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Just starting out? Creating your first LearnDash course? Here’s everything you need to get your LearnDash site set up just the way you want it.

LearnDash Pricing Explained: Plugin vs Cloud vs Add-Ons

Ever since LearnDash was purchased by LiquidWeb/StellarWP in September of 2021, LearnDash pricing has become more complex. You used to just have a single price for the LearnDash plugin license per year. All official LearnDash add-ons were included for free, except for ProPanel, which was included on the second and third highest plans.

Now the LearnDash pricing page has many options, and it’s not immediately clear what you’re paying for. We’re here to make it easy:

  • How much does LearnDash cost?
  • What plans are available with LearnDash?
  • Which LearnDash add-ons are included in your license?
  • How is LearnDash Cloud different from the LearnDash plugin?
  • …and many more of your LearnDash pricing questions, answered.

LearnDash Video Hosting: DON’T Host Your Own Videos. Use These Instead.

Are you running a video-based online course? If so, LearnDash video hosting is one of the most important things you need to consider when setting up your online course platform.

Video lessons are a popular way to teach any online course. We encourage video-based learning as one of several different strategies to teach your course material. But there are a few very important things you need to know before launching your LearnDash site—including where to host your course videos. We’ve got you covered below.

CourseLauncher’s LearnDash Ignition Program: ON SALE NOW

CourseLauncher is a LearnDash hosting, development, & consulting company with over 10 years experience building LearnDash sites. Every so often, they welcome a handful of new clients into their LearnDash Ignition Program—where they take LearnDash course creators from concept to launch in just 90 days.

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LearnDash Ignition Program Features

The LearnDash Ignition Program saves clients hundreds of hours of work and thousands of dollars in plugins & additional tools. As part of the program, CourseLauncher provides…

  • LearnDash hosting (they’re our #1 rated LearnDash host)
  • Licenses to 20+ popular plugins
  • A full marketing suite
  • Access to weekly live trainings
  • Strategy sessions
  • Pre-built automations
  • …and much more

Basically, CourseLauncher is offering to build your LearnDash site for you (minus some content entry you’ll need to do yourself), give you access to a ton of premium plugins that you were going to buy anyway, show you how to use LearnDash, strategize with you, give you access to pre-built marketing automations to help market your course, and host & maintain your site for you (some ongoing costs do apply here).

Who is this for?

For anyone just getting started with LearnDash, or building a new LearnDash site, this is exactly what I’d recommend.

I’ve seen far too many folks hire an inexperienced developer who didn’t understand LearnDash, and over a year later, they are still trying to get their site launched. If and when they finally do, it doesn’t work the way they want it to, or they experience errors because it was built poorly.

If you already have a site running smoothly, this isn’t the program for you. But Ellen and her team at CourseLauncher do provide LearnDash services for established sites as well.

Cost

Here’s a full list of everything you get with the LearnDash Ignition Program:

  • Website Loaded w/ Plugins
  • Modern Site Design
  • Full Marketing Suite
  • Mission Planning Guide
  • Weekly Live Training
  • Weekly Implementation Sessions
  • Specialized Learning Pods
  • Bi-Weekly Strategy Sessions
  • Pre-Built Marketing Automations
  • CourseLauncher Implementers Club
  • Your Story, Your Brand Planner
  • Evergreen Webinar Planner
  • Email Follow-Up Planner
  • Offer Cure™

CourseLauncher lists the full value at just over $10,000.

Their normal price for the LearnDash Ignition Program is $5,000.

Sign up before March 31, 2023 and you can get in for just $2,500.

You’ll be put into the April 2023 cohort, and your site will be provisioned no later than April 10th.

If you’ve never built a website before, $2,500 might sound like a lot, but for a LearnDash site, it’s an incredible deal. You can find developers oversees and/or on Fiverr who will quote you some ridiculously low rate, but 95% of the time, you’ll end up with a terrible product, and have to pay even more to pick up the pieces.

If you’re serious about your LearnDash site, I encourage you to make this investment upfront. I don’t think you’ll regret it.

Sign Up Today →

Plugins Included

Here’s a full list of all the plugins included. You also get the full premium stack from Kadence, which includes the Kadence theme, Kadence blocks, and Kadence WooCommerce add-ons.

  • LearnDash
  • LearnDash ProPanel (reporting)
  • LearnDash Notifications
  • LearnDash Course Grid
  • WooCommerce for LearnDash
  • Design Upgrade Pro for LearnDash
  • Uncanny Toolkit (free & pro)
  • Uncanny Automator (free & pro)
  • FunnelKit Funnel Builder
  • FunnelKit Automations
  • Elementor (free & pro)
  • Ultimate Add-ons for Elementor
  • Fluent Forms
  • RankMath (free & pro)
  • WP Media Folder
  • FluentSMTP
  • Header Footer Code Manager

 

LearnDash Ignition Program Examples

Here’s an example of the package of things you received throughout the program:

Example CourseLauncher Ignition Program package

And here’s an example course page that was built by a client during a previous Ignition Program 90-day cohort:

CourseLauncher LearnDash course page example

Check it out yourself →

LearnDash Add-Ons Not Showing Up? How to Fix Licensing Issues.

Are you missing the Add-Ons page under LearnDash LMS in your WordPress site? You’ve probably seen tutorials referencing it as an easy way to install LearnDash add-ons and official LearnDash plugins.

If your LearnDash LMS > Add-Ons page is now showing up, here are a few reasons why it might be missing, and some things you can try to get it back.

What is the Best LearnDash Course Grid Image Size?

I have answered this question so many times in the LearnDash Facebook group, and now it’s time to answer it here one final time.

What is the best image size to use for the LearnDash course grid images?

LearnDash + Cloudflare Settings

Do you use Cloudflare with LearnDash? If so, you might be wondering which Cloudflare settings to use so that your LearnDash site functions optimally.

Aggressive caching can cause issues with LearnDash sites, and Cloudflare uses caching as one method of improving performance. We’ve already discussed how to setup WP Rocket with LearnDash, but now let’s talk about the best Cloudflare settings for LearnDash.

How to Change the FROM Name & Email in LearnDash

Almost all LearnDash sites send emails to their users. There are also some emails that go out to site administrators. By default, these emails come from “WordPress” and use “wordpress@yoursite.com” as the FROM email address. Let’s change the FROM name & email to better reflect your business, and use an email address you actually have access to, and can respond from.

The Best LearnDash Hosting: What to Look For + Top Recommendations

LearnDash hosting is one of the most common topics I’ve seen pop up from new users just getting started with the plugin. Choosing a great LearnDash host from the beginning will save you headaches down the road, and allow you to scale & grow your learning platform.

This article will walk you through the basics of hosting, explain how LearnDash hosting is different, help you make sense of all the terminology when you’re shopping for a plan, and of course, give you our list of recommended hosts for LearnDash.

My qualifications: I’ve been fully immersed in the LearnDash community for the past 5 years, built 3 free & 2 premium plugins exclusively for LearnDash, have helped numerous companies get their LearnDash sites up-and-running, and have been listening to literally thousands of user questions & feedback in the LearnDash Facebook group. I run my own LearnDash-powered site over at ldx.training.

Design Upgrade Compatibility with the Elementor for LearnDash Add-On

On July 30, 2020, LearnDash released a new integration that adds support for the Elementor page builder. Compared with the Design Upgrade Pro plugin, there is definitely some overlap in the features that they each provide. But there are also a ton of differences.

This article will discuss how the pro version of Design Upgrade for LearnDash works with the new Elementor for LearnDash integration. We’ll cover the pros & cons of each, as well as how they work together if you decide to use them both.

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