Learnomy Documentation

Launching an online course usually means stacking a course plugin, a payments addon, and a membership plugin. Learnomy ships all three in one free LMS: courses, quizzes, verifiable certificates, checkout, and memberships.

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Learnomy is a learning management system for WordPress. It turns a WordPress site into a full course platform: build courses, sell them, run quizzes, issue certificates, pay instructors, and grow a learning community. This documentation covers both Learnomy (Free) and Learnomy Pro. Pro-only features are marked with a Pro badge.

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Start here

• Introduction to Learnomy
• Installation and Activation
• Setup Wizard
• Launch Your Academy
• Admin Tour
• Enabling Features and Modules
• Admin Dashboard
• Your Pro Licence (Pro)
• Troubleshooting
• Frequently Asked Questions

Courses and content

• Course Catalog
• Creating a Course
• Sections and Lessons
• Categories and Tags
• Pricing and Access Models
• Invite-Only Courses
• Course SEO and Sharing
• Content Drip (Pro)
• Blocks, Shortcodes and Widgets

Every page in this section is listed in Courses and content.

Quizzes and grading

• Building a Quiz
• Question Types
• Question Bank
• Taking a Quiz
• Grading Submissions

Certificates

• Certificate Templates
• Issuing and Verifying Certificates

The student experience

• Student Account Hub
• Taking a Course
• Certificates and Billing

Instructors and earnings

• Becoming an Instructor
• Instructor Dashboard
• Commissions and Earnings
• Managing Instructors
• Stripe Connect Payouts (Pro)

Commerce

• Commerce Overview
• Membership Plans
• Subscriptions
• Coupons
• Transactions
• Payment Gateways

Settings

• Settings Overview
• Emails and Announcements
• Course Reviews

Integrations

• Outgoing Webhooks
• Incoming Payment Webhook Log
• Webhook Events and Payloads (Pro)
• Webhook Delivery Log (Pro)
• REST API and App

Reporting

• Analytics Dashboard (Pro)
• Gradebook (Pro)
• Membership Analytics (Pro)
• Instructor Reports (Pro)

Pro tools

• Pro Tools Overview
• Cohorts
• Learning Paths
• Spaces
• Assignments
• User Journeys
• Frontend Course Builder
• White Label
• AI Authoring
• Advanced Quizzes

Content standards (Pro)

• SCORM Packages
• xAPI Learning Records
• LTI Tool Provider (beta)
• QTI Assessment Import
• H5P Interactive Content

Use cases

End-to-end walkthroughs that build a whole academy for one kind of business are published at learnomy.app/use-cases.

• Run a solo creator academy with Learnomy
• Run a membership content library with Learnomy
• Run a corporate internal training portal with Learnomy
• Run a B2B training company with Learnomy
• Run a certification body with Learnomy
• Run a test-prep academy with Learnomy
• Run a school or university department with Learnomy
• Run a cohort-based coaching program with Learnomy
• Run an instructor marketplace with Learnomy
• Run a global academy with Learnomy
• Run an invite-only private classroom with Learnomy
• Sell courses through your WooCommerce checkout
• Switch to Learnomy from another LMS
• Run a fitness or yoga studio with Learnomy
• Run a language school with Learnomy
• Run a music or arts school with Learnomy
• Run a professional continuing education provider with Learnomy
• Run a SaaS customer academy with Learnomy
• Run employee onboarding with Learnomy
• Run franchise or partner enablement with Learnomy
• Run a K-12 tutoring center with Learnomy
• Run nonprofit community education with Learnomy
• Run a creator side hustle with Learnomy

Developer guide

• Developer Guide Overview
• Template Overrides
• WP-CLI Commands
• Hooks Reference
• Hooks Reference (Pro)
• Background Jobs
• Registration Security

Start here

1. Admin Dashboard
2. Admin Tour
3. Enabling Features and Modules
4. Installation and Activation

All documentation

Getting Started10 pages Courses and Content19 pages Quizzes and Grading18 pages Certificates7 pages The Student Experience8 pages Instructors and Earnings9 pages Commerce11 pages Reporting7 pages Settings13 pages Integrations21 pages Developer Guide8 pages FAQ1 page Troubleshooting2 pages What's New1 page Pro Tools11 pages

Video tutorials

101 tutorials in 10 series. Each one opens in the video library on learnomy.app, with chapters and a transcript.

