Jacob Swartz

<p><strong>Xtreme Courses</strong> is a complete <strong>learning management system (LMS) plugin</strong> for WordPress. Build structured online courses in a React drag-and-drop builder, sell them through WooCommerce, schedule drip content, run auto-graded quizzes, issue verifiable PDF certificates, and keep students engaged with XP, badges, and leaderboards — all from your own WordPress site.</p>
<p><strong>No upsells. No locked features.</strong> There is no “Pro” version of Xtreme Courses — every feature listed on this page ships in the free download and is fully functional out of the box. No upgrade nags, no feature gates, no artificial limits on courses, students, or enrollments.</p>
<p><a href="https://xtremeplugins.com/plugins/xtreme-courses/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin homepage</a> · <a href="https://xtremeplugins.com/docs/xtreme-courses" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a> · <a href="https://xtremeplugins.com/support/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a></p>
<h4>Why Xtreme Courses?</h4>
<p>If you’ve evaluated the established LMS plugins (LearnDash, LifterLMS, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, Sensei) you already know the pattern: the features you actually need to run a paid course business — certificates, drip scheduling, quizzes, e-commerce checkout, reporting — are spread across paid tiers and per-feature add-ons. Xtreme Courses is built differently:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The whole stack is free.</strong> Course builder, WooCommerce selling, drip content, quiz engine, PDF certificates, gamification, live lessons, reviews, analytics — nothing is held back for a paid tier.</li>
<li><strong>Commerce-ready from day one.</strong> Native WooCommerce integration: one-time purchases, free enrollments, subscription-gated content, bundles, bulk enrollment coupons, and gift enrollment.</li>
<li><strong>Modern WordPress stack.</strong> PHP 8.2+ with strict types, a React drag-and-drop course builder, custom REST API, Action Scheduler background jobs, and full uninstall cleanup.</li>
<li><strong>Self-hosted and private by default.</strong> No telemetry, no external service calls unless you explicitly configure live Zoom lessons (disclosed below). Your course content and student data stay on your server.</li>
<li><strong>WordPress.org-compliant.</strong> Fully GPL, no obfuscated code, every external-service touchpoint disclosed on this page.</li>
</ul>
<p>A free alternative to <strong>LearnDash</strong>, <strong>LifterLMS</strong>, <strong>Tutor LMS</strong>, <strong>LearnPress</strong>, and <strong>Sensei</strong> for course creators who want the complete LMS feature set without per-feature pricing.</p>
<p><strong>Core Features (Free):</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>React Drag-and-Drop Course Builder</strong> — Build structured courses with sections, lessons (video, text, PDF, audio), and quizzes using a visual drag-and-drop interface.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Integration</strong> — Sell courses as one-time purchases, free enrollments, or subscription-gated content. Supports bulk enrollment coupons and gift enrollment.</li>
<li><strong>Drip Content Scheduling</strong> — Release lessons on a fixed date, X days after enrollment, or after completing the previous lesson. Visual Gantt-style drip timeline.</li>
<li><strong>Quiz Engine</strong> — Multiple choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions with timed mode, pass thresholds, retake limits, and auto-grading.</li>
<li><strong>PDF Certificate Generator</strong> — Auto-generate personalized certificates on course completion with a public verification URL.</li>
<li><strong>Student Dashboard</strong> — Tabbed dashboard showing enrolled courses, progress rings, certificates, achievements, and order history.</li>
<li><strong>Instructor Role & Dashboard</strong> — Dedicated <code>xc_instructor</code> role with scoped access to own courses, student roster, and earnings.</li>
<li><strong>Gamification</strong> — XP points, badges with trigger conditions, and a leaderboard Gutenberg block/shortcode.</li>
<li><strong>Live Lessons</strong> — Zoom SDK embed and Google Meet pre-join cards with calendar reminder emails (.ics attachment).</li>
<li><strong>Analytics Dashboard</strong> — Chart.js-powered admin panel with enrollment trends, lesson funnel, quiz performance, revenue, active students, and certificate issuance rate.</li>
<li><strong>Course Reviews & Ratings</strong> — Star ratings and written reviews with moderation, instructor replies, and aggregate display.</li>
<li><strong>Course Bundles & Prerequisites</strong> — Bundle multiple courses into a single WooCommerce product and enforce prerequisite completion.</li>
<li><strong>Mobile Lesson Player</strong> — Distraction-free, full-viewport lesson player with progress persistence.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Technical Highlights:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>PHP 8.2+ with strict types</li>
<li>Custom REST API namespace <code>/xtreme-courses/v1/</code></li>
<li>Custom database tables with proper indexes</li>
<li>Action Scheduler for all background jobs</li>
<li>Transient-based caching for leaderboard and progress queries</li>
<li>Full nonce verification on all AJAX/REST write endpoints</li>
<li>Input sanitization and output escaping throughout</li>
<li>Complete uninstall routine (tables, options, uploaded files)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bundled libraries</h3>
<p>This plugin bundles <strong>Chart.js v4.5.1</strong> (MIT, Copyright 2014-2025 Chart.js Contributors) for the Analytics admin panel. The script is served from the plugin folder at <code>assets/js/vendor/chart.umd.min.js</code> — no third-party CDN is contacted.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin can connect to one third-party service. It is <strong>opt-in</strong> — it is only contacted when an admin or instructor explicitly creates a live lesson and a student attends it. The default install of the plugin does not contact any external service.</p>
<h4>Zoom Meeting SDK (optional, used for live lessons)</h4>
<p>If an admin or instructor creates a live lesson and pastes a Zoom meeting URL into the lesson, then when a student opens that lesson the plugin will:</p>
<ul>
<li>Render an embedded Zoom client by enqueueing the Zoom Meeting SDK JavaScript directly from <code>https://source.zoom.us/zoom-meeting-3.1.2.min.js</code> on that lesson page only.</li>
<li>The Zoom SDK then connects to Zoom’s own infrastructure to join the meeting. The plugin itself does not send any data to Zoom from your server — all communication happens between the student’s browser and Zoom.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you do not use the live-lesson feature (no live lesson with a Zoom URL is ever created), the Zoom SDK is never loaded and Zoom is never contacted.</p>
<p>Service provider: Zoom Communications, Inc. <a href="https://explore.zoom.us/en/terms/" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Service</a> · <a href="https://explore.zoom.us/en/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Statement</a></p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>Xtreme Courses is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.</p>
<p>Xtreme Courses is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.</p>
<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Xtreme Courses. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.</p>


