Sensei LMS vs WooCommerce
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| Feature | Sensei LMS v4.26.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.5/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 9,000+ | 7M+ |
| Last updated | September 29, 2026 | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Sensei LMS · Sensei Pro ($) | WooCommerce |
| Pros | Courses, lessons and quizzes registered as their own content types; Learner progress and quiz results stored in plugin tables; Video embeds from YouTube and Vimeo | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management |
| Cons | Selling courses and groups needs the separate Sensei Pro plugin; Paid courses rely on WooCommerce | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Course post type, Lesson and quiz post types, Learner progress reports from plugin tables, Quiz submissions, answers and grades stored in tables, YouTube and Vimeo video embeds, Sensei widgets, Sell-course prompt that points to Sensei Pro, Groups feature upsell to Sensei Pro, Usage tracking that asks first | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal |
| MailPoet | — | |
| Marketing | Mailchimp | — |
| Analytics | — | WooCommerce usage tracking service |
| Social | Vimeo | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | — |
| Plugins | WPML, Divi | WooCommerce.com |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| 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 | player.vimeo.com, vimeo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, senseilms.us19.list-manage.com | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is |
| Blocks | 44 | 60 |
| Shortcodes | — | 7 |
| Custom tables | 4 | 31 |