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Senior WordPress engineers with 10+ years in LMS work. We extend Sensei LMS with custom features, design courses in the block editor, sell them through WooCommerce and keep everything fast, secure and updatable.

10+ years in WordPress LMS
Block editor and block themes
WooCommerce paid courses
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10+Years in LMS engineering
500+LMS projects delivered
150+Clients served
30+Countries
4.9/5Average client rating
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Common Sensei LMS problems we fix

Sound familiar?

Sensei LMS fits naturally into the block editor and WooCommerce. Teams usually call us when they need more than the settings allow.

Course pages look like every other Sensei site

Custom course, lesson and learning-mode layouts built with blocks and your theme, so the design stays editable by your team.

Paid courses, subscriptions and enrolments do not line up

A clean WooCommerce set-up for paid courses with Sensei Pro: products, subscriptions, refunds and enrolment that always match.

You need logic Sensei does not have

Prerequisites, cohort rules, completion actions or reports, built as a small plugin on Sensei hooks instead of edits to Sensei itself.

Learners and managers need better reports

Progress and quiz reports, exports and simple dashboards for course owners and team managers.

The site slows down as the catalog grows

Query profiling, object caching and leaner block layouts for course lists and learner dashboards.

You are moving to or from Sensei

Courses, lessons, quizzes and learners migrated from or to LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS or a SaaS platform.

What our Sensei LMS developers do

Sensei LMS development services

Custom features

Course logic, completion actions and integrations built on Sensei hooks as a separate plugin.

Block-based course design

Course, lesson and learning-mode templates built with blocks and your theme.

WooCommerce paid courses

Products, subscriptions, coupons and refunds connected to enrolment.

Integrations

CRM, email marketing, SSO, video and webhooks to your tools.

Reports

Learner progress, quiz results and course performance with exports.

Speed tuning

Object caching and query work for busy course catalogs.

Security and updates

Staged updates, role reviews, a WAF and monitoring.

Migrations

To or from Sensei LMS with courses, quizzes and learners.

Maintenance plans

Monthly updates, backups and a developer on call.

Code-level expertise

Sensei customizations that follow WordPress rules

Sensei LMS is built the WordPress way, with actions and filters around the learner journey. We build on them, so your features are versioned, documented and safe to update.

Small, focused plugins. One plugin per business feature, each with its own settings.
Blocks for design. Your team can still edit course pages in the block editor.
Background jobs. External services are called from WP-Cron, never during a learner's request.

This example requests a digital badge from an external badge service when a learner completes a course, using the sensei_user_course_end action.

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Academy Badges for Sensei LMS
 * Requests a digital badge when a learner completes a course.
 */
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;

add_action( 'sensei_user_course_end', function ( $user_id, $course_id ) {
    // Only courses that have a badge configured.
    $badge = get_post_meta( (int) $course_id, '_academy_badge_id', true );
    if ( ! $badge ) {
        return;
    }
    wp_schedule_single_event( time(), 'academy_issue_badge', [ (int) $user_id, (string) $badge ] );
}, 10, 2 );

add_action( 'academy_issue_badge', function ( $user_id, $badge ) {
    $user = get_userdata( $user_id );
    if ( ! $user ) {
        return;
    }
    $response = wp_remote_post( ACADEMY_BADGE_API . '/badges/' . rawurlencode( $badge ) . '/awards', [
        'timeout' => 10,
        'headers' => [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . ACADEMY_BADGE_TOKEN, 'Content-Type' => 'application/json' ],
        'body'    => wp_json_encode( [ 'email' => $user->user_email, 'name' => $user->display_name ] ),
    ] );
    if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
        error_log( 'Badge award failed: ' . $response->get_error_message() );
    }
}, 10, 2 );

sensei_user_course_end passes the user ID and course ID. The badge service URL and token are defined in wp-config.php.

Skills

The Sensei LMS stack we work with every day

Sensei and WordPress

Sensei LMS
Sensei Pro
Learning mode
Course and lesson blocks
Quizzes
Block themes
Full site editing
WP-CLI

Commerce and integrations

WooCommerce
WooCommerce Subscriptions
Stripe
PayPal
Mailchimp
HubSpot
Zoom
Webhooks

Engineering and security

PHP 8
React for blocks
MySQL tuning
Redis object cache
Wordfence and WAF
Staging workflows
Git and CI

Engagement models

Hire Sensei LMS developers your way

Pick the model that fits today and switch when your needs change. Every model includes a senior engineer, code review and a staging site.

