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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/learndash-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/learndash-profile/alternatives/) # LearnDash User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.6/5 - Total reviews: 280 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Customer support: 4.6/5 - Value for money: 4.5/5 - Functionality: 4.4/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 194 reviews (69%) - 4 stars: 63 reviews (23%) - 3 stars: 15 reviews (5%) - 2 stars: 4 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 4 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - The core LMS functionality has been useful for structuring and delivering our courses, and our earlier experience with LearnDash was positive. - The availability of numerous plugins and add-ons makes it highly customizable — with the right combination, you can get most of the functionality you need without a major investment. - Learndash is a polished platform supported by many plugins in the WordPress ecosytem. ### Most mentioned cons - This makes the app essentially unusable for our students. - It's a wordpress plugin, so there are inevitably the drawbacks associated with wordpress (a little slow, regular updates, paid plugins etc...). - These add-ons can also cause compatibility issues or slow performance. ## LearnDash customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 280 (page 1). ### LearnDash is a Great Online Classroom Platform - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: D'vorah L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: June 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Excellent. Once I learned how to set up my first course, I was able to easily set up additional courses. Over the past few years I've set up 30 courses on Leran Dash... my students love how easy it is to find content and I love how easy it is to set up the courses and the lessons. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love how Learn Dash allows us to offer an attractive, professional looking online classroom. This makes it easy to host our content and makes it easy for students to find it. #### Cons It is a little challenging to set up, though there is a support desk and a Facebook group where we can ask questions. The only con is that sometimes it takes a little longer to get a reply. --- ### The Elegant Training Tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Zayna S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered LearnDash is online based, with detailed content for suitable training. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros LearnDash has detailed and informative learning materials for businesses #### Cons LearnDash has a precise form of knowledge sharing #### Reasons for switching to LearnDash The service charter from the tools have limited features. --- ### Best WordPress Plugin for Courses! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Anissa C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have been using LearnDash for almost 2 years. It is a great plugin for courses and the most recent update has made it even better. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the newest 3.0 update! It gives the interface a much better design and aesthetic. This makes it easier to navigate and it helps make LearnDash more user friendly. #### Cons It would be awesome if LearnDash came with a template for a user dashboard that we can just input to a page and direct people to. --- ### LearnDash for Ideal Learning Process - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Chantal G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered LearnDash is a determined tool that gives all of us a successful learning process. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros LearnDash has all the learning materials and assessment solutions #### Cons LearnDash has a determined way of covering business training without challenges #### Reasons for switching to LearnDash The presence of online training materials makes the app the best --- ### The most flexible online LMS platform for small to mid-size schools, organizations, and businesses - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Robert S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered LearnDash has been a very helpful tool for many of my clients, whether it was small colleges looking to take courses online, teaching organizations providing Continuing Education Credits, or individual experts looking to take their classes online. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Because it's based on WordPress, LearnDash not only comes with a lot of customization settings out of the box but plugs into a huge community of themes and plugins that can take your design and functionality practically any conceivable direction! #### Cons Some third-party developers created low-cost add-ons that didn't provide as reliable of a codebase as the core LearnDash software. Stick with reputable developers for third-party add-ons such as those mentioned on their website. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash LearnDash was more flexible and user-friendly it's integration with WordPress provided access to a much wider community. #### Reasons for switching to LearnDash LearnDash provided a larger community with more integrations, a better interface, and additional features. --- ### User Experience is Dated, Not worth time investment - Overall rating: 2/5 - Reviewer: Aimee S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Alternative Medicine - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I spent about 20 hours installing this plug-in and trying to set it up in WordPress before I stopped and decided to go with Teachable, which is another LMS platform. I was paying $30 a month for LearnDash but it’s not at all worth $30 a month. The support was poor and the user experience felt like the plug-in itself hadn’t been updated in a very long time. If I was using it for free I would’ve thought it would’ve been worth it, but to pay monthly for it is not worth the amount of time and energy that it took me to set up basic functions . #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros The reason I purchased the software was because it integrated with WordPress. I had already built my courses on WordPress and I wanted to add additional features like tracking my students and providing a central hub where all my students courses would be available and providing them with a progress bar to help them have a more visual way to progress through their courses. #### Cons This is really not a software it’s a WordPress plug-in. I use multiple word plus plug-ins that are excellent. This WordPress plug-in is not worth the money. The amount of work that requires you to do just to get your course set up is enormous. I already had my courses fully developed and it was not easy to install the plug-in and have the features that they promised. