Description
Evolve’s LearnDash to Lifter helps you move LearnDash course content into LifterLMS using batch processing to reduce PHP timeouts on larger sites.
What gets migrated:
- Courses (title, content, excerpt, featured image, and available mapped meta)
- Lessons (linked to the migrated courses)
- Topics (migrated as related LifterLMS lesson content where supported)
- Quizzes (linked to the migrated courses)
- Quiz questions and answers (when LearnDash quiz tables are available)
- Mapped course and lesson settings that have LifterLMS equivalents
Key Features:
- Batch processing (20 courses per batch) to help avoid PHP timeouts
- Real-time progress bar and activity log
- Nonce-secured AJAX requests with capability checks
- Input sanitization and output escaping
- Reset and retry support
- Translation ready (text domain: evolve-learndash-to-lifter)
Requirements:
- LearnDash LMS must be installed and active
- LifterLMS must be installed and active
Always run on a staging site first and take a full backup before migrating a live site.
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/ - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
- Go to Evolve’s LearnDash to Lifter in the admin sidebar
- Select the courses to migrate and click Start Migration
- Wait for the progress bar to reach 100%
FAQ
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Will this overwrite existing LifterLMS content?
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No. The migrator creates new LifterLMS posts and does not delete existing LifterLMS content.
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What if migration stops halfway?
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Click Reset and then Start Migration again. Batch processing helps reduce timeouts on large sites.
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Is it safe to run on a live site?
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We recommend running on a staging site first and taking a full backup before migrating.
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How many courses can it handle?
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The plugin uses batch processing so there is no fixed course limit. Large course libraries have been tested successfully.
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
2.3.7
- Standards: Slug set to evolve-learndash-to-lifter
2.3.6
- Standards: Removed load_plugin_textdomain() (handled by WordPress.org since 4.6)
- Standards: Plugin URI removed; Author URI retained
2.3.5
- Standards: Renamed plugin to Evolve’s LearnDash to Lifter
- Standards: Slug, main file, and text domain alignment
2.3.4
- Standards: Plugin name, main file, slug, and text domain alignment
2.3.3
- Standards: Renamed plugin display name and admin menu slug
2.3.2
- Security: Escape admin JS log output and AJAX error details
- Standards: Trademark-safe plugin display name
- Standards: Enqueue dedicated admin CSS instead of inline wp-admin styles
- Standards: Full GPLv2 LICENSE file
- Standards: Readme changelog structure and Tested up to update
- Improved: Safer quiz table existence checks before direct DB reads
- Improved: Complete JS i18n strings for admin UI text
2.3.1
- Fixed: Course titles not showing in selection list
- Fixed: Migration error — improved AJAX error reporting with exact server response
- Fixed: Added dependency check for LearnDash and LifterLMS before migration starts
- Improved: JS now shows exact HTTP error and server response for easier debugging
2.3.0
- Added: Full quiz settings migration (passing score, time limit, attempts, randomization)
- Added: Question answers migration with correct/incorrect mapping
- Added: All question types supported (MCQ, True/False, Essay, Fill-in-blank, Sort, Match)
- Added: Question hints and feedback messages migration
- Added: Course settings migration (access, pricing, expiry, prerequisites, capacity)
- Added: Lesson settings migration (video, drip content, force completion)
- Added: Certificate association migration
- Added: class-quiz-migrator.php for modular quiz handling
- Added: class-settings-migrator.php for modular settings handling
2.2.0
- Added: Course selection UI — choose which courses to migrate
- Added: Select All / Deselect All buttons
- Added: Selected courses counter
- Fixed: Plugin URI updated to elearningevolve.com
- Fixed: Author updated to eLearning Evolve
- Fixed: Version synced across all files
2.1.0
- Fixed: Removed @ error suppression — not allowed by WP.org
- Fixed: All AJAX actions now use unique ldlifter_ prefix
- Fixed: Added absint(), sanitize_text_field(), wp_kses_post() throughout
- Fixed: Added sanitize_key() on all meta keys
- Fixed: JS localized object renamed to ldlifterData (unique prefix)
- Added: languages/ folder for translation readiness
- Added: LICENSE file (GPL v2)
- Updated: readme.txt with full WP.org format
2.0.0
- Complete rewrite with batch processing
- Added progress bar, migration log, reset functionality
- Added nonce security and capability checks
- Added full support for topics, quizzes, quiz questions
- Fixed lesson duplication bug
1.0.0
- Initial release