Pawel Borowiec

<p><strong>Course Flow</strong> is a free and lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you sell your online courses directly with <strong>Stripe Checkout</strong> — without the need for WooCommerce. It integrates seamlessly with <strong>Tutor LMS</strong>, <strong>LearnPress</strong>, and <strong>LearnDash</strong> to offer a simple and fast checkout experience for course creators.</p>
<p>If you’re tired of slow or complicated WooCommerce setups, <strong>Course Flow</strong> gives you a direct and conflict-free way to start selling your courses online.<br />
No extra plugins. No conflicts. No slow checkouts. Just fast, secure payments with Stripe.</p>
<h3>💡 Why course creators choose Course Flow</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>No WooCommerce required</strong> — avoids unnecessary complexity and plugin conflicts.</li>
<li><strong>Fast setup</strong> — configure Stripe keys and add a shortcode to start accepting payments.</li>
<li><strong>Direct Stripe Checkout</strong> — secure, hosted checkout handled entirely by Stripe.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic course enrollment</strong> after successful payment.</li>
<li><strong>Optional WordPress user account creation</strong> for new customers.</li>
<li><strong>Fully customizable buttons</strong> — text, colors, and even image-based purchase buttons.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight architecture</strong> — minimal frontend and admin assets.</li>
<li><strong>Translation-ready</strong> with included <code>.pot</code> file.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🧩 Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Direct <strong>Stripe Checkout</strong> integration (no WooCommerce dependency).</li>
<li>Supports <strong>Tutor LMS</strong>, <strong>LearnPress</strong>, and <strong>LearnDash</strong> (requires one active LMS).</li>
<li>One-time payments via Stripe Checkout.</li>
<li>Automatic course enrollment after successful payment.</li>
<li>Optional automatic WordPress user account creation.</li>
<li>Secure Stripe webhook handling (<code>checkout.session.completed</code>).</li>
<li>Test mode and live mode support.</li>
<li>Shortcodes for easy setup:
<ul>
<li><code>[courseflow_buycourse id="123"]</code></li>
<li><code>[courseflow_course id="123"]</code></li>
<li><code>[courseflow_imagebuycourse id="123"]</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Visual button customization (text, colors, hover effects, layout).</li>
<li>Image-based purchase buttons.</li>
<li>Admin course list with ready-to-copy shortcodes.</li>
<li>Secure REST API (<code>course-flow/v1</code>) with capability and nonce validation.</li>
<li>Optional plugin telemetry (disabled by default).</li>
<li>Fully translatable (<code>.pot</code> file included).</li>
</ul>
<p>⚡ Performance & Security<br />
Course Flow is built for speed. It loads only minimal scripts, uses secure REST API calls, and relies on Stripe’s own hosted checkout page for PCI compliance.<br />
All webhook events are validated via <code>checkout.session.completed</code>, ensuring that course enrollments are always secure and verified.</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.7 or newer</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or newer</li>
<li>One active LMS plugin:
<ul>
<li>Tutor LMS</li>
<li>LearnPress</li>
<li>LearnDash</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Stripe account (Publishable Key, Secret Key, Webhook Secret)</li>
<li>HTTPS enabled</li>
</ul>
<h3>Configuring Stripe Webhooks</h3>
<p>To enable automatic enrollment after payment:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open Stripe Dashboard <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Developers <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Webhooks.</li>
<li>Add endpoint:<br />
   https://your-site.com/wp-json/course-flow/v1/webhook</li>
<li>Select event: <code>checkout.session.completed</code></li>
<li>Copy the webhook secret and paste it into plugin settings.</li>
<li>Use the <strong>TEST CONNECTION</strong> button in admin to validate configuration.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>[courseflow_buycourse id="123"]</code> — standard buy button</li>
<li><code>[courseflow_course id="123"]</code> — alternative purchase button</li>
<li><code>[courseflow_imagebuycourse id="123"]</code> — image-based buy button</li>
</ul>
<h3>REST API</h3>
<p>Namespace: <code>course-flow/v1</code></p>
<ul>
<li><code>POST /create-checkout</code></li>
<li><code>POST /webhook</code></li>
<li><code>POST /test-connection</code> (admin only)</li>
<li><code>POST /save-settings</code> (admin only)</li>
</ul>
<p>Protected endpoints validate user capabilities and nonces.</p>
<h3>Admin Pages</h3>
<p>Settings — Configuration of Stripe API keys, currency, success page, account creation behavior and optional plugin telemetry.<br />
Courses — List of detected LMS courses with IDs and available purchase shortcodes.<br />
Button Settings — Visual customization of purchase buttons.<br />
Image Button Settings — Management of image-based purchase buttons.</p>
<h3>Data Privacy</h3>
<p>Course Flow includes an optional plugin telemetry feature.</p>
<p>When explicitly enabled by an administrator, the plugin may transmit limited, non-personal plugin metadata (such as site URL and plugin version) to the plugin author for diagnostic and compatibility purposes.</p>
<p>This feature is:<br />
– Disabled by default<br />
– Explicitly opt-in<br />
– Does not collect personal or user-identifiable data</p>
<p>The plugin functions fully without enabling this option.</p>
<p>More information can be found in the author’s privacy policy:<br />
https://dev.pawelborowiec.com/course-flow/privacy-policy.html</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<h4>Stripe</h4>
<p>Stripe is used to process payments via Stripe Checkout.</p>
<ul>
<li>Stripe JavaScript library is loaded from https://js.stripe.com/v3/</li>
<li>Stripe API is used for checkout session creation and webhook handling.</li>
<li>Payment data is transmitted directly to Stripe during checkout.</li>
</ul>
<p>Service Provider: Stripe, Inc.<br />
Terms: https://stripe.com/legal<br />
Privacy: https://stripe.com/privacy</p>
<h3>Localization</h3>
<ul>
<li>Translation-ready with included <code>.pot</code> file.</li>
<li>Translation files should be placed in the <code>/languages/</code> directory.</li>
<li>Default language: English.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Included Libraries</h3>
<ul>
<li>Stripe PHP SDK (MIT)</li>
<li>Select2 (MIT)</li>
<li>Bundled local fonts (OFL)</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>GPLv2 or later</p>


