LifterLMS vs WooPayments
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| Feature | LifterLMS v10.3.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | October 9, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | LifterLMS · LifterLMS add-ons ($) | WooPayments |
| Pros | Free core with courses, quizzes and memberships; Certificates, achievements, coupons and vouchers included; Page builder widgets and blocks for course pages | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Online payment gateways are paid add-ons; Core ships with a large set of custom tables; Some features depend on add-ons sold separately | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Courses, sections and lessons, Quizzes and questions, Memberships, Certificate controller, Achievements post type, Coupons and vouchers, Manual payment gateway, Captcha and spam options for forms, Gutenberg block library for course pages, Add-on catalogue and license page ($) | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| Plugins | bbPress, BuddyPress, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Bricks | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, Akismet | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | make.lifterlms.com, lifterlms.com, www.google.com | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | 18 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |
| Custom tables | 12 | — |