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WordPress Video Lessons Manager Plugin – WordPress LMS solution for Online Video Course

Create accessible online video courses and video training material for your students with ease! The Video Lessons Manager, a WordPress plugin for online video course, lets you establish a video Learning Management System (LMS) directly on your site.
Simplify your eLearning management with our user-friendly dashboard, designed to organize and track various online educational activities. Boost the capabilities of video lessons with addons, featuring payment support, quizzes, and certificates!

WordPress Online Video Course Plugin

The CM Video Lessons Manager is a powerful plugin for online video course that enables you to create and manage online courses.

With this WordPress LMS plugin, you will be able to sell online courses like other video course portals similar to Udemy directly from your WordPress site.

Our WordPress learning management system plugin will help you in organizing content and facilitate uploading videos and courses. It will also allow you to track your students’ progress in one dashboard!

Take your online courses to the next level with our suite of addons! Elevate it with gamification through customized quizzes and certificates upon course completion.


What is a WordPress Video LMS (Learning Management System)?

This WordPress online video course plugin works as a Learning Management System (LMS).

In order to host and manage video courses or video training on your WordPress site you just have to install our Video Lessons Manager plugin!

It enables you to organize your learning content into lessons and courses, attach downloadable documents to each lesson, monitor student progress, include quizzes at the end of lessons, and provide certificates to those who successfully complete the course.

This WordPress LMS Plugin offers a variety of additional options to enhance your e-learning experience.

Build Multiple Online Video Courses With Our WordPress LMS video Plugin
Build Multiple Online Video Courses With Our WordPress LMS video Plugin

Importing Videos from Vimeo and Wistia With The WordPress Video Training Plugin

Import Dashboard Showing Videos as Accessed from a Vimeo Account
Import Dashboard Showing Videos as Accessed from a Vimeo Account
Use this WordPress video course plugin to manage online course video content uploaded and organized on private Vimeo or Wistia video channels. Once the API key is set for a Vimeo or Wistia account, the plugin will let you build any number of courses or webinars for online learning.

Create lessons and courses directly upon video import from Vimeo, Wistia, or both, even when video content is set to private.

With our WordPress learning management system, you can display video lessons on any page or post using a shortcode, allowing users to view the video content, comment, bookmark, search by content, and receive progress updates for each video lesson.


How to Create Reports and Statistics of Your Video Courses

Administrators on your WordPress site can view progress reports for specific users and overall reports for lessons, courses, and videos watched thanks to the WordPress Learning Management System plugin reports and statistics functionality.

The admin can also let users view their personal course progress stats.

Report Showing Online Course Progress
Report Showing Online Course Progress

Using Layouts and Templates with the WordPress Video Course Plugin

Our WordPress LMS plugin allows you to change the layout according to the use case and choose from several different layouts on separate pages via shortcode. Within each layout, there are several parameters to control such as the appearance of the search bar, lesson dropbox, and width of the video tile display.


A Quick Look at the Student’s eLearning Dashboard

This WordPress online video course plugin comes with a student dashboard that can include all information related to the students’ video courses in one view. Also, include information coming from other plugins using shortcode.


Creating Online Courses Step By Step With WordPress Video Course Plugin

Student Dashboard
Student Dashboard
Learn how to set up the WordPress Video Lessons Manager plugin, from connecting Vimeo to organizing videos into lessons and adding the student dashboard to your site.

Read our guide Use Case - Creating a Video Lessons LMS And Tracking Student Progress.


How to Monetize Your Online Video Courses in WordPress

This WordPress learning management system plugin also lets you lock lessons and charge users to have access to them using the Payments addon.

To process payments, the WordPress Video Course Plugin can be integrated with the CM MicroPayments plugin or Video Direct Payments and a choice of a cart integration like WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads (EDD).

You set the price per number of days to access course content, letting you quickly sell your single online course or LMS course collection in a pricing scheme that fits your course and LMS structure best.

Cart Screen Showing A Video Lesson in the Cart
Cart Screen Showing A Video Lesson in the Cart

Using Pay-Per-View Model for Your WordPress Video Courses

Paying Screen Shown for Watching A Video Lesson
Paying Screen Shown for Watching A Video Lesson
With the Easy Digital Downloads or WooCommerce cart systems you have the option of more than 100 payment gateways including PayPal, Authorize.Net, 2Checkout, Skrill, PayMill, Stripe, and many more.

