (10 – 99 Active installations)
5. Premium WordPress LMS (No Free Versions)

Please be aware that the above category is based on active installations. However, we did a ranking based on many other factors. We already described it at the start of this blog.

Established Best WordPress LMS Plugins

In this category of WordPress LMS plugins, we kept all the big fish that are leading at this moment. The number of active installations ranges from 10,000 to 100,000. Learnpress has the most active installations, while Sensei and LifterLMS have 10k active users. We checked all of the above statistics, as well as the other statistics one by one.

LearnPress

Starting with the LearnPress WordPress LMS Plugin which has the highest number of installations. Eight years back, LearnPress was born and now it’s become the top learning management plugin for WordPress. Not just the plugin, they have a theme and mobile app. So, they are offering the complete package for the learners and creators. LearnPress also offers a bunch of add-ons for users.

ThimPress is the company behind LearnPress. They are a technology company that brings themes and plugins like WP Hotel Booking, WP Events Manager, etc. Moreover, they have multiple add-ons supportive of LearnPress.

LearnPress Pricing	Bundle	$299/year

No other packages or LTD pricing plans were found for the plugin.

MasterStudy LMS

MasterStudy LMS plugin is another popular and established WordPress LMS plugin. It enables both marketplace features and individual LMS features. Thus, you can use it for yourself and for your friends and family. You can turn your regular WordPress site into an LMS marketplace with the MasterStudy LMS plugin.

MasterStudy LMS is in the second position on our list. However, MasterStudy LMS is our favorite WordPress LMS Plugin. We like the plugin due to its presentation, video resource, and features. You can see some of the dedicated reviews about MasterStudy LMS in Wptowp soon.

Stylemix Themes is the company that builds MasterStudy WordPress LMS plugins. They are a popular WordPress product development company from the United Arab Emirates. They made 5M+ from Envato marketplace, holding 14th-level authors. 1st time we are talking about a product from top authors on the marketplace.

They also have a lot of popular themes like Consulting – 24k+ sales, Motors, and MasterStudy Themes – 17k+ sales. Can you imagine, how popular they are? Their WordPress product lineup is very very strong. BookIt, eRoom, has 10k+ active installations, and Cost Calculator has 20k+ active installations.

MasterStudy LMS Pricing
Single	5 Sites	Unlimited	Refunds Policy
59$/year	149$/year	299$/year	14 days
149$/Lifetime	299$/Lifetime	799$/Lifetime

LifterLMS

LifterLMS is a powerful WordPress LMS plugin for WordPress. It makes it easy to create, sell, and promote engaging online courses and training-based membership websites. The plugin is famous for its compatibility with many other popular plugins. You can start with the free version of LifterLMS to lift up your LMS business. Later when you will have some income, you can go for the pro version. Keep it simple or easily extend the design or functionality to meet your needs.

LifterLMS itself is a company that builds the plugin.

LifterLMS Pricing
Single	5 Sites	Unlimited	Refunds Policy
149$/year	360$/year	1200$/year	30 days

Tutor LMS

Tutor LMS is a comprehensive, feature-packed, and powerful WordPress LMS plugin to easily create and sell courses online. All the features of this learning management system hit all the checkpoints. It’s for a full-fledged online course marketplace. You can create a single instructor course as well as an LMS marketplace with Tutor LMS.

• Tutor LMS has 2nd best active installations and it was expected to list to the 2nd position on this blog. However, considering the Wptowp ranking system, it comes at this position. We are always transparent and careful about the user’s experience. We are unbiased and influence-free.

Themeum is the company that publishes Tutor LMS for users. The company has other popular plugins too. Qubely is an advanced Gutenberg blocks plugin made by the same team. Their theme, TutorStarter has 6,000+ active users according to the WordPress directory. Themeum is also a very well-known contributor to local and global WordPress events like meetups and WordCamps.

Tutor LMS Pricing
Single	10 Sites	Unlimited	Refunds Policy
199$/year	399$/year	799$/year	30 days
499$/LTD	899$/LTD	1899$/LTD

Sensei LMS

Sensei LMS is another plugin that has a good user base. The plugin is also used for teaching Automattic employees. You can create and manage courses with the Sensei LMS plugin. The plugin can help you to accomplish your interest in selling online courses.

Sensei LMS is a teaching and learning management plugin built by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Jetpack. In fact, Sensei LMS is used to power all of Automattic’s employee training and courses too.

Sensei LMS Pricing
Sensei Pro	149$/year	20 Sites	Refunds Policy
Sensei Agency	349$/year	1 Site	14 days

No other packages or LTD pricing plans were found for the plugin.

Semi-established Top WordPress LMS Plugins

There are more WordPress LMS Plugins that are growing but have not yet achieved 10,000 active users. We are calling them semi-established WordPress LMS plugins. They can grow more in the upcoming days and become established ones. There are also chances that they can lose popularity and be shut down. Let’s explore the list of top WordPress LMS plugins that have active users from 1,000 to 9,000! We found only 2 WordPress LMS plugins that have an installation range of one thousand to 9 thousand!

LMS by Masteriyo

LMS by Masteriyo is a new but powerful WordPress LMS plugins based on minimum design and react js. You can create unlimited courses, and quizzes and sell them online with the plugin. In order to publish a course, you will need to not navigate a lot of pages. Masteriyo WordPress LMS offers a whole new course-building experience that is amazingly smooth, fast, and super-easy like never before. And, absolutely no coding is required.

We did not get any information about masteriyo. However, apart from the LMS, they have an eLearning theme. The theme is powering 1,000+ users.

LMS by Masteriyo Pricing
Starter, 1 Site	Growth, 5 Sites	Scale, 99 Sites	Refunds Policy
199$/year	299$/year	499$/year	14 days

Academy LMS

Academy LMS is a robust and feature-packed eLearning and online course solution for WordPress. This LMS plugin seamlessly connects with any WordPress site and makes it easy to create courses & lessons and sell them online. Recently (October 2023), Academy LMS has gotten multiple updates. If you have a limited budget the academy LMS is a good choice. Or if you want to try a new LMS then Academy should be your choice list.

Apart from the Academy LMS, they have WP Map Block which is used by 10,000+ users. They have a starter LMS theme named Hello Academy.

Academy LMS Pricing
Individual, 1 Site	Business, 10 Sites	Agency, 50 Sites	Refunds Policy
119$/year	239$/year	549$/year	14 days
357$/LTD	717$/LTD	1647$/LTD

WP Courseware

• The plugin has over 2,000 users. However, the plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. So we are avoiding this plugin for this list.

Growing Top LMS Plugin for WordPress

There are some WordPress LMS plugins that have less than one thousand installations at this moment! But they can grow at any time as they have more than 100 active users! So, we wanted to let you know about them as well. In this section, we have added the growing WordPress LMS plugins that have an installation ranges from one hundred to nine hundred.

WP Courses LMS

WP Courses LMS is another WordPress LMS. It makes creating courses on your WordPress site easier than ever. The plugin comes with an intuitive interface, drag-and-drop tools, video tutorials, and more. You can create unlimited courses with quizzes, sessions, and different use categories. Users love this plugin due to its powerful drag-and-drop system and flexible customization options.

Myles is the sole developer of WP Courses. It is a learning management system for WordPress. Apart from this, Myles also helps companies across Canada with WordPress and WooCommerce development projects.

WP Courses LMS Pricing
1 Site	5 Sites	20 Sites	Refunds Policy
79$/year	149$/year	349$/year	30 days

Namaste! LMS

Namaste! LMS is a WordPress LMS plugin that supports an unlimited number of courses, lessons, assignments, students, etc. You can create various rules for the course and lesson. Your student can access and completeness based on assignment completion, test results, or manual admin approval.

CalendarScripts is a software company that started back in 2004. They have multiple solutions for both WordPress and other platforms. Namaste! LMS is their LMS solution. Others popular WordPress plugins by the same company are Watu Quiz, Chained Quiz, Arigato etc.

Namaste! LMS Pricing
Namaste! PRO	Namaste! Plugins Bundle	Namaste! Full Bundle	Refunds Policy
Unlimited Domain	Unlimited Domain	Unlimited Domain	60 days
67$/year	97$/LTD	137$/LTD

CLUEVO LMS

CLUEVO LMS is the last WordPress LMS plugins in the growing WordPress LMS plugins list. It enables users to add sharable content objects reference models to their WordPress sites, such as eLearning modules, video tutorials, podcasts, and other media. That content can be organized into courses, chapters, and modules, and you can easily manage the permissions for different users and groups.

