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LearnDash

LearnDash is a WordPress plugin that turns a self-hosted WordPress site into a full learning management system, so you can build, sell, and deliver online courses without paying for a separate platform. It handles multi-level course structures of sections, lessons, topics, and quizzes; drip-feeds content on a schedule; tracks student progress; issues certificates on completion; takes payment through Stripe or WooCommerce; and supports group enrollment with reporting for team admins. It's used by everyone from independent course creators to Fortune 500 training teams and universities, which makes it the most widely deployed WordPress-native LMS. Because it runs inside WordPress, your learner records and course content stay in your own database rather than locked inside someone else's platform.