LearnPress review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Free WordPress LMS plugin with paid add-ons and a Pro Bundle
Black Friday: is there a LearnPress sale?
LearnPress report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for free course building on a WordPress site
LearnPress is a WordPress plugin for building and selling courses, with a free core and eight free add-ons. Content drip, certificates and assignments are paid add-ons, and it runs only on a WordPress site you host.
Who LearnPress is for
- Fits if you run WordPress and want a free course plugin to start
- Makes sense if you add paid add-ons one at a time
Who LearnPress is not for
- Skip it if you do not run WordPress: it works only on a self-hosted WordPress site
- Not for you if you want drip, certificates or assignments free, as they are paid add-ons
- Pricey if you want everything: the Pro Bundle is $299 for the first year and renews at $209.30
- Watch out: the site shows a Black Friday banner of 25% off with no end date stated
Why LearnPress gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyAdd-ons start at $19 each, and the Pro Bundle is $299 a year for 1 site, renewing at $209.30, which is about $24.90 a month in year one against a $20 cheapest quarter.
- BFree plan and trialThe core plugin and eight free add-ons are free for 1 site, which one person can run a course on.
- CFeaturesCourses, quizzes, selling and reports are included, but content drip, live courses, certificates, gradebook, assignments and memberships are paid add-ons.
- DEase of useNo rating on record. It only runs inside a self-hosted WordPress site, so hosting and updates are your job.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, but it connects to WooCommerce, Paid Memberships Pro, Stripe, Razorpay, 2Checkout, WPML and Elementor.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ThimPress's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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LearnPress's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 45 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 71 of 98) and worst on ease of use (D, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. LearnPress’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 17 of 98, level with 61
- BFree plan and trialAbove 71 of 98, level with 26
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 98, level with 54
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 98, level with 22
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 25 of 98, level with 72
Keep LearnPress, or make your own?
Your call
You could make the core of LearnPress for yourself: online courses and templates.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call.
What you could make
- Online courses and templates: an app builder makes these well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, WooCommerce, Paid Memberships Pro and Stripe among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. LearnPress’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is LearnPress?
LearnPress is a WordPress plugin for creating and selling online courses on your own site, from ThimPress. The core and eight add-ons are free; premium add-ons for things like certificates, assignments, content drip and memberships are sold singly or as a Pro Bundle. A hosted LearnPress Cloud option is also promoted.
Worth knowing
- It runs only inside a self-hosted WordPress site; hosting and updates are your job.
- Content drip, live lessons, certificates and assignments are paid add-ons, not part of the free core.
- The Pro Bundle covers 1 site, includes 12 months of updates and renews at $209.30.
- The site shows a Black Friday banner of 25% off premium add-ons and themes, with no end date stated.
Key features
- Course builder
- Build online or offline courses with lessons that mix video, audio, text and images, a reusable lesson bank and attached course materials.
- Quizzes and exams
- Multiple choice, true/false and fill-in-the-blank questions from a reusable question bank, timed quizzes and exams with attempt limits.
- LearnPress AI
- Generates a course title, description and curriculum from a topic, or fills in gaps in a course you have already started.
- Selling courses
- Built-in checkout for guests, manual orders, and external checkout links; WooCommerce, Stripe, Razorpay and Paid Memberships Pro integrations.
- Premium add-ons
- Paid add-ons cover content drip, live courses, certificates, gradebook, assignments and memberships. Content drip is listed at $39.
- Reports and enrollment control
- Reports on engagement, completion and quiz results, and tools to add, remove or pause a student's enrollment.
LearnPress pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, LearnPress has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per add-on, for 1 site.
- Starts at
- $19 per add-on, for 1 site
- Free plan
- Core plugin plus 8 free add-ons, with a lifetime license for 1 site, priority support and updates.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Core plugin and 8 free add-ons for 1 site, with lifetime updates. |
| Customize | $19per add-on, for 1 site | Pick individual premium add-ons; the price shown is the entry price. Includes 12 months of updates and priority support. |
| Pro Bundle | $299for 1 site, 12 months of updates, renews at $209.30 | All premium and free add-ons. Shown as $299 against a crossed-out $710, with no end date given. |
Read from learnpresslms.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with LearnPress before you buy.
Works with
- WooCommerce
- Paid Memberships Pro
- Stripe
- Razorpay
- 2Checkout
- WPML
- Elementor
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Common questions
Does LearnPress have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. LearnPress is listed for Web.
Does LearnPress have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. LearnPress is listed for Web.
Is LearnPress open source?
LearnPress is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.