
=== Sensei LMS - Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning ===
Contributors: automattic, donnapep, m1r0, bogdannikolic
Tags: lms, eLearning, teach, online courses, woocommerce
Requires at least: 6.6
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 4.25.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Create beautiful and engaging online courses, lessons, and quizzes.

== Description ==

**Create beautiful and engaging online courses, lessons, and quizzes.**

[Sensei LMS](https://senseilms.com)  is a powerful learning management plugin from Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, and Jetpack. At Automattic, we use Sensei LMS to power all our employee training courses.

Share your knowledge and teach freely with Sensei LMS!

### Powerful LMS Features ###

- Seamlessly integrate Sensei LMS into your WordPress site. Sensei LMS looks great with any theme and can be customized to match your branding and style.
- Create engaging courses with the [WordPress Block Editor](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/wordpress-block-editor/), fully utilized by Sensei's free [Course Theme](https://senseilms.com/meet-course-a-new-free-block-theme-by-sensei/).
- Enable [Learning Mode](https://senseilms.com/learning-mode/) for an immersive distraction-free learning experience.
- Track student progress and performance with detailed reports.
- Embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and VideoPress for video-based courses.
- Add the Course List block to any page or post to display available courses.

### Create effective quizzes ###

Quizzes are a powerful way to improve your students' understanding of key concepts and track their progress. Select from various quiz question types and settings, such as multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, free response, file uploads, and more.

### Showcase your courses ###

Submit your course to Sensei LMS' public course showcase at [https://senseilms.com/showcase/](https://senseilms.com/showcase/). Sensei LMS' course showcase allows you to reach new audiences to expand your course's visibility.

### Discover the power of Sensei Pro ###

Realize the full potential of your courses with Sensei Pro.

**WooCommerce Integration:** Effortlessly set a price and sell courses in just a few clicks. Sensei Pro seamlessly integrates with WooCommerce Subscriptions, Payments, Memberships, and Affiliates extensions.

**Scheduled Content Drip:** Control the pacing of lessons in your courses by specifying when students can access lesson content at fixed intervals after starting the course or on a particular date.

**Immersive Interactive Blocks:** Enrich your lessons, pages, or posts with engaging videos, flashcards, image hotspots, and task lists.

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**Enhanced Quiz Features:** Set a quiz timer and incorporate an ordering quiz question type. With Sensei LMS Pro, you can include individual quiz questions in any WordPress content, not just quizzes.

**Easy Groups & Cohorts:** Organize students into groups and cohorts to manage access and customize learning experiences.

**Course Access Periods:** Define a start date, end date, or a set amount of time that courses will remain accessible to students.

**Conditional Content:** Personalize the learning journey by hiding or showing lessons and content based on groups, enrollment status, and date.

**Dedicated Priority Support:** Our team of expert and friendly engineers is always available to provide assistance and ensure your success!

**Flashcards:** Add text, videos, images, embeds, and more to both sides of the flashcard block type.

**Co-Teachers:** Share course ownership with co-teachers who can edit course settings, lessons, and quizzes.

[Learn more about Sensei Pro](https://senseilms.com/sensei-pro/).

### Free Extensions ###

**Certificates:** Automatically generate beautiful downloadable PDF certificates for students when they complete a course.

[Learn more about Sensei LMS Certificates.](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sensei-certificates/)

**Post To Course Creator:** Create courses quickly by converting existing blog posts into course lessons in just a few clicks.

[Learn more about Sensei LMS Post To Course Creator.](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sensei-post-to-course/)

== Installation ==

= Automatic installation =

1. Log into your WordPress admin panel and go to *Plugins* > *Add New*.
2. Enter "Sensei LMS" into the search field.
3. Once you've located the plugin, click *Install Now*.
4. Click *Activate*.
5. Configure the settings by going to *Sensei LMS* > *Settings*.

= Manual installation =

1. Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it.
2. Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin folder to your WordPress installation's `wp-content/plugins/` directory on the server.
3. Log into your WordPress admin panel and activate the plugin from the *Plugins* menu.
4. Configure the settings by going to *Sensei LMS* > *Settings*.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where can I get support for Sensei LMS? =
For the free plugin, please use the [Support Forums](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sensei-lms/) for any questions that you may have. We monitor the forums regularly and will reply as soon as we can.

You can also check our [Documentation](https://senseilms.com/docs) on our website for guides, tutorials, and other helpful information.

= Where can I report bugs or contribute improvements to the plugin? =
Sensei is developed in public on Github. We welcome anyone to report a bug, submit a pull request, and follow along with our progress.

[Visit Sensei LMS on Github](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/).

= Does Sensei work with membership plugins? =
Sensei LMS can be used in conjunction with [Sensei Pro](https://senseilms.com/sensei-pro/) and [WooCommerce Memberships](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/) to enable you to sell courses as part of a membership plan. See [Selling Courses as a Membership](https://senseilms.com/documentation/selling-courses-as-a-membership/) for more details.

= How can I keep up to date with new releases and announcements for Sensei LMS? =

Please visit the [Sensei Blog](https://senseilms.com/blog/) or sign up for our [mailing list](https://senseilms.com/mailing-list/).

