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Online courses are becoming more popular each passing year, and last year they reached the peak of popularity. It is important to try and do something worth mentioning in these unfortunate times instead of just sitting at home, doing nothing.
If you have a bit of knowledge that you would like to share with other people, you can do that very easily. First, what you would need is a WordPress website and, after, an LMS plugin. LMS plugins or Learning Management System Plugins allow you to create and run online courses with WordPress websites.
Every LMS plugin needs to have features like managing your online course content, handling subscriptions, running and grading quizzes, accepting payment, and more. In the following part, we will name five LMS plugins that you should check out if you are looking into making an online course.
1. MemberPress
MemberPress is an LMS plugin that will help you charge your users for access to your courses and the corresponding content. It will help you to track, create and manage subscriptions, as well as sell downloadable products. There is also a manager for different types of clients that will help the more investive clients gain access to exclusive content that you will be providing, especially for them.
The LMS add-on makes things easier when talking about online courses because it waters it down to the basic, one-click process. Also, Courses is built right into the add-on, so you can forget about downloading them separately and spending endless time to make them work together.
There are three membership plans, the basic one, which costs 149 dollars per month for one website, the plus plan, which costs 249 dollars per month for up to two websites. And the pro plan costs 349 dollars for up to five websites. Each subscription comes with its own set of features and a 14-day money-back guarantee.
2. LifterLMS
LifterLMS is one of the cheapest versions of an LMS plugin for WordPress, but do not take that the wrong way, Lifter still offers everything an LMS plugin needs to be on this list. You have the option to create courses that have multimedia-based lessons. There are quizzes to test their knowledge, a course builder, and tracks for easy online course building and for being eligible for certified lessons.
There is also a student dashboard that shows the progress of your students to you and a discussion area that includes lesson comments, forums, private coaching sessions any many more. The good thing about LifterLMS is that it supports multiple payment methods, including credit cards, payment plans, and PayPal.
There are three annual pricing plans. The individual add-ons cost 99$ per year, the Universe bundle is 299$ per year, and the Infinity bundle costs 999$per year. Each price plan has its own set of options and features, and you will be pleased to know that there is a 1$ trial period that lasts for 30 days if you want to test it out before making the purchase.
3. Sensei LMS
Sensei LMS is provided by WooCommerce, and to get started with this LMS plugin, you don’t need any money because it is free. It integrates easily with WordPress and allows you to create courses, lessons, and quizzes. If you want to sell your courses, you will need to buy an extension, but it is only one.
The quizzes you create can easily be evaluated, so you know where your students are at progress wise, no matter when. It is good to know that Sensei LMS is provided by the same company behind WordPress, so you can expect full compatibility and the best price.
The price for the paid extension is 129$ per year, with updates and support included with a 30-day money-back guarantee as well.
4. LearnPress
LearnPress is an LMS plugin created by WordPress for creating and selling online courses. You can manage courses as well as communicate with your students to help them along the course. It is compatible with any WordPress theme, so you do not have to worry about this plugin not working on some of them.
It is compatible with up to 4.7.4. version of WordPress and the best thing about it is that it is and will always be free. Because you cannot put a price on education.
5. Namaste! LMS
Namaste! LMS is an LMS plugin that will help you reach your goal of teaching and selling an online course. With Namaste, you can create and manage courses, assign certificates to your students when they pass a course, you can connect your exams with plugins like Watu for an even better experience and a more detailed examination.
If you want to check the status and the progress of your class, you can do that with Namaste as well by going to the Namaste Reports plugin. Your students can also have personalized to-do lists based on their tasks for your course. If you think your course is at the school level, you can even sell your course to schools with a program for it.
There are three price plans for Namaste. The cheapest one is the Namaste Pro for 67$. Next, we have the Namaste plugins bundle, which comes with the Namaste connects module and reports module, as well as the Namaste Pro plugin for 97$. The full Namaste bundle is 137$, and it also includes the Namaste theme.
Conclusion
And there you go. Five LMS plugins that can be used for creating and selling online courses. If you want to learn more about them, simply go to their website. Whichever one you choose, you will not be disappointed. What are you waiting for? Go and spread your knowledge.