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Engineers who have spent 10+ years building course sites, membership academies and corporate portals on WordPress. Whatever LMS plugin you use, we extend it properly, connect it to your store and tools, and make it fast and secure.

10+ years in WordPress LMS
Every major LMS plugin
Upgrade-safe custom plugins
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10+Years in LMS engineering
500+LMS projects delivered
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30+Countries
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Common WordPress LMS problems we fix

Sound familiar?

WordPress gives you courses, marketing pages and a store in one place. That flexibility is also where most problems come from.

Twenty plugins, and nobody knows which one breaks what

We map every plugin and custom snippet, remove what is redundant, replace fragile combinations with one maintained add-on and document the result.

Logged-in pages are slow even with a caching plugin

Page caching does not help logged-in learners. We fix the real cause: slow queries, missing object cache, heavy builders and too few PHP workers.

Selling courses, memberships and bundles is messy

A clean commerce setup with WooCommerce or the LMS's own checkout, subscriptions, bundles, coupons and group purchases that enrol people correctly.

You chose the wrong LMS plugin and want to switch

Courses, lessons, quizzes, students and, where possible, progress moved between LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, LifterLMS and others.

Your site was hacked or keeps getting spam accounts

Clean-up, hardening, a web application firewall, login protection, update routines and monitoring, so it does not happen again.

You need a feature no plugin offers

A custom add-on built on your LMS plugin's hooks, with its own settings screen and documentation, instead of another plugin you do not control.

What our WordPress LMS developers do

WordPress LMS development services

Custom LMS add-ons

Features for LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MasterStudy, LifterLMS or Sensei, built on each plugin's hooks.

WooCommerce and memberships

Course sales, subscriptions, bundles, group seats and membership plugins working together.

Course site design and UX

Fast, accessible course, lesson and dashboard templates without bloated page builders.

Integrations

CRM, email marketing, SSO, Zoom, HR systems and webhooks.

Speed for logged-in users

Object caching, query optimization and hosting tuning for learners, not just visitors.

Security and hardening

Updates, WAF, login protection, role reviews and malware clean-up.

Migrations between plugins

Switch LMS plugins, or move between WordPress and Moodle or a SaaS LMS.

Multisite and B2B portals

Separate academies or client portals from one WordPress installation.

Maintenance plans

Updates on staging, backups, monitoring and a developer on call.

Code-level expertise

Clean code that works with any LMS plugin

Most WordPress LMS problems come from code that skips WordPress's own rules: endpoints without permission checks, queries that load everything, and settings stored in the wrong place. We follow the WordPress way regardless of which LMS plugin you run.

Permission checks everywhere. Every endpoint and admin action checks capabilities and nonces.
Escaped output, prepared queries. The two habits that prevent most plugin vulnerabilities.
Plugin-agnostic where it makes sense. Reporting and integrations sit behind a small adapter, so switching LMS plugins later is cheaper.

This REST endpoint gives managers a progress export, restricted to users with a custom capability.

<?php
namespace AcademyReports;

final class Rest {
    public static function register(): void {
        register_rest_route( 'academy/v1', '/progress/(?P<course>\d+)', [
            'methods'             => 'GET',
            'callback'            => [ self::class, 'progress' ],
            'permission_callback' => fn () => current_user_can( 'academy_view_reports' ),
            'args'                => [
                'course' => [ 'validate_callback' => fn ( $v ) => is_numeric( $v ) ],
            ],
        ] );
    }

    public static function progress( \WP_REST_Request $req ): \WP_REST_Response {
        $course = (int) $req['course'];
        $rows   = Adapter::for_active_lms()->progress( $course ); // LearnDash, Tutor, LearnPress...
        return new \WP_REST_Response( array_map( fn ( $r ) => [
            'user'     => (int) $r->user_id,
            'percent'  => (int) $r->percent,
            'complete' => (bool) $r->complete,
        ], $rows ) );
    }
}

add_action( 'rest_api_init', [ Rest::class, 'register' ] );

The Adapter class wraps each LMS plugin's own progress functions, so the endpoint does not change if you switch plugins.

Skills

The WordPress LMS stack we work with every day

LMS plugins

LearnDash
Tutor LMS
LearnPress
MasterStudy LMS
LifterLMS
Sensei LMS
BuddyBoss
H5P
GamiPress

Commerce and membership

WooCommerce
WooCommerce Subscriptions
MemberPress
Paid Memberships Pro
Stripe
PayPal
Group seat sales

Engineering and operations

PHP 8
WordPress REST API
Gutenberg blocks
WP-CLI
Redis object cache
Multisite
Wordfence and WAF
Git and CI
Cloudflare

Engagement models

Hire WordPress 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 WordPress LMS developer 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 WordPress 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.

Which WordPress LMS plugin do you actually need?

We work with all of the major plugins, so we can be honest about where each one fits. In short:

Plugin	Usually a good fit for
LearnDash	Complex course logic, corporate training with Groups, large catalogs
Tutor LMS	Multi-instructor marketplaces and academies that want a front-end course builder
LearnPress	Budget-conscious academies that want a free core with optional add-ons
MasterStudy LMS	Academies that want a ready-made design and built-in course features
LifterLMS	Memberships, coaching programs and course businesses
Sensei LMS	Simple courses closely tied to WooCommerce and the block editor

For a deeper look, read our WordPress LMS plugin comparison or Moodle vs WordPress LMS. For LifterLMS-specific projects we work with our dedicated specialist team at LifterLMS Expert.

How to hire the right WordPress LMS developer

Ask which hooks they would use

Every major LMS plugin has its own actions, filters and helper functions. A specialist will name them; a generalist will talk about editing templates.

Ask about logged-in performance

Course sites are mostly logged-in traffic, which page caching does not cover. Ask how they handle object caching, slow queries and dashboards with thousands of learners.

Ask how they keep you secure

Popular LMS plugins receive regular security fixes. Your developer should have an update routine with staging tests, not "update when something breaks".

Check they leave you in control

You should own the code, the hosting account and every licence, with documentation good enough for another developer to continue.

Already on LearnDash? See our dedicated LearnDash experts and Tutor LMS experts pages.

Hiring a WordPress LMS expert: FAQ

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

Small fixes are billed hourly; custom add-ons, commerce setups and migrations are usually fixed-price once we have seen the site. You get a written estimate after a free technical call, before any work starts.

Which WordPress LMS plugins do you work with?

LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LearnPress, MasterStudy LMS, LifterLMS and Sensei LMS, plus the add-ons around them such as WooCommerce, membership plugins, BuddyBoss and H5P.

Can you switch us from one LMS plugin to another?

Yes. Courses, lessons, quizzes and students can almost always be moved. Progress, grades and certificates depend on what each plugin stores, so we confirm what will carry over before quoting.

Why is our WordPress course site slow for logged-in learners?

Page caching only helps logged-out visitors. Learners see dynamic pages, so speed depends on object caching, efficient queries, fewer heavy plugins and enough server resources. We measure first, then fix the biggest bottleneck.

Can WordPress handle thousands of learners?

Yes, with the right architecture: a persistent object cache, optimized queries, proper hosting, and reports and background jobs that do not run during page loads.

Do you work on LifterLMS?

Yes. For LifterLMS-focused projects we work through our dedicated specialist team at LifterLMS Expert; for sites that combine LifterLMS with other platforms, we coordinate both teams.

Do you offer WordPress LMS maintenance plans?

Yes. Updates tested on staging, security monitoring, backups, uptime checks and a set amount of development time each month. See LMS maintenance and support.

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