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash I originally chose LearnDash because it was a plug-in for WordPress. I thought that would allow me to do less work and keep the word press courses that are already set up. I ended up choosing teachable in the end because my experience trying to set up LearnDash showed me that it was nowhere comparable to the functionality of Teachable which was the same exact price . --- ### LMS Management for Online E-Learning Course Catalog - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Will D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, LearnDash has made managing a large catalog of content (50 + courses) very easy. I can quickly add courses, and the quality looks great. The features I get with video lessons, feel like custom developement and something I paid ALOT of money for, but they are included for free. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Learndash is incredible easy to get up and running. I loved how easy it is to create courses, add lessons and quickly get a catalog of content up and running. I was transferring courses from pages and posts that I had manually created, and moving to LearnDash allows me to move and work so much faster, plus it's alot easier for students to navigate. All of my content is videobased and their video progression features and integrations with Vimeo are amazing. The ability to remember your location in a video so that when you come back to it, it's there waiting for you-is a feature that feels like it should cost, much, much more. #### Cons Initially I had purchased LearnDash and asked for my money back, because I felt like it was too focused on being a solution for higher ed. I didn't need certificates, or quizzes, or homework uploads, just the ability for students to watch video lessons. But.. after digging in the second time, I realized I don't have to use all of those things. While there are alot of features, I don't have to use those. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash I wanted to stay on an open platform and own my content. LearnDash allowed me to quickly transfer my existing posts and pages into their platform and continue owning my content and processing payments through Stripe. --- ### Excellent product - terrible support - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: David W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Consumer Goods - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The Good : + Excellent functionality for authoring courses with all expected media types supported + Excellent functionality & UX for users taking courses + Full-featured for those starting with a blank slate + Mobile responsive (with our theme) The Bad: - Very hard to integrate with existing customized website (theme, plugins, etc) - GravityForms integration virtually useless - Unable to drive course access or pricing based on WP user role - Apparently no hooks allowing implementer to modify their course enrollment process. The Ugly - HORRIBLE SUPPORT! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The features/functions of this product are top notch. Particularly if you are building a new eLearning site and are willing to use their theme and their UX OOB, this is very easy to implement and has great features. #### Cons The support experience has been horrendous! My task has been to integrate this LMS into an existing website which is very complex and sophisticated, without turning the existing UX on its head. The Support organization has been utterly useless either re-directing me to other plugins or mis-directing me with information that was simply wrong. The GravityForms integration is so poorly conceived as to be useless for my needs, and Support cannot provide any developer-level assistance at all. I've tried everything to get through to them - even contacting the CEO via LinkedIn - with no success. I'm now on the verge of demanding they cancel my license and refund the fee. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash It appeared to offer a better UX, but we ultimately found it very difficult to modify their user registration and course enrollment process. --- ### My Take on LearnDash - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dianne M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Because of issues we've had that were solved by tech support Dan, we haven't yet done an official launch although our plan is to launch on July 3. I would say that my overall experience has been a mixture of frustration and joy. It took me a while to learn how to navigate the builder, needing to navigate out of the course section to design the lessons and out of lessons to design topics, but once I worked that out, it's a breeze. I feel I will know better what real benefits LearnDash has when my students actually start using it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's course builder and the ability to clone courses #### Cons I had to begin learning LearnDash from scratch, while at the same time learning Elimentor and CartFlows. There was a steep learning curve for me. I began when LearnDash 3 was the latest version, and I found it confusing when viewing older tutorials, not realizing I needed to pay attention to when the tutorial was done. I suggest deleting older tutorials. Also, I don't like to call names but I tried to watch several of [SENSITIVE CONTENT]'s webinars and I found them more confusing than helpful. However, I found [SENSITIVE CONTENT]'s tutorials always clear, concise and helpful.[SENSITIVE CONTENT]s instruction about constructing a certificate was the best I found. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash I choose LearnDash because we could install it on our website and have total control without sharing our income with a platform. --- ### WordPress great LMS - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Miguel D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My experience with LearnDash has been great, the product is solid and the support has been always great. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros In groups, you can accommodate users in a group and then add courses to that group, this will make every user start the course exactly at the same moment, so helpful for drip content. Drip content, LD can send emails depending on the user's actions, lesson availability, or quiz results. #### Cons Not a strong report system. Not a strong discussion system between tutors and students (you need 3rd party for that). Lack of notes-taking module (you need 3rd party for that). --- ### Its reliable and flexible LMS that makes creating and managing online course easy and efficient - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bala K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for free trial - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with LearnDash has been positive. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros LearnDash is super easy to use and integrates perfectly with WordPress. The course builder is simple, and I love how customizable it is with features like quizzes, drip content, and certificates. #### Cons Sometimes the interface can feel a bit outdated,and setting up advanced features may require additional plugins. --- ### The best Learning Management software for WordPress - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rosie H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered The ability to quickly add courses and still have a level of quality that's right on point is what makes LearnDash such a valuable tool. The features I get with video lessons look like custom development, which makes the courses look like a great deal of money was spent to create them which is always a plus. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros LearnDash has become quite popular for creating courses. It's flexible and they're also well integrated with other products which is very important. The UI with Elementor is seamless. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to enjoy the best user experience possible. LearnDash provides great content possibilities and documentation but their support is a little less efficient than their software! #### Cons The social learning, interactive learning and mobile experience on the website have room for improvement. The last few months has seen an improvement in the mobile experience, but social learning and interactive learning could be better and more user-friendly. Initial integration was time-consuming and there really isn’t any way around that. I also wish they had better user management options since WordPress user management is not great. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash This software has excellent functionality for course creation at a reasonable price. It also has a user-friendly UX and is feature-rich. Overall a great value for the money especially if you are trying to build a ton of courses and would like to have a cost effective option. It also integrates with WordPress and Elementor which is what we use primarily and that was a great selling point. --- ### Learndash is a great LMS - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Jay A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I use Learndash for all my LMS websites. Learndash offers a great amount of features that allow me to customize the website to my clients and my needs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The features and functionality of the Learndash is outstanding. #### Cons The learning curve is a little steep but once you start to figure things out it becomes easier. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash The cost and features #### Reasons for switching to LearnDash Ease of use and functionality. --- ### After months of testing Saas and WordPress LMS plugins, LearnDash came out on top. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jesus P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. This software is helping us simplify and streamline our ability to deliver online training to students at an affordable cost. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros We needed many features that were hard to find in SaaS based LMS solutions and WP plugins. Here's a list of features that pushed us towards LearnDash because it worked with our stack or is helping us upgrade it: 1. Integration with Zapier (allows communication with our Podio CRM hub) 2. Integration with any Shopping cart with One-Click Upsells. We will be migrating to SamCart after 6 years with Nanacast. 3. Ability to "Recycle" LMS content. (i.e. use one lecture in multiple classes) 4. Progress % for classes so students can see their progress. 5. Forum integration for class discussions. We chose BBPress and it works perfectly with it. 6. ActiveCampaign integration for email management. LearnDash included all these features and they work. This was the *only* solution I found after months of testing WP plugins and Saas platforms that met our requirements. So far, setup has gone smooth and updates have not broken anything. #### Cons My biggest con is that this is a WP plugin and I'm hesitant to run mission critical software on WordPress. But since all the SaaS LMS' solutions were missing critical features, I decided to give this a shot. In order to gain some peace of mind and find a middle of sorts, I decided to go the extremely safe route with hosting and chose Kinsta since they use the Google Cloud and their pricing structure is reasonable. Plus, having a "staging area" is nice along with their daily backups, crazy speed and Nginx reverse proxy caching. --- ### A robust LMS that is well documented with quality support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: July 2022 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. So far, very positive. Everything works and no bugs have been reported so far. Support is really helpful. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros There is a lot of versatility with this software and there are a lot of addons for additional features. The documentation is plentiful and support is responsive. So far, I've only used it to import a course from Articulate, but that was fairly easy to do. Setup is also easy, but not always intuitive. They do put a lot of effort into documentation and tutorial videos to help you along the way. Out of the box, the front end is not bad looking and fulfills expectations in terms of functionality. It is a very robust setup overall, so seems like they offer a lot of customizations for various course experiences. #### Cons Some backend setups of courses, tests, lessons, etc. were not super intuitive, but review of videos and documentation clarifies any issues. Highly recommend you watch the introduction videos and perhaps take notes to expedite your setup experience. #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash Learndash offered the most versatility for what we needed to do. It also seemed to have enough popularity which meant that it had a community of users that further support the online knowledge base outside of the learndash website. --- ### What a Learning Portal/LMS should be. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I used LearnDash to set up a Learning Portal at my prior organization. it allowed me to deploy content to a large user base through the portal, while also allowing me to track our content being used in their xAPI compliant LMS systems and completions of content through our Help system. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Building a learning portal on WordPress is brilliant. The core features of LearnDash in creating courses is great. Good quiz engine and solid features for offering and tracking courses with clear progress indicators. But the true power of LearnDash is that it works with virtually any theme, and expands its utility with the WordPress ecosystem. Aside from solid partner plugins for coursegrids and gradebooks, there are additional tools that really give LearnDash some amazing content features like H5P and tools to embed and track content from leading eLearning tools like Articulate and Adobe. No end in sight. #### Cons The most challenging parts of LearnDash are managing WordPress and Plugins. The challenge of adding more and more features with plugins is the administrative maintenance it requires. Users just need to be very clear that unlike using a vendor LMS that you just upload content, they must be prepared to get "under the hood" to maintain the system. This is common with professional WordPress Administration, but learning professionals who just used an LMS may not be clear on the fact that this does require some web administration skills. --- ### Great LMS tool with even better support! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Roisin Anne H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered LearnDash LMS plug-in was a no-brainer for us. I had actually used it as an end user personally and when my company were looking at investing in an LMS tool, I inspected the code of the tool I had used previously and found out that it was LearnDash. It was an easy sell to decision makers as I had such a great experience from an end user point of view. Since using LearnDash as an admin it has been pretty plain sailing. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's easy for non-web dev users to be able to create content and for some of the more tricky parts of the implementation, the LearnDash support team have been excellent. So responsive and always willing to help out. If I could give the support team 20 out 10 I would! #### Cons I think when I began using LearnDash, it wasn't too feature-heavy and there were definitely some things missing that would have been nice. However, 1.5 years down the line the team are rolling out features regularly and making their product more feature-rich. --- ### LearnDash review of Uuguul - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: steve m. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 6 months - Reviewed: January 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Well I was first using youtube to share video lesson but with learndash my experience is billions time more intuitive and I also take much more pleasure sharing my content. For my user also, the course are more structured, information are easier to find and the learning is very pleasing. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The lesson page are amazing especially when LD is coupled with Presto Player and Buddyboss. The various courses page are also pretty awesome (again when coupled with BuddyBoss). The quizz, lessons, courses are overall pretty quick to set up. #### Cons Updating or finding quizz / course / lessons is a real pain.. and I feel a lot of time is lost while adjusting structure of course and all. The builder is amazing but then to change lesson and so on it becomes a rabbit hole and once a lot of lesson and so on are created it becomes a real maze.... I wish the interface would be a bit more minimal so we could maybe see more things at the same time... Also LD is overall pretty buddy (in term of front end) stuff sometime shows, sometimes not, and I had to ask alternate developper to fix all the issue that are within LD. Also updating the plugin is very scary, as so far I updated two times, and had to roll back because the website ended up being totally broken.. :) (visually) #### Reasons for choosing LearnDash I went through the LearnDash group on facebook and after getting few answers to my question I had a chat with one member of the community which is a LD pro ([SENSITIVE CONTENT]) and he totally convince me on the awesomeness of LD. I then bought few days later. --- ### Highly recommended LMS plugin for WordPress - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rick P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I discovered how easy it was to create online courses. LearnDash has allowed me to expand my client base. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I'm a WordPress implementer. A couple years ago I was approached by a client who wanted to develop an online course for non-native English speakers to study for their certifications. I'd never developed online courses before so I had to do A LOT of research. For that project, I decided on LifterLMS and I still do most of my online course development with Lifter. I'll go into why in that review, obviously. But LearnDash has certainly come very close to feature parity with Lifter. There are only a few differences in terms of functionality. Lifter's add-on system can be confusing to explain to a client whereas LearnDash is easy to sell. There are some specialized features for teams that are only available on Lifter, however. The smart course creation tool is very very good. If you're worried about how to build a complex course with video and text, don't be. LearnDash makes it easy. But LearnDash IS multisite compatible and Astra Pro, a popular WP theme, provides built-in support. Another bonus is that LearnDash has a free version to get your feet wet, available on the repo. #### Cons There's no support for multiple teachers per course. Lifter's frontend student dashboards are nicer. --- ### A Fantastic Learning Management System - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Goma B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros LearnDash is packed with useful features that make it perfect for creating and managing online courses. Its course builder is straightforward to use. It has helped me create engaging lessons, quizzes, and assignments effortlessly, saving me a lot of time. I love the flexibility that LearnDash offers in delivering course content. Whether it's text-based lessons, videos, audio files, or downloadable resources, I can choose the format that suits my students' learning preferences. This adaptability enhances the overall learning experience. #### Cons One limitation I noticed is the visual customization. Although LearnDash offers some customization options for course layouts and branding, users with advanced design requirements might find them somewhat limited. However, with basic HTML and CSS knowledge, it is possible to make additional visual customizations. --- ### The best Learning management system plugin for WordPress - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bello M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Financial Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros When it Comes to WordPress lms plugin, Learndash is the best. The interface is very easy to understand both for authors and students, it is having many features compared to other plugins thus saving Space and money you dont need to buy and install extra plugins and it integrates well with third party plugins or Platforms #### Cons Eventhough Learndash is an excellent plugin, their customer support is not hundred percent active. At Times i have to open a ticket and wait several days before having a solution --- ### The Best and Professional LMS Plugin - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Muddassar B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: April 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with LearnDash is really awesome because now I am selling more courses on my website. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros If you want to create online courses on your WordPress website then LearnDash is really a professional plugin for you. Because this plugin allows you to build a course website within few minutes. #### Cons You can create and share courses on your website using LearnDash without any kind of cons and issues. There are no negative points. --- ### Very grateful to rep , who has delivered exceptional support, by far the best help desk service! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Rose R. - Industry: E-Learning - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2019 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall quality of finished workshops is superb, and students express enthusiasm. Originally my designer warned me, "This system is hard to learn, but you'll be pleased with the results. That's true. I do want to give a shout-out to the support team. Rep has given me exceptional tech support, and I can't imagine a more helpful, knowledgeable, kindly guide to the mysteries and complications of LearnDash. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros The finished product. My workshops have exactly the components I wish: As many lessons per course as I wish, installing video and audio recordings, quizzes, and forums. Once I learned how to use the software, it leads to a superb product. #### Cons Over-designed! On the whole, from my perspective, LearnDash is difficult to learn; an upgrade has resulted in far too many choices. For example, used to be that I could easily upload a FILL IN THE BLANKS quiz. Learning the new method, with upgrade, was far more difficult. Each question takes about 6 extra steps, compared to one step previously. As an educator, I do find it offensive that it's supposed to be desirable to copy quiz parts and, apparently, crank out as many quizzes as possible. Why not make that a plug-in, rather than standard operating procedure for those of us who create quality workshops and prefer to not over-complicate. --- ### Solid LMS Package - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dave B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Events Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I started tinkering with LearnDash a few years ago but never launched my initial product. However, I kept my license active and watched as the LD team continued to upgrade and refine the product. I'm very much a DIY developer and I love that this full-featured package allows me to run a very sophisticated LMS system off of WordPress. The Notifications Add-on fills in a missing piece and enables me to create subscription content wit email notification of timed course content. #### Cons When setting up notifications, it's necessary to manually specify a recipient. If you miss this, nobody will get the email. If "user" was the default recipient, you wouldn't have to double-check in most instances. And in the list of notifications, this would be a great setting to be able to change in bulk or at least see in the dashboard without having to open each notification. Also, while I'm able to do this with shortcodes, I'd love to see a header and footer template for email notifications, and maybe even a visual builder. --- ### LearnDash for Wordpress is amazing - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Anthony H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: February 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Integrates with Wordpress seamlessly; perfect features for course management; ease for learners to register and work through content #### Cons Would like add-ons to not always be costly ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/lms/learndash-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- LearnDash Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice