Description
Course Access Extender for LearnDash solves a common gap in the LearnDash + WooCommerce integration and adds a complete student management dashboard.
Disclaimer: This plugin is an independent third-party tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LearnDash or its parent company. “LearnDash” is a trademark of its respective owner. This plugin is simply designed to be compatible with the LearnDash LMS plugin.
Core Fix
If a student buys a Course Extension product before their current access has expired, LearnDash does not extend the access correctly — it either resets or ignores it. This plugin intercepts the order and adds the extension days on top of the existing expiry.
Example: Student has 30 days left buys 90-day extension gets 30 + 90 = 120 more days. ✅
Students Dashboard
A new Students tab under WooCommerce Course Access Extender lets you:
- View all enrolled students with their course, expiry date, days remaining, and status (Active / Expired).
- Filter by course, status (active/expired), expiry window, enrollment date range, or search by name/email.
- Sort by student name or expiry date.
- Adjust any student’s expiry date directly from the table with a date picker.
- View a student’s full purchase history in a modal — showing all course-related orders with dates, products, quantities, totals, and order status.
Activity Log
A full audit trail of every access grant, extension, admin adjustment, and profile change with filters for course, action type, keyword search, and date range.
Requirements
- WordPress 6.0+
- WooCommerce 7.0+
- LearnDash LMS 4.0+
- PHP 7.4+
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Installation
- Upload the
course-access-extender-for-learndashfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate through the Plugins screen.
- Go to WooCommerce Course Access Extender Settings and configure the extension duration.
- Edit your Course Extension WooCommerce product open the Course Extension tab enable it and select the linked LearnDash course.
FAQ
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Is this plugin affiliated with LearnDash?
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No. This is an independent plugin built to work with the LearnDash LMS plugin. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by LearnDash or its parent company.
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What happens if I deactivate the plugin?
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Your data is preserved. The plugin does not delete any data on deactivation. To remove all data, enable “Delete all data on uninstall” in Settings before deleting the plugin.
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Contributors & Developers
“Course Access Extender for LearnDash” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1.2
- Renamed: Plugin renamed to “Course Access Extender for LearnDash” for WordPress.org trademark compliance.
- Updated: All internal prefixes changed from ldce_ to cael_ throughout.
- Updated: Text domain updated to course-access-extender-for-learndash.
- Fixed: All Plugin Check warnings resolved for WordPress.org submission.
- Fixed: Logger queries use esc_sql() with documented phpcs suppressions.
- Fixed: uninstall.php global variables correctly prefixed.
- Fixed: load_plugin_textdomain() removed (auto-loaded since WP 4.6).
- Added: index.php silence files in all subdirectories.
- Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.9.
1.1.0
- Added Students tab with enrollment list, expiry management, and purchase history modal.
- Added AJAX expiry adjustment with admin log entry.
- Added per-product access days field (30, 40, 90-day products etc.).
- Added Activity Log filters: course, action type, keyword search, date range.
- Added Students tab filters: expiry-within, enrollment date range.
- Added “Enrolled Since” column to Students tab.
- Added data-preservation default on uninstall (opt-in to delete via Settings).
1.0.0
- Initial release.