By installing the free WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads cart system plugin you also get the PayPal and Amazon payment options.

Read how to set up the paid online course platform with the use case charging users for access to the video lessons portal.


Integrating MicroPayments Wallet with Video Course Plugin

The MicroPayments option for course payments is more flexible in terms of usage and is designed as an internal digital wallet for your site users. The wallet can be structured to hold real money or to operate off a points based system.

Users can pay with real money to purchase a virtual currency you define before they can view the videos or use your own predefined points system in order to view course content.

Paying for Access with Points
Paying for Access with Points

How to add Documents, Quizzes and Certificates to your Video Lessons

To further extend the Video Lessons Manager plugin capabilities, install the CM Download Manager Plugin to incorporate downloadable files and documents with your online course content.

The Video Lessons Manager Certificate Addon lets you create personalized certificates of completion for users. Certificates can be automatically or manually generated and are fully customizable.

The Video Lessons Manager Quiz Addon lets you build multiple choice quizzes with embedded video or image content. Restrict the number of attempts allowed, define an acceptable passing score, and track quiz results on the student’s course progress report.

With these plugins, you can develop every aspect of an ecourse, complete with content drip, gamification, quizzes, and certificates, while displaying a list of all videos and files for each course on the student dashboard.


Most Common Video Course Plugin Use Cases

  • Create Video Tutorials – Create video tutorials about your products and provide detailed information to the users.
  • Private Lessons – Forget about giving live lessons to your students, instead, record videos once and sell them on your website (requires addon).


Video Course Plugin Documentation


Step by Step of Installation and Configuration of the Video Course Plugin

  • Connect Vimeo or Wistia to the plugin
  • Import your videos and organize them into lessons and courses
  • Include rich description to each video or lesson page
  • Add links of your lessons pages and course listing to your site’s menu
  • Charge users for access (requires payments addon)
  • Create a LMS in WordPress such as Udemy and Coursera

Watch our online WordPress video tutorial library, to see the CM Video Lessons Manager plugin in action!


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Basic Features of the WordPress Video Course Plugin

Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin.

Basic Features

Vimeo

Vimeo

Supports videos hosted on Vimeo (even free accounts). Use any videos hosted, including private videos.

Restrict By Time

Restrict By Time

Restrict video access by time per user or lesson. When a user exceeds their viewing limit, access will be blocked and a warning will display with option to renew.

Video Lessons Layouts

Video Lessons Layouts

Supports several view layouts for each lesson. The admin can choose the layout on a per lesson basis.

Customize Template

Customize Template

Decide what will be shown on the front-end short and full descriptions of videos, lessons and courses, author name, lesson update date, etc.

Create Multiple Lessons

You can set as many lessons or video courses as needed within the site. Each show a different video from Vimeo or Wistia. Displaying each can be done using a shortcode and can be embedded on any post or page.

Video Autoplay

The plugin supports enabling autoplay of the main video when using with the playlist layout. Optionally, the video can be autoplay with mute on load.

Wistia

Wistia

Supports any videos hosted on Wistia (even free accounts).

Drip-feed Videos

Drip-feed Videos

Unlock videos one-by-one for each user. Set the conditions of how many % of the video the user should watch and how many days should pass to unlock the next one.

File Attachments

File Attachments

Add file attachments to each video or course. Attachments can include powerpoint presentation, PDF documents, MS-Word documents and more.

Order Videos

Order Videos

Easily order videos in each lesson by just dragging-and-dropping them to the needed place.

Create Multiple Courses

Video lessons can be grouped by courses. This can support a video course structure where each chapter is divided into lessons.

Custom CSS

Customize the CSS style of your front-end LMS.

Admin Tools

Statistics and Reports

Statistics and Reports

Show progress reports per user, lesson, course, and videos viewed. Report which video was watched by each user, total views by video or lesson, and the amount of time watched.

Email Notifications Support

Email Notifications Support

Supports sending an email notifications to each student upon progress. For example when a student has finished watching a video or a lesson or a course.

