LearnDash Licensing & Management vs LifterLMS
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| Feature | LearnDash Licensing & Management v1.3.1.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid Visit Details | LifterLMS v10.3.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | — | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | — | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | LearnDash Licensing & Management · LearnDash LMS ($) | LifterLMS · LifterLMS add-ons ($) |
| Pros | Official LearnDash plugin for licences and updates; Licence key check from one settings screen; Lists the LearnDash family's projects | Free core with courses, quizzes and memberships; Certificates, achievements, coupons and vouchers included; Page builder widgets and blocks for course pages |
| Cons | Needs a LearnDash licence key to be useful; Contacts LearnDash licensing servers; Shows remote banners fetched from LearnDash | Online payment gateways are paid add-ons; Core ships with a large set of custom tables; Some features depend on add-ons sold separately |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Verifies a LearnDash licence key, Lists LearnDash family projects and their downloads, Remote banners fetched from LearnDash | Courses, sections and lessons, Quizzes and questions, Memberships, Certificate controller, Achievements post type, Coupons and vouchers, Manual payment gateway, Captcha and spam options for forms, Gutenberg block library for course pages, Add-on catalogue and license page ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | bbPress, BuddyPress, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Bricks |
| Other | LearnDash licensing service ($), LearnDash remote banners | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, Akismet |
| Requires WordPress | — | 5.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | — | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | www.google.com, nodejs.org | make.lifterlms.com, lifterlms.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 18 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | — | 12 |