Description
Raoa LMS is a self-contained learning management system for WordPress. Build courses with sections, lessons, and quizzes; enroll students for free; and track progress through course completion.
Learning
- Courses with orderable sections, lessons, and quizzes
- Lesson content with optional video URL (YouTube, Vimeo, or file)
- Quizzes: multiple choice, true/false, pass percent, retries, optional timer
- Free one-click enrollment for logged-in students
- Progress tracking, quiz auto-grading, and course completion
- Related courses carousel on the course single page
Catalog & discovery
- Explore-style course archive with hero banner
- Sidebar filters (search, category, difficulty, rating, and more)
- Grid and list views with sorting
- Course reviews from enrolled students (when enabled)
Accounts & dashboards
- Branded login, student register, instructor register, lost/reset password
- Unified student and instructor account portal
- Instructor role with ownership of own courses
- LMS pages auto-created and selected on activation
Admin
- Tabbed settings: General, Courses, Emails, Permalinks, Advanced
- Import / Export for courses, settings, and enrollments CSV
- Privacy exporters/erasers for enrollments, progress, quiz scores, and profile data
- Translation-ready text domain:
raoa-lms
Shortcodes
[raoa_courses]— course grid[raoa_dashboard]— student / instructor portal[raoa_instructor_dashboard]— legacy instructor dashboard alias[raoa_login],[raoa_register],[raoa_register_instructor][raoa_lost_password],[raoa_reset_password]
Raoa LMS does not phone home and does not sell a hosted SaaS from this plugin. Site owners choose language and timezone.
Raoa LMS is not affiliated with WordPress.org, Automattic, or other LMS brands.
Installation
- Upload the
raoa-lmsfolder to/wp-content/plugins/, or install the zip via Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. - Activate Raoa LMS.
- LMS pages (Courses, Dashboard, Login, Register, and related) are created automatically when needed.
- Open Raoa LMS in wp-admin to create courses, lessons, and quizzes.
- Configure Raoa LMS Settings (archive filters, brand colors, and pages).
- Assign the instructor role and publish courses.
FAQ
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Is this a full enterprise LMS?
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No. Raoa LMS 1.0 is a basic LMS: courses, lessons, quizzes, free enrollment, progress, completion, and an account portal. Paid checkout, certificates, live classes, assignments, drip content, and marketplace payouts are out of scope for this release.
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Do I need a store plugin?
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No. This version does not sell courses.
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Can guests enroll?
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No. Students must log in or register before enrolling.
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Does this plugin create or log in users?
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Yes. It is an LMS, so students need accounts. Registration uses WordPress core
wp_insert_user()after theregistration_errorsfilter so security plugins can still block signups. Instructor applicants are stored assubscriberuntil an administrator approves them. The plugin never creates administrator accounts.Login uses
wp_signon()so plugins that hookauthenticate(limit-login, 2FA) still run. A logged-in user may change their own name, email, and website throughwp_update_user()after a nonce andcurrent_user_can( 'edit_user' ). That call never sets a role or another user’s ID. Own-password changes usewp_update_user()thenwp_signon()with the password they submitted. Lost password usesget_password_reset_key(),check_password_reset_key(), andreset_password(). -
What personal data does the plugin store?
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- Enrollments — user, course, source, dates
- Progress — completed lessons and quizzes per course
- Quiz attempts — scores and pass/fail (not answer keys)
- Profile — biography, designation, expertise, social URLs, and instructor application flags
- Uploads — profile photo and cover image files owned by the user
Use WordPress Tools Export Personal Data / Erase Personal Data. Raoa LMS registers exporters and erasers for this data. Suggested privacy-policy wording is also added under Settings Privacy.
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Does this plugin phone home?
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No.
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What happens if I uninstall?
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By default, student and course data are kept. Enable Remove data on uninstall in Raoa LMS Settings before deleting the plugin if you want options, custom tables, LMS content, plugin roles, and pages this plugin created removed. Existing site pages that were only reused (including the WordPress Privacy Policy page) are not deleted.
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Caching tips?
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Do not full-page-cache logged-in course player or dashboard pages.
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Do lesson videos use YouTube or Vimeo?
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Optionally. Raoa LMS stores a video URL on the lesson. Plugin CSS and JavaScript stay local. If an instructor saves a YouTube or Vimeo URL, WordPress oEmbed may load that service’s player on the lesson page. Those third parties have their own terms and privacy policies:
- YouTube Terms of Service: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms
- Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Vimeo Terms of Service: https://vimeo.com/terms
- Vimeo Privacy Policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
No player is requested until a lesson with such a URL is viewed.
Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
Contributors & Developers
“Raoa LMS” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
Translate “Raoa LMS” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial public release.
- Courses, curriculum (sections / lessons / quizzes), free enrollment, progress, and completion.
- Optional quiz timer: the deadline is stored when the attempt starts and late answers are discarded on the server.
- Explore course archive: dark hero banner, sidebar filters, grid/list cards, reviews.
- Account system: login, student/instructor registration, password recovery, unified portal.
- Tabbed settings, auto-created LMS pages, import/export tools.
- Privacy exporters/erasers and suggested policy text; uninstall keeps data by default.
- Design-token frontend (course single, archive, portal, auth).
- REST namespace
raoa/v1for courses, enrollment, and progress (no quiz keys). - WordPress.org review hardening: enqueued scripts, lesson embed escaping, instructor approval required, admin menu position, i18n fixes.