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<p>BadgeOS achievements and badges earned from a wide array of Tutor learning management system activity.</p>
<p>The “BadgeOS Tutor LMS Add-on” allows learners to earn achievements and badges from virtually every course, lesson and quiz activity available in the Tutor learning management system. When activated, BadgeOS admins will see a new “TutorLMS Activity” menu in their “Required Steps” manager when editing or creating any achievement or badge.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> You will need to install the free <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/badgeos/" title="BadgeOS" rel="ugc">BadgeOS plugin</a>™ (version 1.2 or higher) to use the BadgeOS Tutor LMS Add-on. You will also need the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tutor/" title="Tutor LMS" rel="ugc">Tutor LMS plugin</a> v1.6.9 or higher installed, available from wordpress.org.</p>
<p><a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/badgeos/" title="BadgeOS" rel="ugc">Get the BadgeOS plugin</a>.<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/tutor/" title="Tutor LMS" rel="ugc">Get the Tutor LMS plugin</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://badgeos.org" title="BadgeOS" rel="nofollow ugc">BadgeOS</a>™ turns your WordPress site into an achievement and badging system. And with Tutor LMS enabled on your site, badges are not only awarded by activities such as making submissions, earning points, completing required achievements, and making site and community contributions, but also by completing Tutor LMS courses, lessons and quizzes. Define the achievements, organize the badge requirements any way you like, and choose from and combine a range of BadgeOS and Tutor LMS activity options to determine whether each task or requirement has been achieved.</p>
<p><strong>New ways to define achievements and give badges for Tutor LMS activity</strong></p>
<p>In addition to all of the out-of-the-box features in BadgeOS core, the BadgeOS Tutor LMS Add-on allows you to award achievements and badges based on these additional triggers:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Quizzes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Passed any Quiz</li>
<li>Passed a specific Quiz</li>
<li>Passed any Quiz of a course</li>
<li>Failed any Quiz</li>
<li>Failed a specific Quiz</li>
<li>Failed any Quiz of a course</li>
<li>Minimum % Grade on a Quiz</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Lessons:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Completed any Lesson</li>
<li>Completed a specific Lesson</li>
<li>Completed any Lesson of a course</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Courses:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Completed Course</li>
<li>Completed a specific Course</li>
<li>Completed Course from a Tag</li>
<li>Subscribe in a course</li>
<li>subscribe in a specific course</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Combine Tutor LMS Steps with BadgeOS Steps in Defining Achievements</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Simple interface for defining the “Required Steps” for any badge or achievement seamlessly integrates Tutor LMS actions</li>
<li>Easily define achievements that rely on both BadgeOS required steps and Tutor LMS actions</li>
<li>Easily link together one or more triggers, steps or actions into the conditions needed to earn any badge or mark an achievement.</li>
</ul>
<p>**Display Badges on User Profiles with Free Community Add-on **</p>
<ul>
<li>Activate the free “<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/badgeos-community-add-on/" title="BadgeOS Community Add-on" rel="ugc">BadgeOS Community Add-On</a>” and “<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/" title="BuddyPress" rel="ugc">BuddyPress</a>” plugins to add a range of user community functions, including the ability to display earned badges and achievements on user profiles for others to see.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Extensibility and Additional BadgeOS Add-ons</h4>
<ul>
<li>BadgeOS is designed to be a true operating system for turning any WordPress site into an engagement management application.</li>
<li>Built with expandability in mind to allow virtually anything to trigger and recognize achievement.</li>
<li>BadgeOS plans to continue to release a range of Add-Ons to the plugin — like the BadgeOS Tutor LMS Add-on — that enhance core functionality with specialized functions.</li>
<li>Check out some of the <a href="http://badgeos.org/services/badgeos-customization/" title="We'll help you customize your BadgeOS site" rel="nofollow ugc">BadgeOS customizations</a> we’ve already implemented to get a sense for what you might expect.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Stay Connected / Helpful Links</h4>
<p>BadgeOS is made available by <a href="http://www.LearningTimes.com/" title="LearningTimes web site" rel="nofollow ugc">LearningTimes, LLC</a>. Here are some ways to stay connected and to see what else we are up to:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://badgeos.org/" title="BadgeOS web site" rel="nofollow ugc">BadgeOS.org</a> – Contact Us, Video Tutorials, Examples, News</li>
<li><a href="http://www.learningtimes.com/" title="LearningTimes web site" rel="nofollow ugc">LearningTimes</a> – Bringing people together through engaging online conferences, events and activities.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LearningTimes" title="LearningTimes on Facebook" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook</a> – LearningTimes on Facebook</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/LearningTimes" title="LearningTimes on Facebook" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a> – LearningTimes Tweets</li>
<li><a href="https://http://badgeos.org/join-list/" title="BadgeOS Occasional Mailing List - No spam!" rel="nofollow ugc">E-Mailing List</a> – Occasional updates via e-mail</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/opencredit/badgeos" title="BadgeOS on GitHub" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> – Report issues, contribute code</li>
</ul>


BadgeOS Tutor LMS Add-on

BadgeOS achievements and badges earned from a wide array of Tutor learning management system activity.

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