Tutor LMS (Free): WordPress Plugin Tutorial

Tutor LMS turns a WordPress site into a place to teach — courses, lessons, quizzes, enrolled students and payments — and this 14-lesson course builds one from a blank install using only the free plugin. You'll run the setup wizard, make the settings decisions that prevent regret later, structure a real curriculum in the course builder, add quizzes, enrol your first student, manage Q&A, add instructors, switch on selling, and take the site through a going-live checklist.

What you'll learn

An LMS is a genuine application, so the course starts with what it actually adds to WordPress and then walks the setup wizard and the settings tour that decides how the rest behaves. From there you build: a course in the builder, topics and lessons that give it structure, quizzes that assess without needing Pro, and the publish-and-enrol moment where a student sees it for the first time. The middle modules cover the student's side — the dashboard, the Q&A loop that keeps people engaged, and managing students as an administrator — and then adding instructors for a multi-teacher site. Monetization uses Tutor's native system so you can sell without a store plugin. The last module handles design, the course archive, a going-live checklist, and an honest map of the free/Pro boundary so you know exactly what you'd be paying for if you ever upgrade.

Inside the course

• Module 1 · Foundation & Setup: What an LMS Adds to WordPress · Install & the Setup Wizard · The Settings Tour That Prevents Regret Later
• Module 2 · Building Your First Course: Course Creation: The Builder Tour · Topics & Lessons: Structuring the Curriculum · Quizzes: Assessing Without Pro · Publish & the Student's First Enrollment
• Module 3 · Students, Q&A & Dashboards: The Student Dashboard · Q&A: The Engagement Loop · Managing Students as Admin
• Module 4 · Instructors & the Marketplace: Adding Instructors
• Module 5 · Monetization: Selling with the Native System
• Module 6 · Polish & the Boundary: Design, Course Archive & the Going-Live Checklist · The Free/Pro Boundary

Who this course is for

Trainers, consultants, teachers and small organizations who want to sell or deliver a course from their own WordPress site rather than renting space on a marketplace. You should already be comfortable in the dashboard — if not, start with WordPress Fundamentals. If you'd rather sell physical or digital products than courses, the WooCommerce course is the better fit; the two plugins also work together, and this course shows where that connection lives.

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