CLUEVO is the company behind this WordPress LMS plugins. CLUEVO stands for robust technological solutions, sophisticated dynamic learning content and, above all, for the joy of learning. In order to achieve the best possible learning success, we combine proven methods with the latest technologies and scientific findings. The challenge lies in the almost endless number of possibilities that exist in our increasingly digital world.

CLUEVO LMS	Pricing
PRO	Premium	Enterprise	Reseller
119 €/year	159€/year	189€/year	299€/year

Apart from the LMS charging, they also charge for extended APIs.

Best WordPress LMS Plugins – Honorable Mention

There are some kids’ and newborn WordPress learning management plugins in the WordPress directory. We wanted to put them to the test for you, too. So, we’ve included the aforementioned LMS plugins in this section.

Dozent LMS

• This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. So we are avoiding this plugin for this list.

Mis Cursos LMS

Mis Cursos LMS is a simple WordPress LMS plugins that helps manage courses, users, embedded videos, file downloads, tests, and certificates. You can use the plugin to create course pages with restricted content that only assigned users can access. You assigned course codes to users. They started 4 years back, and manage 10+ active users and 1 five-star rating!

Learny LMS

Learny is a robust WordPress LMS plugins. It comes with a very user-friendly interface for teachers and students. You can create and manage lessons with several platforms, short quizzes, notes, private messaging, and so on.

Premium Best WordPress LMS Plugins

Normally, we do not feature or add only premium plugins in our listing blog. The reason is simple, we test the plugin before writing about it. However, considering the reputations and sales number, we can not but add the following plugins to this WordPress LMS plugins list blog. Please be aware that, the information given in the following section is based on the reviews and landing pages of that plugin.

Ultimate Learning

Ultimate Learning Pro is a new WordPress LMS Plugin that will help you create a premium Learning platform for your future students & instructors. You’ll be able to easily create courses, reward your students, gather feedback, and much more! The plugin has sold over 2,000 times which brings 4.04/5.0. The age of this plugin is 4 years.

Good LMS

Good LMS is a learning management system plugin for WordPress. You can find many great features for creating and selling online and onsite courses. The plugin was published codecanyone back in 2021 and now it’s sold over 1200 times. GoodLayers is the author of this plugin that’s 15th-level authors at Envato studio.

LearnDash

LearnDash converts your WordPress site into a powerful learning management system (LMS). In minutes you can create & sell courses, track user progress, deliver certificates, award points & badges, and so much more! If you are serious about offering online courses, then LearnDash is the WordPress LMS plugin for you. LearnDash has both WordPress and Cloud version. And you can start your WordPress learning management platform with the plugin within a moment.

Quick Pricing Comparison of Best WordPress LMS Plugins

So, all the basic information did. Now, let’s move on to the analysis part for final decision-making. Starting with the WordPress LMS Plugins pricing comparison. Pricing is a vital part of thinking about any acquisitions. Here in this section, all pro plugins and honorable mentioned plugins are ignored.

WordPress LMS plugins Pricing	Single Site	Multi-sites	Unlimited Sites	Others	Refund
LearnPress	—	—	—	$299/year	No Refund
MasterStudy LMS/year	59$ ✅	149$ – 5s	299$ ✅	—	14 days
MasterStudy LMS/ltd	149$	299$ – 5s	799$	—	,,
LifterLMS/year	149$	360$	1200$	—	30 days
Tutor LMS/year	199$ 😜	399$ – 10s	799$	—	30 days
Tutor LMS/ltd	499$ 😜	899$	1899$ 😜	—	,,
Sensei LMS	349$ (ag)	149$ – 20s	—	—	14 days
LMS by Masteriyo	199$	299$ – 5s	—	499$ – 99s	14 days
WP Courses LMS	79$ – 2s	149$ – 5s	—	349$ – 20s	30 days
Academy LMS/year	119$	239$ – 10s	—	549$ – 50s	14 days
Academy LMS/ltd	357$	717$ – 10s	—	1647$	,,
Namaste! LMS	—	—	67$/year	97-137$/ltd

From the pricing table, you can see, MasterStudy LMS plugins offer the best affordable pricing. It starts from 59 bucks only. For lifetime deals, still, MasterStudy LMS is better than others. At the same time, Tutor LMS has the highest pricing according to the table. The pricing is so high for both the single and multi-site. If you look for LTD deals, then tutor can cost way more than the others!

Here other plugin offers limited lifetime deals which are expected. Moreover, the small WordPress LMS plugins do not offer unlimited licensing for agency owners.

Active Installation and Ages Comparison

Active installations are something that shows how much of a website is powered by the plugin. It grows when a user installs and activates the plugins. As a result, it becomes one of the most important considerations when selecting WordPress LMS plugins for eLearning. Now, in this section, we are going to see the active installation number and the age of all WordPress LMS plugins.

WordPress LMS plugins Pricing	Active Installation	Plugin Ages	Remarks
LearnPress	100k+	8+ Years	Highest ✅
MasterStudy LMS	10k+	4+ Years
LifterLMS	10k+	7+ Years
Tutor LMS	60k+	4+ Years
Sensei LMS	10k+	4+ Years
LMS by Masteriyo	2k+	1+ Year	😜 Kid
WP Courses LMS	900+	6+ Years
Academy LMS	600+ 😜	2+ Years	😜 Lowest
Namaste! LMS	700+	10+ Years	Oldest ✅
CLUEVO LMS	700+	4+ Years

If we look at the active installations, LearnPress has the highest number of 100k+ active users, while Academy LMS has the lowest number of active users among all the WordPress LMS plugins. There are 3 plugins that have 10k+ active institutions at this moment.

LMS by Masteriyo is the kids just a single year age among all the WordPress LMS plugins. There are 4 WordPress LMS plugins that have 4 years of age. And the oldest LMS plugin is Namaste! LMS. It has only 700+ active installations at this moment.

Quick Rating Comparison of Best LMS Plugins

Ratings come from an experienced user. This is why ratings are extremely effective to make purchase decisions. We wanted to present the ratings. However, as per our approach, we dig more deeper for the users. Here in this table, you can see the ratings, rated users, and five-star rating ratio of top WordPress LMS plugins.

WordPress LMS plugins Pricing	Ratings/5.0	Rated Users	Five Star	Five Star Ratio
LearnPress	4.3	511+ ✅	403+ ✅	78.86%
MasterStudy LMS	4.2	153+	115+	75.16%
LifterLMS	4.8 ✅	290+	266+	91.72%
Tutor LMS	4.6	450+	391+	86.88%
Sensei LMS	3.8 😜	22+	13+	59.09% 😜
LMS by Masteriyo	5.0 ✅	27+	27+	100% ✅
WP Courses LMS	4.9	15+	13+	86.67%
Academy LMS	4.7	13+ 😜	12+ 😜	92.03% ✅
Namaste! LMS	4.6	69+	55+	79.71%
CLUEVO LMS	5.0 ✅	13+ 😜	13+	100% ✅

LMS by Masteriyo and CLUEVO LMS has perfect 100% five-star ratings. They are new and growing WordPress LMS plugins. From the older and established plugin, Lifter LMS has the highest 4.8-star ratings. As expected, LearnPress has the highest-rated users and five stars. If you see the five-star ratio, Academy LMS comes on the top after the two perfected rated WordPress LMS plugins.

On the other hand, Sensei LMS has the lowest rating (only 3.8 stars). Academy LMS has the lowest-rated users with five-star ratings. Sensei LMS has the lowest five-star ratings ratio in the WordPress directory.

The Bottom Line of Best WordPress LMS Plugins

From the analysis and data, you can see the top WordPress LMS plugins are LearnPress, MasterStudy LMS, LifterLMS, and Tutor LMS! Even, though Sensei LMS has over 10k users, its five-star rating ratio is poor. We can’t recommend the plugin. MasterStudy LMS is our recommended plugin due to its overall performance.

LMS by Masteriyo is a new but potential plugin. Editorial has seen the landing page and presentation of the plugin. They seem growing fast too. LearnPress and Tutor LMS is also good if you are willing to pay a lot for your LMS sites.

FAQ about Best WordPress LMS Plugins

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