Lesson Notes Dashboard

Lesson Notes Dashboard

Users can add personal notes to each lesson. The admin can see these notes in the admin dashboard.

Search Videos

Search videos in courses or lessons, by video title, description and user notes.

Localization and Labeling

Localization and Labeling

This Video LMS plugin for WordPress lets admin edit the video lessons plugin labels and messages, letting the admin to customize how the Video LMS fit his own language or terminology.

Shortcodes

Shortcodes

Numerous shortcodes are available, allowing to display a lesson / course / specific video and the user dashboard anywhere on your website.

CPD Hours

User Notes

Add CPD (Continuous Professional Development) Hours to each lesson.

Access Control

Restrict watching the videos to logged-in users and block anonymous users from watching.

Student Tools

Student Dashboard

Student Dashboard

The student dashboard allows students to track progress, show bookmarks, show paid lessons and more.

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Users can bookmark specific videos. Admin can add a shortcode to the user dashboard so users can view all their bookmarked videos.

User Notes

User Notes

Add personal notes to each video. Notes are available only to the user who created them and can be edited.

Progress Report

Progress Report

Mark the progress of watching in the playlist view – mark not watched, started and completed videos. Additionaly, you can display how much % of the video is watched.

Add-ons and Integrations

Payments Add-on

Course Payments Add-on

Paymets add-on allows to set a price for watching lessons or videos. You can charge a pay-per-view rate for each video lesson or create customizable payment schemes within different time intervals for students to view course content, payable through Easy Digital Downloads payment gateways.

Certificates Add-on

Course Certificates Add-on

Certificates add-on lets give each student a certificate upon completion of a lesson or course.

Appointments Booking Plugin Integration

Appointments Booking Plugin lets students book one-on-one lessons with teachers using a handy calendar for booking.

Restrict User Account Integration

Set an expiration date for the user account based on the user invite or user role or restrict user login to specific days. Requires installing and activating the CM Restrict User Account plugin.

Secure Login Integration

Protect the login process with two factor authentication. Requires installing and activating the CM Secure Login plugin.

Theme Compatibility

The Video Lessons Manager plugin has been thoroughly tested with all major themes. As such, it is compatible with Divi, Avada, Enfold and other known themes.

Quiz Add-on

Quiz Add-on

Quiz add-on allows to build quizzes for each lesson to test the understanding of course curriculum before students complete the course. Quiz questions are customizable and can include video and images, and can be answered using customizable multiple choice options.

MicroPayments Plugin Integration

MicroPayments Integration

MicroPayments Plugin allows to charge users for watching video lessons with virtual points.

Registration Plugin Integration

A perfect pairing with the CM Registration and Invitation Codes Plugin, which allows you to invite students to register and gain access to the student dashboard using a personalized registration code.

Site Access Restriction Integration

Support providing users access to member only information once they login to the site which is not available to others. Requires installing and activating the CM Site Access Restriction plugin.

HubSpot Integration

When the user finishes watching some video or a lesson, the plugin sends to HubSpot the following information: name of the watched video/lesson, date when it was watched, and an email address of a user who watched it.

S2Member Pro Integration

Integrate with the membership plugin S2Member Pro and support S2Member content access scheme.

Video Lessons Manager Plugin Plans and Pricing

PLANSProAdvancedUltimate
Price includes 1 year support/updates. Manual renewal with 40% discount, not a subscription $49 $79 $119
Number of Websites / License Activations 1310
BASIC FEATURES
Wistia Support IncludedIncludedIncluded
Vimeo Support IncludedIncludedIncluded
Private Vimeo Videos Support IncludedIncludedIncluded
Create Multiple Lessons IncludedIncludedIncluded
Video Courses IncludedIncludedIncluded
Video Display Methods IncludedIncludedIncluded
Drip-feed Videos IncludedIncludedIncluded
Restrict By Time IncludedIncludedIncluded
ADMIN TOOLS
Access Control IncludedIncludedIncluded
Search Support IncludedIncludedIncluded
History and Statistics IncludedIncludedIncluded
Edit Labels IncludedIncludedIncluded
Notification Support IncludedIncludedIncluded
Shortcode to Include Video List IncludedIncludedIncluded
STUDENT TOOLS
Student dashboard IncludedIncludedIncluded
User Notes IncludedIncludedIncluded
Bookmarks IncludedIncludedIncluded
CPD Hours IncludedIncludedIncluded
INTEGRATIONS
CM Appointments Booking Integration IncludedIncludedIncluded
CM Registration Integration IncludedIncludedIncluded
CM MicroPayments Integration IncludedIncludedIncluded
HubSpot Integration IncludedIncludedIncluded
S2Member Pro Integration IncludedIncludedIncluded
ADD-ONS
Pay for Viewing Not includedIncludedIncluded
Quiz Support Not includedNot includedIncluded
Certificate Support Not includedNot includedIncluded
SUPPORT
Product Knowledge Base Included Included Included
Priority email support Included Included Included
Product updates Included Included Included
PLANSProAdvancedUltimate
Number of Websites / License Activations 1310
Price includes 1 year support/updates. Manual renewal with 40% discount, not a subscription $49 $79 $119

