Learnomy
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Introduction to Learnomy

Free & Pro

Learnomy is a WordPress LMS plugin that lets you build and sell online courses directly on your own site, without handing control to a third-party platform. It is designed for creators, educators, and businesses who want a professional academy they own completely.

Overview

Learnomy lives entirely inside WordPress. Courses, lessons, quizzes, students, and payments are all stored in your own database. No subscription to an external platform is required. The plugin registers three top-level admin menus and a set of front-end pages under your site's URL. A companion mobile/web app connects through a built-in REST API.

Who it is for

Learnomy works for anyone who wants to teach online through their WordPress site:

  • Independent instructors who sell courses and want full control over pricing, branding, and student data.
  • Training teams that need to host internal courses for employees or customers.
  • Membership sites that grant subscribers access to a library of courses.
  • Multi-instructor academies where revenue is split between the platform and individual instructors.

The plugin ships two roles out of the box: lrn_student (assigned automatically on registration) and lrn_instructor (admin-approved). Site administrators have full access.

What Free covers

The Free plugin is a fully working LMS. You can create unlimited courses with sections, lessons, and topics. Students enroll, track their progress, and receive signed completion certificates. Quizzes support six question types (true/false, single choice, multiple choice, short answer, essay, fill-in-the-blank). Instructors submit applications and manage their own courses from wp-admin. Payments work through Stripe, PayPal, or WooCommerce -- you set a price on any course and checkout is handled on your site. Reviews, notifications, search, and SEO schema are all included. The full course catalog, lesson player, student account area, and certificate verification page render on the front end.

For dedicated Pro features, see Enabling Features and Modules.

What Pro adds

Pro feature. Available in Learnomy Pro.

Learnomy Pro is a companion plugin that installs alongside Free and extends it. It does not replace any Free functionality. Pro adds 15 additional modules:

  • Cohorts -- group students into cohorts with a shared schedule and instructor.
  • Learning Paths -- sequence courses so a student must complete one before unlocking the next.
  • Spaces -- community or workspace areas attached to a membership plan or course.
  • Assignments -- file-upload and long-form tasks with instructor feedback.
  • User Journeys -- automated drip sequences that guide a student through content over time.
  • Content Drip -- release lessons on a schedule after enrollment.
  • Advanced Quizzes -- adds five question types (matching, ordering, numeric, math, and calculated), plus rubric grading.
  • Stripe Connect -- pay instructors directly to their Stripe accounts.
  • Analytics -- detailed academy-wide reporting with charts and exports.
  • Frontend Builder -- a drag-and-drop editor for building custom front-end layouts without code.
  • White-label -- rename the plugin, menus, and emails to match your brand.
  • Webhooks Pro -- outbound webhooks for 33 LMS lifecycle events, filterable via the API.
  • Notes and Bookmarks -- students annotate lessons and save progress markers.
  • Membership Pro -- advanced membership plan controls and analytics.
  • Certificates Pro -- additional certificate templates and Credly badge integration.

Each Pro module appears on the Modules page with a PRO badge. Activating a Pro module requires Learnomy Pro to be installed and the module toggled on.

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