Title: Accredible Certificates & Open Badges Author: accredible Published: November 20, 2014 Last modified: February 27, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/accredible-certificates/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3470968) ![](https://ps.w.org/accredible-certificates/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3470968) # Accredible Certificates & Open Badges By [accredible](https://profiles.wordpress.org/accredible/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/accredible-certificates.1.6.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accredible-certificates/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accredible-certificates/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accredible-certificates/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accredible-certificates/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/) ## Description The Accredible platform enables organizations to create, manage and distribute digital credentials as digital certificates, open badges and blockchain credentials. An example digital certificate and badge can be viewed here: https://www.credential. net/10000005 This plugin enables you to issue dynamic, digital certificates or open badges on your WordPress instance. A video walkthrough of the plugin can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/s5krPN6GvTY Benefits of digital credentials: * Every time your recipients share their credentials, your brand spreads across the web. * View analytics on your alumni. * Create a directory of your graduates. * Unlimited certificate and badge designs. * Easy sharing, exporting and printing. * Make sure people can’t lie about taking your course. ### Example Output ## Screenshots [⌊Digital Certificate⌉⌊Digital Certificate⌉[ Digital Certificate [⌊Digital Open Badge⌉⌊Digital Open Badge⌉[ Digital Open Badge [⌊Create digital certificates⌉⌊Create digital certificates⌉[ Create digital certificates [⌊Responsive certificate designs⌉⌊Responsive certificate designs⌉[ Responsive certificate designs [⌊Marketing click throughs and impressions⌉⌊Marketing click throughs and impressions⌉[ Marketing click throughs and impressions [⌊Example Google certificate.⌉⌊Example Google certificate.⌉[ Example Google certificate. ## Installation 1. Visit https://accredible.com to obtain an API key 2. Install the plugin 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 4. Go to the plugin settings and input your API key 5. Add the widget if desired. It will show a list of certificates or badges for a currently signed in user. 6. Add the shortcode [accredible_credential image=”true” limit=”10″ style=”true”] to a page or post if desired. It will show certificates and badges for a currently signed in user. Manually creating certificates: 1. Go to the ‘Certificates & Badges’ page in the WordPress admin menu. 2. On the list of your users, select which students you would like to issue certificates to and then select a group. 3. Click ‘Create Credentials’ ## FAQ ### How do I get an API key? Visit https://accredible.com to obtain a free API key. ### How can I show certificates or badges to my users? You can use the widget or shortcode to display badges or certificates that belong to the current WordPress user. The shortcode is: [accredible_credential] but it accepts a number of options: [accredible_credential image=”true” limit=”10″ style=”true”]. ### Can you add support for another WordPress LMS or theme? Sure, just post an issue and we’ll get to work: https://github.com/accredible/accredible- certificates/issues ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/98484550916e6b28a917f305d2658587c04517a1a858abf0d0d4fd38dd8721b9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A grand a year](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-grand-a-year/)󠁿 [twohills](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twohills/) June 28, 2023 A thousand bucks a year? i dont think so. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c70f22a88adc6462724b4f6f510f99e16a019ec326351322266ab0c66329343? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Shortcode broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-broken-8/)󠁿 [gregblakerobins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gregblakerobins/) October 27, 2021 This plug-in is a great idea, but sadly not developed well. The shortcode does not work, meaning the list of Certificates can’t be displayed to the WP user – it makes for a lot of admin on our end. There is a ton of potential here and I hope Accredible spends some time to fix the basics, keep it current, and move it from a side-project to something more permanent. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ed48f72069099ab0a7371aaabf819c566734f536a245a398a7550048c9df9fe? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good but not best](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-but-not-best-2/)󠁿 [Md Hasib Khan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mdhasibkhan/) July 16, 2020 When posting a review, follow these guidelines: If you are reporting an issue with this plugin, please post in the plugin support forum instead. In order to rate a plugin, you must also submit a review. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/624cd13db2d65c0be45f6e97bf97c623a79bc9ad027ff180faa2a11fb6f73e77? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not bad](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-bad-145/)󠁿 [Damir](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pevoje/) February 22, 2019 The plugin is working good, just it loses it’s point if you have many WP users and you have to choose each one of them manually and issue a certificate. I suggest adding support for memberships plugins like Paid Memberships Pro. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/712be54f40a05dc819007982d6aa5ac70639c1f787c3fcc1134ad227fcf74542? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[good plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-plugin-3373/)󠁿 [Ahmed Rashed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iarashed/) January 30, 2019 good plugin [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Accredible Certificates & Open Badges” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ accredible ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/accredible/) [Translate “Accredible Certificates & Open Badges” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/accredible-certificates) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accredible-certificates/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/accredible-certificates/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/accredible-certificates/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/accredible-certificates/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.6.1 Plugin dependency updates and improvements #### 1.6.0 Plugin dependency updates and improvements #### 1.5.3 Plugin dependency updates and improvements #### 1.5.2 Improved search #### 1.5.1 Fix issue with issuing credentials #### 1.5.0 Bug fixes and improvements #### 1.4.9 Fix issue in API Settings page #### 1.4.8 Fix issue with uppercase emails #### 1.4.7 Fix version info of the plugin #### 1.4.6 Update HTTP request headers of the API #### 1.4.5 Test against latest WP version. #### 1.4.4 Shortcode no longer incorrectly outputs content. #### 1.4.3 Use the WordPress user’s full name rather than nicename. #### 1.4.2 Add the ability to search through WordPress users. #### 1.4.1 Limit the certificate users page to a maximum of 50. #### 1.4.0 Added widget and shortcode to display/list recipient certificates & badges. #### 1.3.0 Update permissions required to issue certificates & badges. #### 1.2.1 Added better debugging for easier customer support. #### 1.2.0 Use the WordPress user full name and a few small updates. #### 1.1.2 Fix bug with second drop down group selection not always working. #### 1.1.1 Better documentation. #### 1.1.0 Support PHP 5.4. #### 1.0.1 Bug fixes. #### 1.0.0 Allow creation and management of certificates and badges for any users – not just Academy Theme. #### 0.2.0 Replace Curl requirement so that plugin works on Windows hosts. #### 0.1.5 More bug fixes and improvements. #### 0.1.4 Bug fixes and improvements. #### 0.1.3 Pass through course link on certificate creation. #### 0.1.2 Add course completion to certificates table. #### 0.1.1 Bug fixes. #### 0.1.0 First version. ## Meta * Version **1.6.1** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **90+** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Tags * [accredible](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/accredible/)[certificate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/certificate/) [certificates](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/certificates/)[digital certificates](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/digital-certificates/) [online course](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/online-course/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/accredible-certificates/advanced/) ## Ratings 2 out of 5 stars. * [ 0 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 3 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/accredible-certificates/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ accredible ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/accredible/) ## Support Got something to say? 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