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Run a multi-instructor academy that scales
Instructor applications, ownership-scoped authoring, automatic commission splits, and a withdrawal queue ship with Free. Pro adds Stripe Connect payouts, cohorts, learning paths, and full academy analytics.
Instructor roster
8 active M 70%
Maya T.
4 courses · 312 students
L 75%
Liam R.
2 courses · 188 students
S 70%
Sara K.
6 courses · 540 students
Default commission split
Instructor 70%
Platform 30%
Configurable. Per-course and per-instructor overrides take priority.
The academy challenge
Multiple instructors, one site, zero chaos
A single-instructor course site is easy to manage. The moment you add a second instructor -- let alone twenty -- you need hard boundaries: whose courses are whose, who gets paid what, and how you stop one instructor from accidentally seeing or editing another's work.
Most LMS plugins push you toward a manual process: custom roles, per-page permission plugins, and a spreadsheet for commissions. Learnomy builds the boundaries into the data layer so you never have to enforce them by hand.
Ownership-scoped authoring
Each instructor sees only their own courses in wp-admin. API-level ownership gates enforce this on every write.
Automatic commission splits
Revenue shares on every sale without a spreadsheet. Three-tier rule cascade handles every edge case.
Structured programs
Cohorts and learning paths (Pro) let you run defined-group programs with prerequisites and synchronized schedules.
Analytics that show what matters
Revenue trends, top courses by enrollment, churn rate, and cohort retention grids -- all exportable (Pro).
Instructor management
Onboard instructors and keep them scoped to their own work
Anyone can apply through the public-facing /become-instructor/ page. You review every application in the WordPress admin and approve or reject with one click. Approved instructors gain the instructor role automatically and can only see and edit their own courses -- ownership gates enforce this at the REST API level on every write, so a 50-instructor academy stays organized without manual discipline.
- Public application form at /become-instructor/
- Admin reviews from Learnomy > Instructors
- Ownership gates enforced at the API level on every write
- Public instructor profiles at /instructor/{username}/
- Per-instructor commission rates
Instructor applications
2 pending J pending
Jordan Lee
Certified yoga instructor, 10 years experience
P pending
Priya N.
Product designer, UX courses author
S approved
Sam W.
AWS solutions architect
A approved
Ana M.
Data science, Python bootcamps
Revenue sharing
Commission splits happen automatically on every sale
Learnomy applies a three-step cascade on every completed payment: first it checks for a per-course override, then a per-instructor override, and falls back to the global default of 30% platform / 70% instructor. Change the global rate anytime in LMS Settings. Instructors request withdrawals from their dashboard; you approve or reject from a paginated admin queue. Rejected requests automatically restore the instructor's available balance -- no earnings are ever lost.
- Configurable global default (30/70 out of the box)
- Per-course commission overrides
- Per-instructor rates across all their courses
- Withdrawal queue with approve/reject
- Refunds automatically reverse matching commission records
Commission rule cascade
1. Per-course override
Course: UX Design 2026 → 60/40
2. Per-instructor override
Instructor: Maya T. → 75/25
3. Global default
70/30 (configurable)
Withdrawal request
Maya T. -- $412.00
14 sales, 0 refunds
Structured learning
Cohorts and learning paths for programs that need sequencing PRO
Pro adds cohorts for running the same course with a defined group and a synchronized schedule, and learning paths for chaining courses with prerequisite gates. Pair them with Content Drip to release lessons on a fixed date, a set number of days after enrollment, or after a prerequisite is completed. Students can't skip ahead - the content isn't accessible until it unlocks.
- Cohorts: defined groups, synchronized schedules (Pro)
- Learning paths with prerequisite gates (Pro)
- Content Drip: date, days-after-enrollment or prerequisite unlock (Pro)
- Invite-only courses: you add the students, nothing is shown for sale
- Lesson progress tracked per student, per course
- Auto-issue certificates when completion rules are met
Cohort: UX Bootcamp Spring 2026
PROWeek 1: Research basics
24/24Week 2: Wireframing
21/24Week 3: Prototyping
Week 4: Usability testing
Week 3 unlocks Jun 23, 2026
Academy analytics PRO
See what's earning and what's not, in one place
Pro adds a revenue trend chart, top courses by enrollment and revenue, 30-day churn rate, and a cohort retention grid - all filterable by 7, 30, 90, or 365-day windows and exportable to CSV. Membership analytics shows MRR, ARR, active subscriber count, and how well each monthly signup cohort retains over time.
Academy overview
Last 30 daysMRR
$8,420
+12%
Active subscribers
342
+24
30-day churn
2.1%
-0.4%
Avg completion
67%
+5%
Revenue trend
Features
Everything in one plugin, nothing bolted on
Courses, quizzes, certificates, payments, instructor payouts, and a REST API - all in Learnomy, all tested against each other, sharing the same data layer.
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Academy FAQ
How does the commission split work for an academy with many instructors?
Learnomy applies a three-step cascade: first a per-course override if set, then a per-instructor override, then the global default. Both overrides are in Free. The default is 30% platform / 70% instructor and is configurable at any time. Per-instructor rules mean you can offer a senior instructor a different rate without setting overrides on every one of their courses.
Can instructors see each other's courses or student data?
No. Ownership gates in the API scope every read and write operation to the instructor's own courses. An instructor cannot view, edit, or access data from another instructor's content, even at the REST API level.
What happens if a student gets a refund -- does the instructor lose the commission?
Yes, proportionally. When a full refund is issued, Learnomy automatically marks the matching commission record as reversed. Instructor earnings totals always reflect real settled money, not gross sales figures.
How do cohorts differ from just enrolling students in a course?
A cohort (Pro) ties a defined group of students to a course with a synchronized schedule. All cohort students move through the same content on the same timeline. Standard enrollments have no group structure -- each student progresses independently.
Does Learnomy scale to thousands of students?
Yes. Learnomy stores its data in over 40 custom MySQL tables with proper indexes on every column used in filtering, sorting, and joining. Every list, analytics query, and search runs against indexed columns - not WordPress post meta. Pagination is enforced throughout so no request returns an unbounded result set.
What does Stripe Connect add for payouts?
With Stripe Connect (Pro), a connected instructor who requests a withdrawal is paid by Stripe transfer to their own account right away, or automatically after each sale if you turn on auto-payout. Without Connect, withdrawals are request-based and you pay the instructor yourself.
Can we run private courses for a corporate client or a closed cohort?
Yes. Mark a course invite-only and it disappears from the catalog and from checkout: nothing is shown for sale and a purchase attempt is refused. You add the students yourself, which fits corporate contracts, scholarship groups, and pilot cohorts where the deal happens off-site.
Can each course have its own SEO settings?
Yes. Every course supports per-course SEO overrides: its own title, meta description, social share image, and robots directive. Your flagship courses can each compete in search on their own terms instead of inheriting one site-wide template.
Launch your multi-instructor academy today
Free includes instructor applications, ownership-scoped authoring, commission splits, and the withdrawal queue. Pro adds Stripe Connect payouts, cohorts, learning paths, and full analytics.