Addons and Modules to Upgrade Your Video Courses

When installed together with the Video Lessons Manager plugin, the following modules and addons provide additional functionality.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Please check the user guide to learn more about this plugin.

Basic Questions

I use Vimeo. Can I use a free Vimeo account? What's the difference in paid plans?

Yes. You can import videos, even private ones, from basic (free) Vimeo accounts. Currently, Vimeo provides API access to all account types.

Lower Vimeo account tiers may have limited uses (for example, 25 API calls/minute in the free plan). But, since the plugin only makes calls when importing videos, this should not affect your experience.

Note that some Vimeo features are only available in different plans, and this is not related to our plugin. Examples:

  • Some embedding options such as hiding the play, volume and fullscreen controls
  • Ad-free videos (Plus)
  • Chapters, video templates, playback speed control (Pro)
  • Player call-to-action, custom logos (Business)
  • Live streaming (Premium)

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Learn more how Vimeo affects the plugin: Video Lessons Manager – Vimeo Free vs. Vimeo Premium Accounts.

Learn more about Vimeo’s plans: Vimeo API Rate Limits guide.

Can I embed Youtube videos in my online course page?

No. Currently, the plugin only works with Vimeo and Wistia.

Can I upload videos to Vimeo or Wistia from WordPress with this Video Course Plugin?

No. This plugin works by importing videos which are already online on those platforms.

Is there any limit to video length?

No, the limit depends on your Vimeo account. The plugin does place any restriction on the amount of videos or the length of each. If you have a Vimeo Pro account, you probably can also upload extremely long videos and serve them using the plugin.

Can this video WordPress plugin be used for teaching coursework or video training?

Yes, this LMS plugin can be used for internal training videos and improving video learning experience of the students or users.

Does the WordPress Video Course plugin have a free version?

Yes, this is one of the best Free LMS WordPress Plugins. You can download the free version here and upgrade to the Pro anytime.

Note that some features are exclusive to the pro version, such as allowing users to check their progress, search and bookmark videos, shortcodes to embed content anywhere and more.

Advanced Questions

Does this WordPress LMS plugin have BuddyPress or bbPress integrations ?

No, This WordPress LMS plugin does not integrate with BuddyPress or bbPress.

How do you modify the order of videos displayed on the course page?

This is supported since the last version of the plugin. You can control which order the videos will play in for each channel. We have written a user guide explaining how this is done. → Click here ← to read how it’s done.

Can I set up a pay-per-view channel for one night only?

Yes. You can set up a pay-per-view option for any defined amount of time. You can also include multiple option so user can choose between one night and one week for example. Note that it requires the Payments addon.

How to Integrate Payments with the WordPress Video Course Plugin?

Requires the payment addon.

Do I have to use a virtual currency or can I also use regular payments?

You can use regular payments only, with PayPal, credit cards and more via Easy Digital Downloads or WooCommerce. This requires the Payments Addon

See the Video Lessons Manager Payments Addon page or see our Documentation page regarding Payments.

Demo Sites Using WordPress Video Course Plugin

WordPress Video Course Plugin Demo Sites

Websites That Implemented the WordPress Video Course Plugin


Watch the video clips below to see each Video Lessons Manager feature in action

For more in-depth descriptions, visit our User Guide.


How to Use Addons and Advanced Features

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WordPress Video Course Plugin from the Back-end

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