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LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes
Versatile course building wrapped in a suspicious layer of hollow praise.
Growing
73/100
Users love the flexibility and support despite a notable GDPR compliance gap.
Active installs
~34,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
389 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+31%
Growing fast
137 → 179 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +31% in the last year
137/day a year ago→179/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayLifterLMS is widely praised for its flexibility, solid support, and built-in e-learning features, but at least one user notes a GDPR compliance gap for free courses.
What people like
- +Highly flexible and versatile, allowing custom course designs×2
- +Great, responsive support×3
- +Works well with Divi Builder for custom layouts
- +Out-of-the-box functionality works perfectly without extra setup
- +Comprehensive documentation and free trial resources
- +Includes built-in engagement tools such as certificates, achievements and progress tracking
- +Solid integration with payment providers
- +Free base version provides enough features to start an e-learning site
Common complaints
- −Lacks email verification for free courses, making it non-GDPR-compliant
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.95★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 31%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 389 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-11★★★★★the best LMS plugin evermiguelyendys
- 2026-05-06★★★★★Great Tool. Great support. Affordablesarriayoga
- 2026-04-29★★★★★A Flexible, Reliable LMS with Exceptional Supportg5jcc1-shot
- 2026-03-12★★★★★Powerful LMS Without the Price Tagcindymac991-shot
- 2026-02-26★★★★★Excellent Support for an excellent productdebidel
- 2026-02-26★★★★★Great Product. Flexible and Powerfulheschr1-shot
- 2026-02-26★★★★★Thank you, LifterLMS, for your responses!hnassar
- 2026-01-26★★★★★Great Support For A Great Producttggtc1-shot
- 2026-01-26★★★★★Great Product, Great People, Great SupportGary Alderson
- 2025-12-11★★★★★Powerfull pluginatilem
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
172
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
203
Prior 7-day baseline
156
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
3,071
Mean release-day peak (30d)
180
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-15.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
98%
5★ share in analyzed sample
31%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-23%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.97 → 4.95★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered