Sensei LMS

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Sensei LMS is a WordPress learning management system plugin built by Automattic. It helps customers create online courses, lessons, quizzes, and learning experiences directly on a WordPress site.

Customers can use the free Sensei LMS plugin to publish unlimited free courses. Sensei Pro adds paid course selling and more advanced course creation features, including interactive lessons, advanced quizzes, groups, and cohorts.

Sensei can be used on both eligible WordPress.com sites and self-hosted WordPress sites. This makes it a flexible option for customers who want to add courses to a WordPress-based website instead of using a separate course platform.

What does Sensei LMS include?

Sensei gives customers tools to create, organize, and manage online learning content inside WordPress.

Depending on the product or plan selected, this can include:

Course, lesson, and quiz creation.
Unlimited free courses and students.
A certificate builder.
Distraction-free Learning Mode.
Basic and advanced quiz options.
Interactive lesson content, such as videos, flashcards, image hotspots, accordions, and task lists.
Groups, cohorts, and scheduled access.
Reports and analytics.
The ability to sell courses with WooCommerce.
Support for any WordPress theme, plus an optional free Course theme built for Sensei.

The exact features, support options, and pricing depend on the Sensei plan.

Who is Sensei LMS for?

Sensei LMS is for customers who want to create structured online learning experiences on a WordPress site.

It can be a good fit for audiences such as:

Educators creating online classes.
Coaches, consultants, and subject-matter experts sharing paid or free training.
Creators turning their knowledge into courses.
Businesses creating customer education or employee training.
Nonprofits or community organizations offering educational resources.
Agencies or freelancers building course sites for clients.
WooCommerce store owners who want to sell courses alongside other products.

For creators, Sensei may be especially relevant when their audiences want to teach online, sell educational content, or add courses to an existing WordPress site.

What sets Sensei LMS apart?

It’s built for WordPress

Sensei LMS works inside WordPress, so customers can add courses to a website they already own and manage. This can be useful for audiences who want their courses, website content, branding, and ecommerce setup in one place.

Customers can start with free courses

The free Sensei LMS plugin supports unlimited free courses and students, along with core course-building features like lessons, quizzes, certificates, and Learning Mode. Customers can start with the free plugin and upgrade when they need paid course selling or more advanced features.

Sensei Pro supports paid course selling

Sensei Pro lets customers sell courses through WooCommerce. This gives course creators access to WooCommerce’s checkout, payment, and ecommerce features when they’re ready to charge for their learning content.

Interactive tools help make courses more engaging

Sensei includes tools for quizzes, certificates, Learning Mode, and interactive lessons. Depending on the plan, customers can add interactive videos, flashcards, image hotspots, accordions, task lists, and quiz questions to course content.

It can support different course models

Sensei can be used for free courses, paid courses, structured lessons, quizzes, certificates, cohorts, and group-based learning. This makes it useful for customers building anything from a simple educational course to a more organized training program.

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Common questions

What’s the difference between Sensei LMS and Sensei Pro?

Sensei LMS is the free plugin customers can use to create and publish online courses on WordPress. Sensei Pro is the paid version that adds course selling and more advanced features, such as interactive lessons, advanced quizzes, groups, and cohorts.

Can customers sell courses with Sensei?

Yes. Customers can sell courses with Sensei Pro and WooCommerce. Sensei handles the course experience, while WooCommerce supports the product, checkout, and payment flow.