Xtreme Courses


great plugin to creat your own courses online with quizes, thank you!


Best plugin for online course for wordpress

Sell and run online courses on WordPress — LMS with WooCommerce checkout, quizzes, drip content, certificates, gamification. Free, no upsells.

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<p><strong><a href="https://wpcoursesplugin.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Courses LMS</a></strong> is a full-featured, free learning management system (LMS) that makes creating onilne courses on your WordPress site easier than ever with an intuitive interface, drag-and-drop tools, video tutorials and more.</p>
<p><a href="https://wpcoursesplugin.com/courses-page-width/" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to view a demo.</a></p>
<h3>Create Courses with Ease</h3>
<p>Something we hear from users of WP Courses quite frequently is how easy it is to use and to create your own courses. If you can create a WordPress page or post, you can create a course. WP Courses leverages many familiar WordPress interfaces which makes creating courses feel familiar.</p>
<h3>Create Any Type of Lesson for your Courses</h3>
<p>Video lessons are supported with videos hosted on <a href="https://vimeo.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Vimeo</a>, <a href="https://youtube.com" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.vdocipher.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">VdoCipher</a> and other platforms. You can also create lessons with text, audio, images and more.</p>
<h3>Organize Your Lessons into Modules</h3>
<p>You’ll probably want to organize your lessons into modules for your courses. WP Courses keeps this process incredibly simple. Choose the appropriate course, Click “add new module” and drag it where you want. That’s it… Other competing plugins require that you manually attach each lesson to a module. This takes ages!</p>
<h3>Quizzes for your Courses</h3>
<p>Create multiple choice and multiple answer quizzes and select from many options including maximum quiz attempts, if empty answers are allowed, your quiz welcome message and more. Quizzes can also be attached to courses similar as lessons.</p>
<h3>Modern App-Like User Interface</h3>
<p>WP Courses leverages many modern web technologies that allow for extremely quick content loading times as well as lessons and courses that load without having to refresh the page. This leads to a seamless and quick navigation experience for your users that will keep your students more engaged with your course content.</p>
<h3>User Profiles</h3>
<p>WP Courses has a robust profile section with viewed lesson tracking, completed lesson tracking, course progress tracking and quiz results.</p>
<h3>Integrates Seamlessly with Practically Any Theme</h3>
<p>WP Courses has been designed to seamlessly integrate with any theme inlcuding popular theme and website builders like Divi and Elementor. There are also plenty of design options to help match the design of your website. All courses will be seamlessly integrated with your existing website content.</p>
<h3>Mobile-Friendly Courses</h3>
<p>Courses are easy to navigate and look beautiful on any device. All courses will display a mobile friendly navigation and content structure.</p>
<h3>No Coding Required</h3>
<p>No coding knowledge is necessary for creating great looking courses.</p>
<h3>Progress Tracking for all Courses</h3>
<p>Keep your students engaged with progress tracking. Icons and progress bars show your students which lessons they’ve viewed and completed. You can also view any of your student’s progress in the admin area, broken down by lesson and course.</p>
<h3>Courses Analytics Dashboard</h3>
<p>See which courses are the most popular, which students are most engaged and how many people are viewing and completing lessons of which course each day.</p>
<h3>Restrict Course Lesson Content</h3>
<p>Restrict your course lesson content to logged in users only with the click of a button. Individual course lessons can be restricted for fine control over your content’s visibility.</p>
<h3>Seamless Course Browsing Experience</h3>
<p>Browse courses by category or in one large collection. Each course has its own content with an area for a description, video and any other type of content you’d like to include.</p>
<h3>Actively Supported and Developed</h3>
<p>This courses plugin is actively supported and developed with new updates and features added regularly.</p>
<h3>Full Translation Support</h3>
<p><a href="https://wpcoursesplugin.com/lesson/how-to-translate-wp-courses/" rel="nofollow ugc">A tutorial on translating WP Courses can be found here</a>.</p>
<h3>Premium Version – Sell, Market and Engage</h3>
<p>There is a <a href="https://wpcoursesplugin.com/wp-courses-premium" rel="nofollow ugc">premium version</a> available which includes the following add-ons:</p>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce Integration: Sell your courses right in your WooCommerce store. Works with PayPal, Stripe, credit cards and much more.</li>
<li>PMPro integration: Sell members only access to courses.</li>
<li>Certificates: Award certificates to your students for completing certain course actions like completing a lesson / course or scoring a certain percentage on a quiz.</li>
<li>Badges: Award badges to your students for completing certain course actions like completing a lesson / course or scoring a certain percentage on a quiz.</li>
<li>Automated Emails: The perfect marketing and engagment tool that allows you to trigger emails based on specific course actions completed by your users such as viewing specific lessons / courses, or scoring a certain percentage on a quiz.</li>
<li>File Attachments: Attach files like PDF’s, audio, images and more to your lessons and courses.</li>
</ul>


WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses


This plugin is very simple and works as expected. If you need to sell video courses through Woocommerce and payment gateway, this is the best choice. Perfect for combining LMS system with Woocommerce! They have a great support, they helped me step-by-step to resolve problem with AJAX on my client's website. Thank you guys!


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WP Courses LMS - Create Courses, Lessons, Quizzes, Profiles and more. Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses.

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