Hourly

Bug fixes, small changes, audits and urgent issues.

from $45/hour

Billed on hours actually worked
Task-level time log with every invoice
Start with a single task
Senior engineer, not a junior

Hire by the hour

Part-time dedicated

Steady roadmap work and ongoing maintenance.

from 2500/month

A named developer, about 4 hours a day
Shared task board and weekly report
Updates, monitoring and small features
Scale up or down month to month

Hire part-time

Full-time dedicated

Large roadmaps, platform teams and agencies.

from 4500/month

A developer who works only on your LMS
Daily async updates and agreed overlap hours
Code review and QA by a second engineer
Add QA, design or DevOps when needed

Hire full-time

Fixed-price project

Well-defined features, migrations and new builds.

from 3000 minimum

Written scope, price and timeline up front
Milestone-based payments
Staging demos before each release
Post-launch warranty period agreed in the proposal

Get a fixed quote

Every engagement starts with a free technical call and an NDA. Prices exclude applicable taxes.

How it works

How hiring a Sensei LMS expert works

Tell us what you need

2 minutes

Use the short form: platform, what is wrong or what you want built, and how you prefer to work. Two minutes is enough.
Free technical call

30 minutes

A senior engineer reviews your site or requirements, asks the awkward questions early and suggests the simplest approach that will last.
Proposal and NDA

1-3 business days

You get a written plan: fixed price and timeline, or the developer profile and monthly plan for dedicated work. NDA signed before any access.
Work starts on staging

Weekly demos

We set up staging and version control, ship in small reviewed increments and demo every change before it reaches your live site.

Compare

A Sensei LMS team vs a freelancer vs hiring in-house

Criterion	All-in-One LMS	Freelance marketplace	In-house hire
Engineers who work only on learning platforms	Yes	Partial	Partial
One team for WordPress LMS, Moodle, Open edX, Canvas and custom LMS	Yes	No	No
Cover when your developer is ill or on leave	Yes	No	Partial
Code review and QA before every release	Yes	Varies	Partial
NDA and IP assignment in the contract	Yes	Varies	Yes
No recruitment, payroll or notice periods	Yes	Yes	No
Scale hours up or down month to month	Yes	Partial	No
One accountable point of contact	Yes	No	Yes

A general comparison of how each model usually works. Individual freelancers and in-house teams vary.

When Sensei LMS is the right choice

Sensei LMS suits sites that are already built around the WordPress block editor and WooCommerce, and that want courses to feel like part of the site rather than a separate system. Course and lesson content is edited with blocks, and paid courses are sold through WooCommerce with Sensei Pro.

It is a less natural fit for complex corporate training with group managers and seat licences, or for multi-instructor marketplaces. For those, LearnDash with Groups or Tutor LMS usually needs less custom work. We will tell you honestly which way is cheaper for your plans.

How to hire the right Sensei LMS developer

Ask about blocks, not page builders

Sensei is built for the block editor. A good developer designs course pages with blocks and your theme, so editors can still change them.

Ask how they would add the feature

Listen for Sensei actions and filters and a separate plugin. Edits inside Sensei are lost on update.

Check WooCommerce experience

Most Sensei problems in paid course sites are really WooCommerce problems: products, subscriptions, refunds and order status.

Insist on staging and version control

Every change and every update should be tested on a copy of your site and deployed from Git.

Comparing plugins? Read our WordPress LMS plugin comparison or see our WordPress LMS developers.

Hiring a Sensei LMS expert: FAQ

How much does it cost to hire a Sensei LMS developer?

Small changes are billed hourly; custom features, WooCommerce set-ups and migrations are usually fixed-price after we have seen the site. You get a written estimate after the free technical call.

Can you customize Sensei LMS without breaking updates?

Yes. We build features as a separate plugin on Sensei hooks, design pages with blocks and your theme, and test every update on staging first.

Can you set up paid courses with WooCommerce?

Yes: course products, bundles, subscriptions, coupons and refunds, with enrolment kept in sync with each order.

Is Sensei LMS good for corporate training?

For simple internal courses, yes. If you need group managers, seat licences and detailed team reports, another platform may need less custom work. We will compare honestly.

Can you migrate us to or from Sensei LMS?

Yes. Courses, lessons, quizzes and learners can usually be moved. Progress depends on what the source exports, which we confirm before quoting.

Do you provide Sensei LMS maintenance?

Yes: staged updates, security monitoring, backups and development time each month. See LMS maintenance and support.

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