= How can I include my courses in the Sensei LMS showcase? =

To find out how to submit a course to the Sensei LMS showcase, and the requirements, please see our [documentation on the Course Showcase](https://senseilms.com/documentation/showcase/).

= Does Sensei support live courses, Zoom integration, or webinars? =

Yes! You can add links to Zoom, Google Meet, or whatever platform you choose in a course lesson. In addition, Sensei includes a meeting lesson layout you can select when creating a new lesson to help make this even easier.

= Does Sensei work in WordPress Multisite? =

Sensei LMS works great in WordPress Multisite. Although a Sensei Pro license covers only one site, the Sensei Agency plan permits the activation of Sensei Pro on up to 20 sites. If you use or plan to use Sensei Pro on a Multisite with more than 20 sites, please [get in touch](https://senseilms.com/contact/) for custom pricing.

= How can I sell courses as part of a membership? =

Sensei LMS is compatible with Sensei Pro and [WooCommerce Memberships](https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/), enabling you to sell courses as part of a membership plan.

See [Selling Courses as a Membership](https://senseilms.com/documentation/selling-courses-as-a-membership/) for more details.

= Does Sensei work in my language? =

Community members have translated the free Sensei LMS plugin [into 18 languages](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sensei-lms/), while Sensei Pro has been [professionally translated into 16 languages](https://translate.wordpress.com/projects/sensei/). We welcome contributions to improve even more.

== Screenshots ==
1. Course Editor
2. Lesson Editor
3. Learning Mode
4. Quiz Editor

== Changelog ==

### 4.25.1 - 2025-09-18
#### Security
- Add authorization check when updating the lesson course relation
- Add authorization check when updating a lesson in the course structure

#### Added
- Add support for changing text color of Course Overview block [#7826](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7826)

#### Changed
- Cleanup deprecated teacher role capabilities [#7829](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7829)
- Remove teacher redirect on login [#7821](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7821)

#### Fixed
- Fix "Calling get_class() without arguments is deprecated" PHP notice [#7815](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7815)
- Invalid property notice for messages [#7814](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7814)
- Non course-list patterns showing up in the Course List block's pattern picker [#7797](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7797)
- PHP fatal when calling array_rand on empty array [#7828](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7828)
- Squished radio buttons / checkboxes for multi-line quiz answers [#7820](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7820)
- Update button cursor on hover for improved accessibility [#7843](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7843)

### 4.25.0 - 2025-04-15
#### Added
- Allow editing course archive page title from the block editor [#7786](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7786)
- Autofocus the title input on the form render [#7802](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7802)
- Clear text indicator to indicate disabled status of Emails [#7752](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7752)

#### Changed
- Update the activation logic to always enable the setup wizard on first installation [#7800](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7800)
- Update Sensei Pro upgrade URL to handle WordPress.com hosted sites correctly [#7790](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7790)

#### Deprecated
- Deprecate Student Courses Block in favor of Course List block [#7764](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7764)

#### Fixed
- Button alignment on Setup wizard notice [#7779](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7779)
- Course outline: Fix focus issue on lesson/module add to inner blocks [#7783](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7783)
- Course pattern layout: Fix Safari render issue [#7789](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7789)
- Fix course ordering on wordpress.com [#7799](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7799)
- Fix loading some translations too early [#7780](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7780)
- Fix plugin configure link pointing to the wrong settings URL [#7781](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7781)
- Fix required quiz score texts [#7793](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7793)
- Fix undefined property notice on WP 6.8 [#7773](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7773)
- Occasional error when submitting a quiz [#7755](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7755)
- Pattern previews: Ensure consistent background color in pattern previews by using theme color variables and fixing iframe sizing issues [#7796](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7796)
- Prevent storing enrolment data in memory on Students screen [#7772](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7772)
- Students dropdown menu being offset in the admin panel [#7695](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7695)
- Workflow: Update PR milestone validation supporting task re-run [#7787](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7787)
- Newsletter wizard form: Handle server errors [#7801](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7801)

#### Development
- Update NodeJS and NPM versions

### 4.24.5 - 2025-01-16
#### Security
- Fix unprepared SQL
- Remove feed content if the user doesn't have access to the lesson

#### Added
- Wrap question numbers in `<span>` tags [#7738](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7738)

#### Changed
- Replace `date` with `gmdate` [#7735](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7735)
- Replace `unlink` with `wp_delete_file` [#7732](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7732)
- Replace `wp_json_encode` with `json_encode` [#7730](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7730)
- Update the placeholder to use an internal image [#7728](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7728)
- Replace `strip_tags` with `wp_strip_all_tags` [#7731](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7731)

#### Deprecated
- Deprecate `load_localisation` and `load_plugin_textdomain` functions [#7713](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7713)

#### Removed
- Remove manual loading of translations [#7713](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7713)
- Remove fallback code for Sensei Pro update reminder [#7729](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7729)
- Remove files that are already included in WordPress Core [#7727](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7727)
- Remove obsolete code from Students area [#7726](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7726)

#### Fixed
- Initialize Sensei blocks for posts [#7736](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7736)
- Remove usage of deprecated parameters in WordPress Core functions [#7724](https://github.com/Automattic/sensei/pull/7724)