How to Find Your Way Around the Admin in Learnomy 2:40

Tutorials: Start Here13 videos

Set up Learnomy from a fresh install: the wizard, your first course, lessons, a quiz, a price, a certificate and payments.

1. How to Find Your Way Around the Admin in Learnomy 2:40
2. How to Create a Course in Learnomy 2:28
3. How to Add Sections and Lessons in Learnomy 2:35
4. How to Add a Quiz to a Course in Learnomy 2:35
5. How to Set a Course Price or Make It Free in Learnomy 2:26
6. How to Turn On a Course Certificate in Learnomy 2:25
7. How to Take a Course as a Student in Learnomy 2:01
8. How to Connect a Payment Gateway in Learnomy 2:33
9. How to Create a Membership Plan in Learnomy 2:44
10. How to Run the Setup Wizard in Learnomy 3:13
11. How to Read Your Admin Dashboard in Learnomy 2:45
12. How to Turn Modules On or Off in Learnomy 2:38
13. How to Know Who Can Do What in Learnomy 3:00

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Tutorials: Courses20 videos

Catalog, categories, completion rules, prerequisites, enrollment, lesson types, drip, assignments, paths and cohorts.

1. How to Set Up Your Course Catalog in Learnomy 2:40
2. How to Organize Courses with Categories and Tags in Learnomy 2:19
3. How to Set Course Completion Rules in Learnomy 2:26
4. How to Moderate Course Reviews in Learnomy 2:29
5. How to Set Course Prerequisites in Learnomy 2:27
6. How to Set Course Difficulty and Target Audience in Learnomy 2:15
7. How to Enroll Students in a Course in Learnomy 2:28
8. How to Enroll a List of Students at Once in Learnomy 2:18
9. How to Sell a Course on Another Site in Learnomy 2:23
10. How to Make a Course Invite Only in Learnomy 2:30
11. How to Choose a Lesson Content Type in Learnomy 2:48
12. How to Add a Video to a Lesson in Learnomy 2:35
13. How to Set a Course's Search and Sharing Details in Learnomy 2:19
14. How to Add Courses to Any Page in Learnomy 2:19
15. How to Release Lessons on a Schedule in Learnomy 3:19
16. How to Set and Grade an Assignment in Learnomy 2:53
17. How to Build a Learning Path in Learnomy 3:21
18. How to Run a Cohort in Learnomy 2:51
19. How to Enrol Students from Another System in Learnomy 3:05
20. Learnomy: How to Write and Format Lessons, and Import Courses from Tutor LMS 3:21

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Tutorials: Quizzes and Exams17 videos

Question banks, quiz modes and layouts, timers, attempts, resume, proctoring and exam integrity.

1. How to Add a Question to the Question Bank in Learnomy 2:21
2. How to Grade Quiz Submissions in Learnomy 2:04
3. How to Choose a Quiz Mode in Learnomy 2:05
4. How to Choose a Quiz Layout in Learnomy 2:12
5. How to Group Quiz Questions by Subject in Learnomy 2:24
6. How to Add a Reading Passage to a Quiz Question in Learnomy 2:07
7. How to Lock a Quiz with an Access Code in Learnomy 2:35
8. How to Limit Quiz Attempts in Learnomy 2:18
9. How to Use the Conversational Quiz Layout in Learnomy 2:46
10. How to Use the Review Board Exam Layout in Learnomy 2:59
11. How to Use the Sectioned Exam Layout in Learnomy 3:10
12. How to Draw Questions from a Pool and Time Each One in Learnomy 3:12
13. How to Use the Question Map and Flag Questions in Learnomy 3:33
14. How to Resume a Quiz Where You Left Off in Learnomy 2:52
15. How to Set Up Quiz Proctoring in Learnomy 2:17
16. How to See Your Exam Integrity Signals in Learnomy 2:30
17. How to Use Advanced Quiz Types in Learnomy 3:30

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Tutorials: Students8 videos

The student account, managing students, wishlist, notifications, orders, notes, journeys and spaces.

