MasterStudy is a free WordPress LMS plugin for online learning business. The WordPress LMS plugin turns any regular WP website into an online school with all the necessary eLearning & LMS features. This WordPress LMS plugin offers extensive tools for creating, managing, and selling courses online. As a top LMS plugin for e-learning, it supports multimedia lessons, quizzes, and student progress tracking; it’s an ideal choice for educators and institutions.

MasterStudy is the best free Learning Management System WordPress plugin for online coaching, instructors, trainers, tutors, schools, colleges, marketplaces and any type of learning website.

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== Who is it for?

Masterstudy LMS plugin for WordPress is targeted to:

• Single instructor (coach or tutor);
• Education institutions (learning centers, schools, universities);
• LMS Marketplace on WordPress (with online courses).

= How Does It Work?

With MasterStudy, you can create and sell online courses on LMS without needing to be a tech expert. It’s like building your LMS website on WordPress with easy and ready tools.

= For Individual Instructors (Tutors, Coaches):

MasterStudy is a perfect LMS WordPress plugin for tutors, coaches, or anyone who wants to teach online. You can make interactive lessons with audio, videos, images, and slides, and organize them for your students on the LMS website on WordPress.

= For Educational Institutions:

MasterStudy helps schools and colleges handle students, grades, and lessons on the LMS website on WordPress smoothly. Teachers can add materials, edit lessons, and talk to students with message boards on LMS. Students can ask questions and talk to their teachers through comments and messages on the LMS website on WordPress. They can pay per LMS course or sign up for monthly/yearly subscriptions on the WordPress website.

Can I use the plugin with different WordPress Themes?

Yes, MasterStudy WordPress LMS Plugin is compatible with free and premium WordPress themes, so you can use it with the one you choose. If you have difficulties selecting the theme for your educational website, you can consider the option of getting MasterStudy LMS Theme, which has the Pro version of the plugin built in the bundle.

Do I need a Membership Plugin?

No. MasterStudy has memberships and subscriptions built in, so you can sell recurring access without a separate plugin. If you already use WooCommerce or Paid Memberships Pro, MasterStudy works with both.

Does MasterStudy WordPress LMS plugin support webinars and live stream sessions?

MasterStudy support Zoom meetings and webinars. The integration with the service is available through the eRoom plugin which is free. It connects your website with the Zoom account and allows you to create and manage video conferences from your dashboard.

You can also use the MasterStudy Pro addon to conduct live stream lessons.

Is this WordPress LMS plugin free?

This plugin has two versions: free and a paid one. The paid Pro version has more features that are not able to use in the free plugin, which extends the functionality and provides more opportunities.

Still, the main function of building and managing online courses and selling them is available equally in both versions.

Where can I find MasterStudy WordPress LMS plugin documentation?

There is a detailed text guide describing every feature and option of the plugin. You can also find the video library with video tutorials on our YouTube channel.

How can I get support or talk to someone from the team?

Our support team is available 24/7. To submit about the problem please follow to your account to submit a support ticket. If you have some pre-sale questions you can always use live-chat on our website: stylemixthemes.com

Can I translate the plugin to a different language?

Yes, however MasterStudy WordPress LMS plugin already translated into 8 languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, and Russian.

What kind of media can be used in courses?

The plugin allows uploading absolutely different formats of files. There are four types of lessons available, where you can present various types of content such as text, video, audio and PDF. Besides this, we have an option of course/lesson attachments, where you can upload different files including images, audio files, zip folders, and more.

Is the Pro version a one-time payment or a yearly subscription?

Both, and you choose. The annual license gives you one year of updates and priority support from the date of purchase, and renews each year. The lifetime license is a single payment that covers updates and support with no renewals. Every plan unlocks all Pro features; the only difference between plans is how many sites you can use them on.

How can I report security bugs?

You can report security bugs through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team help validate, triage and handle any security vulnerabilities. Report a security vulnerability.

3.7.60 - 2026-11-09

• Fix: Minor bug fix

3.7.59 - 2026-11-09

• Fix: Minor bug fix

3.7.58 - 2026-11-02

• Fix: Fixed pagination and the per-page selector overflowing on mobile in the analytics tables.

3.7.57 - 2026-10-30

• Fix: Fixed a Broken Access Control that allowed any logged-in user to retrieve media attachment URLs through an AJAX endpoint.
• Fix: Fixed an issue where shortcodes inside course reviews could be executed on render.

3.7.56 - 2026-10-27

• New: Added the Students limit setting to the Course Builder (Settings → Access) to cap the number of students who can enroll in a course [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed the main menu being hidden in an OceanWP header built with Elementor Pro.
• Fix: Fixed an error message for incomplete Drip Content items; it now reads "Drip Content N is incomplete" [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed a PHP Object Injection in the LearnPress migration tool.
• Fix: Fixed a Broken Access Control that allowed any logged-in user to view the content of paid lessons without purchasing the course.

3.7.55 - 2026-10-19

• Update: Shared certificate links, QR codes and certificate emails now use a unique certificate code instead of the student ID [PRO].
• Update: Improved Matching, Image Matching and Keywords questions generated by AI Lab [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed quiz answers being overwritten when several questions were edited quickly in the Course Builder.
• Fix: Fixed duplicate subtitles in Vimeo video lessons.
• Fix: Fixed YouTube live stream links not working in video lessons in the Course Builder.
• Fix: Fixed an error during registration with some translations, for example Polish.
• Fix: Fixed the subscription free trial being available again to students who had already used it [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed the Take Note button not appearing after selecting lesson text in mobile browsers such as Chrome [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed a PHP warning after signing in with Google [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed an issue where adding an existing user as a student on the Manage Students page could change their first name, last name and display name.

= 3.7.54 - 2026-10-07 - New: LMS Migration tool.

= 3.7.53 - 2026-10-06 - Fix: Added Quizzes and AI Lab strings for translation. - Fix: Fixed an error in User Account → Gradebook when an instructor has no available courses. - Fix: Fixed an issue where the Take Note button appeared to the right of embedded videos in lessons [PRO]. - Fix: Fixed an issue where the "My Points" string was not translatable with WPML String Translation [PRO]. - Fix: Stripe cards that require 3D Secure (SCA) now work for one-time course purchases. Payments are processed via PaymentIntents instead of the legacy Charges API. - Fix: Fixed an authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the admin Payouts list and payout edit screen. - Fix: Restricted creating and editing Payouts to administrators and protected payout data from modification by lower-privileged users.

3.7.52 - 2026-09-23

• Fix: Fixed LMS Form Builder custom fields not being available in Email Manager registration templates [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed the Group Course student limit setting not being applied correctly [PRO].
• Fix: Fixed formatted Quiz Builder answers being marked as incorrect in Fill in the Gap and Keywords questions.
• Fix: Fixed Course Builder notice dismissal interfering with other admin notices, including TranslatePress notices.

You can see all updates history in our changelog documentation.

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress
3. Please find more details about Installation in documentation

1. Set Up Courses Archive Page in Menu -> STM LMS Settings Area.

Shortcodes

• [stm_lms_courses_grid_display per_row="4" posts_per_page="4" load_more="true"] Accepts all WP_Query params for sorting, order by etc
• [stm_courses_searchbox] Shows courses search box
• [stm_lms_courses_carousel] Enables the courses carousel
• [stm_lms_courses_categories] Shows categories of the courses
• [stm_lms_courses_grid] Enables the courses grid
• [stm_lms_featured_teacher] Shows Featured Teacher
• [stm_lms_instructors_carousel] shows the Instructors carousel
• [stm_lms_recent_courses] Displays Recent courses
• [stm_lms_single_course_carousel] Shows the carousel with single course

Template System

• Easily copy any template from stm-lms-templates folder and move it in your theme for future customization. Try not to edit plugin files, they will be replaced after plugin update.

LMS Hard-coded Pages

• /lms-login - Login/Register Page
• /courses/{course}/{lesson} - Lesson Page (must be logged in with Purchased course or lesson is Preview)
• /lms-user/{user_id} - User Private Page (must be logged in)
• /lms-user_profile/{user_id} - User Public Page
• /lms-chats - User Chat (must be logged in)
• /lms-wishlist - My Wishlist Page
• /lms-checkout - Checkout Page (must be logged in)

Powerful Course Builder



Polished Course Player



Onpage List of Courses



Single Course Page



Live Streams, Webinars & Classes



External Course Materials



Interactive Quizzes



Lessons & Learning Content Curriculum



Custom Course Completion Certificates