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Turn your WordPress site into an online school

Build courses in a focused Course Builder, sell them without WooCommerce and issue certificates anyone can verify. One plugin with everything included, bought once.

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$99 one-time

One click signs you in as a student, instructor or admin. Nothing to register; the demo resets every hour.

The Edvera Course Builder editing the course UX Writing Fundamentals: the certificate box and two chapters with video, text, file and interactive lessons.
The Edvera lesson player on a phone, showing the lesson The exposure triangle with progress at 57 percent.
Translations
German, Turkish, Arabic; full RTL
Accessibility
WCAG 2 AA contrast
Checkout
No WooCommerce needed
AI assistants
Claude, ChatGPT via MCP

01

One plugin. Every part a school needs.

Teaching, selling and running classes ship together. There is no Pro tier and no add-on store.

  • AI

    AI assistants (MCP)

    Build courses, manage students and read reports by chatting with Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor. Built in, off until you turn it on, drafts until you publish.

    See how it works
  • Teach

    Course Builder

    Chapters and six lesson types at /studio/, outside wp-admin.

  • Teach

    Lesson player

    A full-page player with progress, resume and auto-advance.

  • Teach

    Quizzes

    Scored on the server. Multiple choice, true/false, short answer, essay.

  • Teach

    Self-tests

    Practice quizzes that show the right answer and an explanation.

  • Teach

    Assignments

    File uploads or answer sheets, graded with feedback.

  • Teach

    Drip and prerequisites

    Open lessons on a date, days after enrolment or after others.

  • Teach

    Interactive pages

    Upload one HTML file as a lesson; it runs in a sandbox.

  • Teach

    Q&A and video notes

    Lesson questions answered by instructors; private bookmarks.

  • Run

    Management panel

    Enrol, bulk-enrol from CSV, grade and issue certificates at /manage/.

  • Run

    Cohorts

    Named class runs with a session schedule on the dashboard.

  • Run

    Reminders

    Emails for inactive students and quizzes still waiting.

  • Run

    Points and badges

    Points, six badges, day streaks and a leaderboard block.

  • Run

    Reports

    A completion funnel per lesson; quiz answers as CSV.

  • Protect

    Secure video

    Stream-only uploads with a moving name watermark.

  • Protect

    Protected downloads

    Files outside the Media Library, sent by signed links.

  • Protect

    Verifiable certificates

    PDFs with a QR code and a public verification page.

  • Sell

    Built-in checkout

    Stripe, PayPal and bank transfer. Guests welcome.

  • Sell

    Coupons

    Percentage or fixed, expiry, limits, minimum order, item rules.

  • Sell

    Bundles

    Sell courses and files together; later additions reach past buyers.

  • Sell

    Downloads

    Sell or give away e-books, templates and worksheets.

  • Platform

    Appearance

    Accent, dark colour, background, corners and font for every screen.

  • Platform

    Shortcodes for any site

    17 blocks and shortcodes: best sellers, free or on-sale courses, as a grid, list or compact list.

  • Platform

    Translations included

    German, Turkish and Arabic next to English, with full RTL.

  • Platform

    Privacy tools

    Five exporters and three erasers for WordPress's privacy tools.

02AI assistants (MCP)

Build and run your school by chatting with AI.

Edvera has a built-in MCP server, so AI assistants can work on your site. Ask in plain words: the assistant drafts outlines, chapters, lessons of every type, quizzes and media; enrols students, grades work, answers questions and issues certificates; and reports on progress, drop-off, learners at risk and sales. 42 tools, inside WordPress, with no extra service to run.

Works with, through MCP

  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI Codex
  • Cursor
  • n8n
  • Any MCP client
  • Off until you turn it on. Claude and ChatGPT connect when you sign in to your site and approve; Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and n8n use an API key.
  • Every connection acts as one WordPress user, with the permissions you pick (read, content, students, commerce, analytics) and never more than that account may do. Instructors reach only their own courses.
  • What the assistant creates stays a draft until you say publish. Removing a course, a lesson or a student's access needs your yes.
  • Keys are shown once and stored hashed. Rate limits, a sign-in lockout and an activity log of every call; revoke a key or disconnect an app at any time.
How to connect your assistant
  1. You

    Turn my workshop notes into a beginner course with a quiz after each chapter. Keep it as a draft.

  2. edvera_create_courseDraft “Photography Basics”, 2 chapters
  3. edvera_add_lesson7 lessons and 2 quizzes, as drafts
  4. edvera_preview_linkCourse Builder and player preview
  5. Assistant

    Done: 2 chapters, 7 lessons and 2 quizzes. Review them in the Course Builder. Shall I publish the course?

    Draft
  6. You

    Not yet. Who is falling behind in Public Speaking?

  7. edvera_report_learners4 inactive for 14+ days, 2 never started
  8. Assistant

    Four students have been away for over two weeks; three of them stopped at “Speaking without notes”. Shall I draft replies to their open questions for you to approve?

An illustrated conversation. The tool names are Edvera's own; the wording depends on your assistant.

03Course Builder

Build courses in a panel made for teaching.

The Course Builder lives at /studio/, outside wp-admin. Instructors add chapters, drag lessons into place and edit each one in a single dialog, without a WordPress settings screen in sight.

  • Six lesson types: text, video, file, quiz, assignment and interactive page.
  • Drag and drop, or move lessons with the keyboard. Every change saves by itself.
  • New lessons stay drafts until you save them, so students never meet an empty lesson.
  • Quizzes with essays graded by hand, practice self-tests, and JSON import and export.
The Course Builder: course status, the certificate box with its issue condition, and chapters with video, text, file, interactive, quiz and assignment lessons.
The Lesson content dialog of a text lesson with the lesson name, a text editor with headings, and the Save button.
The Course quiz dialog: self-test switch, passing score 70, unlimited attempts, total score 20 and a multiple-choice question.

04Lesson player

A player that keeps students moving.

Students learn at /learn/, a full page of its own: the curriculum on the side, progress on top and the next lesson one click away. Your theme's header and footer stay out of the way.

  • Students resume where they stopped and move on automatically after each lesson.
  • Video lessons complete at 90% watched, checked on the server, so skipping to the end doesn't count.
  • Release lessons on a date, a number of days after enrolment, or once earlier lessons are done.
  • Self-tests show the right answer and an explanation for every question.
The lesson player on a video lesson: the curriculum with completed lessons ticked and Free tags, the video, and a notes and bookmarks panel.
A self-test after submitting: two of three answers correct, each question showing Your answer, Correct answer and an explanation.

05Interactive pages

Teach with your own interactive pages.

Upload one self-contained HTML file as a lesson: a simulation, a concept map or a drag-and-drop exercise you built anywhere. Students open it in a sandboxed frame with a Full screen button.

  • The page has no network access: it cannot load from the internet, read your site or send data.
  • Each viewer gets a personal link that expires after four hours.
  • Up to 10 MB per page, or your server's upload limit when it is lower.
An interactive page lesson in the player: an exercise asking what each camera setting does, with five drop-down answers and a Check answers button.

06Management panel

Run classes from one panel, not a spreadsheet.

Instructors and course managers handle students at /manage/: enrol people, grade work, answer questions and see exactly where a course loses its students.

  • Bulk enrolment from a pasted list or a CSV file, in batches of 25.
  • Grade essays and assignments with feedback; issue certificates by hand or in bulk.
  • Cohorts with a class schedule, plus reminder emails for students who stall.
  • A lesson-by-lesson completion funnel that flags the biggest drop-off.
The Analytics tab: 5 students, 43% average progress, and a lesson completion funnel that flags the biggest drop-off at the checklist lesson.
The Students and enrollment tab: manual enrolment, and a student list with progress, enrolment date, Issue certificate and Revoke buttons.

07Secure video and files

Protect the work you sell.

Uploaded videos stream only to students with access, with the student's name and email moving across the picture. Lesson files and downloads sit outside the Media Library under random names.