1. How to Use the Student Account in Learnomy 2:17
2. How to Manage Your Students in Learnomy 2:22
3. How to Save Courses to a Wishlist in Learnomy 1:52
4. How to Use Notifications in Learnomy 2:00
5. How to Find Orders and Receipts in Learnomy 2:05
6. How to Take Notes and Bookmark Lessons in Learnomy 3:02
7. How to See Each Student's Learning Journey in Learnomy 3:18
8. How to Set Up a Learning Space for a Team in Learnomy 3:20

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Tutorials: Certificates4 videos

Download, share to LinkedIn, Open Badges and certificates anyone can verify.

1. How to Download and Print a Certificate in Learnomy 2:19
2. How to Share a Certificate on LinkedIn in Learnomy 2:07
3. How to Offer an Open Badge with Certificates in Learnomy 2:44
4. How to Make Certificates Tamper-Evident in Learnomy 2:41

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Tutorials: Commerce7 videos

Coupons, checkout, tax, transactions, gift codes and subscriptions.

1. How to Create a Coupon in Learnomy 3:17
2. How to Follow a Purchase Through Checkout in Learnomy 2:37
3. How to Add a Flat Tax Rate in Learnomy 2:21
4. How to Find a Payment in Transactions in Learnomy 2:44
5. How to Read the Commerce Overview in Learnomy 2:10
6. How to Give a Membership with a Gift Code in Learnomy 3:16
7. How to Manage a Subscription After Sign-Up in Learnomy 2:56

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Tutorials: Instructors10 videos

Instructor applications, dashboards, commissions, approval, profiles and the front-end course builder.

1. How to Review an Instructor Application in Learnomy 2:41
2. How to Use the Instructor Dashboard in Learnomy 2:40
3. How to Set Instructor Commissions in Learnomy 3:27
4. How to Manage Your Instructors in Learnomy 2:28
5. How to Edit an Instructor Profile in Learnomy 2:10
6. How to See Your Students as an Instructor in Learnomy 2:30
7. How to Approve Courses Before They Go Live in Learnomy 3:04
8. How to Run a One-Teacher Academy with Solo Mode in Learnomy 2:44
9. How to Build a Course from the Front End in Learnomy 2:58
10. How to See Your Instructor Reports in Learnomy 2:35

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Tutorials: Reporting6 videos

Exports, quiz statistics, the gradebook and the analytics dashboards.

1. How to Export Your Data as a Spreadsheet in Learnomy 3:24
2. How to Read a Quiz Score by Subject in Learnomy 2:46
3. How to Read Your Quiz Statistics in Learnomy 2:17
4. How to Use the Gradebook in Learnomy 3:25
5. How to Read the Analytics Dashboard in Learnomy 2:45
6. How to Read Your Membership Analytics in Learnomy 3:05

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Tutorials: Settings14 videos

Every settings screen: email, sign-up fields, pages, labels, layouts, comments, moderation, data, API, white label, webhooks.

1. How to Find Your Way Around Settings in Learnomy 3:00
2. How to Set Up Your Emails in Learnomy 2:57
3. How to Add Your Own Sign-Up Fields in Learnomy 3:22
4. How to Set Up the General Settings in Learnomy 3:20
5. How to Change Your Page Addresses in Learnomy 3:25
6. How to Rename Courses, Lessons and Students in Learnomy 2:53
7. How to Choose Your Page Layouts in Learnomy 3:24
8. How to Turn Lesson Comments On or Off in Learnomy 2:43
9. How to Handle Reported Content in Learnomy 3:10
10. How to Manage Your Stored Data in Learnomy 3:15
11. How to Set the API Limit and Cache Time in Learnomy 2:47
12. How to Put Your Own Name on the Admin in Learnomy (White Label) 3:01
13. How to Send Events to Other Apps with Webhooks in Learnomy 2:58
14. How to Connect Learnomy to Your Community (BuddyNext and Jetonomy) 3:02

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Tutorials: What's New2 videos

Short walkthroughs of what changed in the latest Learnomy releases: selling from your own store, email controls and theme matching.

1. How to Sell Courses From Your Existing Store with Learnomy 2:40
2. How to Pause All Emails and Match Your Theme in Learnomy 1:51

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