  • No download button and no picture-in-picture. Requests for the file itself get 403 Forbidden.
  • The moving watermark discourages screen recording. It is a deterrent, not DRM.
  • Downloads use signed personal links that expire after one day.
  • Optional per-course protection blocks selecting, copying and printing lesson text.
A protected lesson video with the watermark Maria Lopez and her email address over the picture, and a player without a download control.

08Appearance

Looks like your brand, on any theme.

Choose an accent, a dark colour, a background, corners and a font once, and every Edvera screen follows. Text colours are picked for readable contrast, so a bright accent never leaves white text unreadable.

  • The lesson player in the demo's lime and charcoal brand.
    Lime on charcoal, square corners (the demo)
  • The lesson player with a violet accent, a serif font and square corners.
    Violet accent, Georgia, square corners
  • The lesson player in Edvera's built-in teal look.
    The built-in look

09Selling

Sell without WooCommerce.

The checkout is built in. Buyers pay on Stripe's or PayPal's own page, and access starts only once the payment is confirmed on your server.

  1. 01

    Cart

    Courses, bundles and downloads go into one cart, with a coupon field while a coupon can be used.

  2. 02

    Pay

    Stripe Checkout with cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, PayPal or bank transfer, in about 50 currencies. Card details never reach your site.

  3. 03

    Access

    Granted after server-side confirmation. Guests get an account and are signed in on the receipt.

  4. 04

    Refund

    One click on the order. Edvera withdraws only what that order gave; access from other grants stays.

Courses, Settings, Payments in wp-admin: currency options and the Stripe section with test mode, secret keys and the webhook URL.
The Edvera checkout for a guest: the order with its total, name and email fields, and Stripe, PayPal and bank transfer as payment methods.
Keys checked before launch
Test connection asks Stripe or PayPal whether your keys work, and a key pasted into the wrong field is refused.
Free and $0 orders
A free item or a 100% coupon completes without a payment method.
Bundles
Courses added to a bundle later reach everyone who bought it.
WooCommerce optional
Link any item to a WooCommerce product to use its gateways.

10Certificates

Certificates anyone can verify.

Every certificate is a PDF with a unique ID and a QR code that opens a public verification page. Revoke one and it stops verifying at once.

  • Issue on completion, on an average quiz score, or both.
  • Your logo, signer and signature. Designs in HTML with placeholders, on A4 or US Letter.
  • Bundled fonts print names in Latin, Arabic-script, Hebrew, Thai and Indic scripts; an optional font pack in the download embeds Chinese, Japanese and Korean.
  • Right-to-left certificates are laid out right to left, in the language of the site.
A real Edvera certificate PDF: Certificate of Completion for Maria Lopez, Public Speaking with Confidence, with the date, the certificate ID, a QR code and the signer.
Certificate PDF
The public verification page: This certificate is valid, with the name, course, issue date, certificate ID and a download button.
Verification page
A real Arabic Edvera certificate PDF for Maria Lopez, laid out right to left, with the QR code and certificate ID.
Arabic certificate

11Languages

German, Turkish and Arabic in the box. Right to left done right.

Edvera ships complete German, Turkish and Arabic translations next to English, for every screen, email and certificate. Layouts and directional icons mirror for right-to-left languages.

  • The Course Builder in English.
    English
  • The Course Builder in German.
    Deutsch
  • The Course Builder in Arabic, laid out right to left.
    العربية
  • German uses the informal “du”, like WordPress itself.
  • Short-answer quizzes treat Arabic-Indic and Western digits as equal.
  • Any other language: translate the included .pot file with Loco Translate or Poedit.

12Compare

How Edvera compares.

The six WordPress LMS plugins buyers ask us about, checked on each vendor's own pages. Where Edvera has gaps, the table shows them.

Scroll sideways to see every plugin.

Edvera LMS compared with LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, MasterStudy, Sensei LMS and Masteriyo
FeatureEdvera LMSLearnDashTutor LMSLifterLMSMasterStudySensei LMSMasteriyo
Pricing
Price for one site1One-time purchase$350 a year (bundle)$199 a year, or $499 lifetime$398 a year$99 a year; lifetime offered$179 a year$199 a year, or $499 lifetime
Selling
Own checkout, no WooCommerceIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedCards in the paid bundleIncludedVia third-partyWooCommerceIncluded
Stripe and PayPalIncludedIncludedIncludedStripe in ProIncludedEarth bundleIncludedVia third-partyWooCommerceIncludedFree add-on
CouponsIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedIncludedPro planVia third-partyWooCommerceHigher plan
Course bundlesIncludedIncludedThrough GroupsIncludedPro planIncludedThrough membershipsIncludedPro planVia third-partyWooCommerceHigher plan
Sell standalone downloadsIncludedVia third-partyVia third-partyVia third-partyUnclearVia third-partyWooCommerceVia third-party
Subscriptions and membershipsNot availableIncludedIncludedPro planIncludedEarth bundleIncludedPro planVia third-partyWooCommerceHigher plan
Teaching
Front-end course builderIncludedUnclearIncludedUnclearIncludedUnclearUnclear
Drip contentIncludedIncludedIncludedPro planIncludedIncludedPro planIncludedPro planHigher plan
AssignmentsIncludedIncludedIncludedPro planHigher planIncludedPro planNot availableHigher plan
Points, badges, leaderboardIncludedIncludedFree add-onVia third-partyIncludedBadges onlyIncludedPoints only, ProVia third-partyVia third-party
SCORM / xAPINot availableVia third-partyVia third-partyVia third-partyIncludedPro planVia third-partyIncludedFree add-on
Live classes (Zoom, Meet)Not availableVia third-partyIncludedPro planHigher planIncludedPro planIncludedMeeting links onlyIncludedGoogle Meet
Certificates and video
PDF certificatesIncludedIncludedIncludedPro planHigher planIncludedPro planIncludedFree extensionIncluded
Public verification, QR codeIncludedPage and QR codeUnclearIncludedPro planIncludedShare link onlyIncludedPro planUnclearUnclear
Protected video hosting3IncludedName watermarkUnclearVia third-partyBunny StreamUnclearVia third-partyVdoCipher DRMUnclearVia third-partyBunny Stream
Platform
AI assistant connection (MCP)5IncludedBuilt in, 42 toolsIncludedSeparate server (Node.js)Not availableAI writing tools only (Pro)IncludedVia WordPress MCP AdapterNot availableAI writing tools only (Pro)IncludedRead-only, via MCP AdapterIncludedVia WordPress MCP Adapter
Arabic translation4IncludedComplete, in the packageVia third-partyCommunity, partialVia third-partyCommunity, partialVia third-partyCommunity, partialVia third-partyCommunity, partialUnclearNot available
Right-to-left support statedIncludedIncludedIncludedUnclearIncludedUnclearUnclear
WordPress privacy exporters/erasersIncludedIncludedUnclearIncludedUnclearIncludedUnclear
MultisiteIncludedNot availableUnclearNot availableVendor advises againstUnclearLicensed per subsiteIncludedIncluded
Official add-onsCJK font pack (included); 100+ hooks3021, plus 34 integrations37 store products36, plus 32 integrations8 integrations61
  1. “Included” means in the free plugin or the cheapest paid plan; a second line names the plan, bundle or add-on. “Unclear” means the vendor's public pages do not say.
  2. Prices: regular price of the entry plan for one site on the vendor's pricing page, before temporary discounts. LearnDash is sold only in a bundle with Give, The Events Calendar and Kadence. LifterLMS offers the first year at half price. Masteriyo's first year is $99.
  3. Edvera's watermark is a deterrent, not DRM. VdoCipher, used by MasterStudy, is a DRM service, so it protects video more strongly.
  4. Community translations come from translate.wordpress.org or user-donated files and are not part of the plugin package; on the check date the Arabic packs we found were incomplete. Sensei LMS has no Arabic pack; Sensei Pro is translated into 16 languages that its page does not name.
  5. AI assistant connection: LifterLMS (10.1 and later), Sensei LMS (4.26 and later; four list abilities, read-only) and Masteriyo (3.2 and later) register their features with the WordPress Abilities API (WordPress 6.9 and later); an assistant then connects through the separate WordPress MCP Adapter plugin and an application password. LearnDash offers an MCP server that you run yourself with Node.js and an application password, or use through Elementor's Angie. Tutor LMS (AI Studio) and MasterStudy (AI Lab) write content with your own AI provider key but do not let outside assistants connect. Edvera's server is built in, with API keys or sign-in (OAuth) for Claude and ChatGPT, and its tools are registered with the Abilities API too.

Checked on 1 November 2026 on each vendor's own website. Trademarks belong to their owners. Information comes from public sources and may change; check the vendor's site before you buy.

Sources

13One-time purchase

Why paying once beats paying every year.

Most LMS plugins are yearly subscriptions: stop paying and updates and support stop. Edvera is a one-time purchase on CodeCanyon.

Three years of one LMS plugin on one site
  1. Edvera LMS$99 · one-time
  2. LifterLMS $398 a year$1,194
  3. LearnDash $350 a year$1,050
  4. Tutor LMS $199 a year$597
  5. Masteriyo $199 a year$597
  6. Sensei LMS $179 a year$537
  7. MasterStudy $99 a year$297

Regular yearly price of the entry plan, times three, before discounts. From each vendor's pricing page on 1 November 2026.

  • Pay once, keep updating

    On CodeCanyon, new versions are made available to everyone who bought the item. No renewal keeps your school running.

  • Nothing locked behind tiers

    Every feature on this page is in the one package. No Pro plan, no add-on store, no bundle upsell.

  • Support from AyanTheme

    Six months of support are included and can be extended to twelve, under Envato's item support policy.

  • Code you can read

    GPL v2 or later, WordPress coding standards, and more than 100 actions and filters to build on.

Fair to say: some vendors also sell lifetime licences, for example Tutor LMS ($499), Masteriyo ($499) and MasterStudy. Compare those too.

14

From zip file to first sale in three steps.

  1. Install

    Upload the 6.5 MB zip and activate. Site Health checks your server; Edvera creates the Checkout and My courses pages and opens a five-step checklist.

  2. Build

    Open the Course Builder, or import the sample course and start from a working example.

  3. Sell

    Switch on Stripe, PayPal or bank transfer, set a price and share the course page.

15For developers and agencies

Built the WordPress way.

Edvera follows WordPress conventions closely, so it behaves on client sites and stays easy to extend.

Coding standards
Zero findings against the PHPCS WordPress standard, with two documented style exclusions.
Any theme or page builder
17 blocks with matching shortcodes; Courses → Shortcodes has recipes and a builder with live preview.
Hooks
More than 100 actions and filters, plus public PHP functions.
Privacy
Five exporters, three erasers and suggested privacy policy text.
Multisite
Per-site or network activation; each site is its own school.
Accessibility
Keyboard-operable dialogs, live announcements, labelled controls.
No telemetry
Nothing leaves your site except the payment requests you enable.
Clean uninstall
Removing the plugin keeps your courses and students. Turn on “Delete all data on uninstall” and every table, post and option it created goes with it.
Requirements
WordPress 6.5 or later (tested up to 7.1), PHP 8.1 or later. Site Health checks both and names anything missing.

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Who Edvera is for.

  • Independent teachers and coaches

    Sell a course and its workbook from your own site, take Stripe or PayPal, and keep the relationship with every student.

  • Schools and training teams

    Enrol a class from a CSV file, run cohorts with a schedule, grade assignments and issue certificates in bulk.

  • Agencies and developers

    Ship client schools on any theme or page builder with 17 blocks, shortcodes and hooks. GPL code, multisite support, no telemetry.

  • Arabic-speaking audiences

    A complete Arabic translation, right-to-left layouts, Arabic certificates and Western or Arabic-Indic digits in quiz answers.

17

Questions buyers ask.

Do I need WooCommerce?

No. Edvera has its own checkout with Stripe, PayPal and bank transfer. If you already run WooCommerce, you can link a course, bundle or download to a WooCommerce product and use any of its gateways.

Will it work with my theme?

Yes, with any block or classic theme. Course pages get a buy box and a curriculum automatically, and every part is also a block and a shortcode. The lesson player, the Course Builder and the management panel are full pages of their own and follow your Appearance settings. To place course lists yourself (best sellers, free courses, one instructor's courses, as a grid, list or compact list), copy a recipe from Courses → Shortcodes or build one with its live preview; shortcodes also work in page builders such as Elementor.

Can I use it with Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. Edvera includes an MCP server. Turn it on under Courses → AI & MCP, then add your site as a custom connector in Claude or ChatGPT: you sign in to your site and approve the permissions. Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor and n8n connect with an API key. Claude and ChatGPT need your site on HTTPS. The documentation has the steps for each assistant.

Is it safe to give an AI access?

The server is off until an administrator turns it on. Every connection acts as one WordPress user with the permissions you choose, never more than that account may do, and instructors only reach their own courses. What the assistant creates stays a draft until you publish it, removing anything needs your confirmation, keys are shown once and stored hashed, and every call lands in an activity log. Revoke a key or disconnect an assistant at any time. What the assistant reads, a report for example, goes to the AI service you use, so give it only the permissions it needs.

What does Edvera not do?

There is no SCORM or xAPI import, no subscriptions or recurring payments, no membership plans and no Zoom or Google Meet integration. Quizzes have no time limit and do not shuffle questions. Edvera does not email students when they are enrolled or receive a certificate, and it refunds whole orders only. It is a new product, so there is no add-on marketplace or large community yet; developers extend it with more than 100 actions and filters.

Is the video protection DRM?

No. Uploaded videos stream only to students with access, the player has no download button, and a moving watermark shows the student's name and email address. These measures discourage sharing, but a determined student can still record the screen.

Can I try it before I buy?

Yes. The live demo runs the same plugin with sample courses. Sign in as a student, instructor or admin with one click; payments use a demo method and nothing is charged. Data resets every hour.

Which languages are included?

English, German (informal “du”), Turkish and Arabic, complete for every screen, email and certificate. Right-to-left languages mirror the layout. For another language, translate the included .pot file with Loco Translate or Poedit.

How do support and updates work?

AyanTheme answers on the item's CodeCanyon page, in the Comments and Support tabs. Under Envato's item support policy, a purchase includes six months of support, which you can extend to twelve, and new versions are made available to previous buyers.

Which licence do I need?

Edvera is sold under Envato's Regular and Extended licences. Read the terms to pick the one that fits your project. The plugin's code is licensed GPL v2 or later.

Can I get a refund?

Refunds follow Envato's Market Refund Rules. Try the live demo first to check that Edvera fits your project.

Does Edvera send data anywhere?

Only to the payment providers you enable, when a buyer chooses them. There is no tracking and no telemetry. The optional AI connection (MCP) sends nothing on its own: it answers the assistants you connect, and what they read goes to the AI service you chose.

What happens to my data if I delete the plugin?

It stays. Courses, students, orders and certificates are kept unless you tick “Delete all data on uninstall” before deleting the plugin.

What does my server need?

WordPress 6.5 or later (tested up to 7.1), PHP 8.1 or later with mbstring, GD and fileinfo, and a working WP-Cron. Tools → Site Health checks these and names anything missing. The plugin zip is about 6.5 MB, so an 8 MB upload limit is enough; the optional font add-on for Chinese, Japanese and Korean names on certificates is a separate 9.2 MB zip in the download. On nginx, add one rule to protect stored files; Apache and LiteSpeed use the bundled .htaccess.

Does it run on multisite?

Yes. Activate it per site or network-wide. Each site is a school of its own, with its own courses, students, orders and settings.

See every part working in two minutes.

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