Maintenance and UX release: admin grading filters, marketing copy clarity, course category browsing, and updated admin assets. Safe to apply over 1.0.0.x; clear page caches if your host caches admin or theme assets.<\/p>","1.0.0.1 - 2026-05-02":"
Maintenance release: certificate builder fixes and updated admin build assets. Safe to apply on top of 1.0.0; clear any full-page caches if your host caches admin scripts.<\/p>","1.0.0 - 2026-04-30":"
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Sikshya LMS<\/strong> is a WordPress LMS<\/strong> (learning management system) for creators who want students to enroll, learn, and pay\u2014without leaving your site. The free version is built so you can launch a real course catalog, take payments when you are ready, and grow into Sikshya Pro<\/strong> only when you need automation and advanced add-ons.<\/p>\n\n In plain English:<\/strong> you create courses in the WordPress admin; learners open your course pages on the front of your site, track progress in their account, and complete quizzes or assignments you publish.<\/p>\n\n Use Sikshya for coaching, professional training, customer education, internal onboarding, or the start of a course marketplace\u2014with full control of content, branding, and revenue.<\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Try Sikshya LMS Free<\/a><\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Try Sikshya LMS Pro<\/a><\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Sikshya LMS \u2014 product & pricing<\/a><\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Sikshya Pro<\/a><\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Sikshya LMS Facebook Community<\/a><\/p>\n\n Join the community for release notes, setup tips, and peer discussion with other course creators on WordPress.<\/p>\n\n [youtube https:\/\/youtu.be\/CF1p9slkQrg]<\/p>\n\n Courses & curriculum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Quizzes & assignments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Learners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Checkout & monetization (free baseline)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Reliability & operations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Sell access without duct-taping five plugins together for a basic launch: configure gateways, test in sandbox or test mode when available, publish your course page, and route buyers through a checkout experience designed for digital education\u2014not generic cart prose bolted onto an LMS.<\/p>\n\n Sikshya registers the shortcodes below. Paste them into any page, post, or widget that runs WordPress shortcodes (Shortcode block, Classic editor, or a theme template that calls Quick reference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n What it does:<\/strong> Queries published courses and renders them with the same course card partial used on archives and the catalog.<\/p>\n\n Attributes<\/strong> (all optional except where a default is listed):<\/p>\n\n Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n What it does:<\/strong> Renders an email-or-username + password form that authenticates through Sikshya\u2019s Attributes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n What it does:<\/strong> Renders a registration form (display name optional, email, password). Creates a WordPress user with the Sikshya student<\/strong> role, then triggers the same new-user email notifications WordPress sends after core registration<\/strong> ( Attributes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Developers:<\/strong> Filter Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Unlock advanced drip and prerequisites, multi-instructor collaboration, subscriptions, deeper analytics and gradebook workflows, bundles, white-label options, and broader integrations. Free stays generous; Pro unlocks scale.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Explore Sikshya Pro<\/a><\/p>\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Sikshya pricing & plans<\/a><\/p>\n\n Below is the full commercial add-on line-up from the Sikshya feature registry. Each title links to pricing<\/strong> so you can compare plans. Availability varies by plan tier (Starter, Growth \/ Pro band, Scale); see the pricing page for the current matrix.<\/p>\n\n Content drip & scheduled unlock<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Release lessons over time (\u201cday 3 after signup\u201d, dates, cohort pace) instead of opening the full catalog on day one. Best for paced programs and term-style delivery; disable for purely self\u2011paced libraries.<\/p><\/li>\n Course reviews & ratings<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Collect star ratings and written reviews on course pages with moderation before they go live. Builds social proof in the catalog; turn off when public reviews don\u2019t fit your model.<\/p><\/li>\n Prerequisites (lessons & courses)<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Require completion of chosen lessons or whole courses before the next step unlocks\u2014ideal for sequencing, compliance, or leveled paths. Leave off when every course stands alone.<\/p><\/li>\n Instructor dashboard<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Gives each teacher a concise snapshot (e.g. enrollments on their courses) without sharing the whole admin site. Useful when instructors should see their<\/strong> numbers only.<\/p><\/li>\n Drip & automation emails<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Optional transactional emails when drip rules unlock lessons or schedules (templates in Email templates). Pair with Content drip when you want \u201clesson unlocked\u201d style notices.<\/p><\/li>\n Calendar<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Shows learners a dated schedule\u2014enrollments, upcoming drip unlocks, assignment due dates\u2014on My account plus REST data for custom UIs. Handy when deadlines and releases should appear in one place.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n Professional email delivery & branded templates<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Route Sikshya emails through a proper ESP (SendGrid-style setup) and wrap messages with your branding. Improve deliverability versus generic PHP mail.<\/p><\/li>\n Course discussions & Q&A<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 In-course discussions and Q&A with instructor moderation for cohort-led learning. Skip when comments are handled entirely outside Sikshya.<\/p><\/li>\nGet started<\/h3>\n\n
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[sikshya_courses]<\/code> \u2014 Grid or list of published courses (same card UI as the catalog).<\/li>\n[sikshya_login]<\/code> \u2014 Sign-in form (Sikshya auth handler; errors stay on the same page).<\/li>\n[sikshya_registration]<\/code> \u2014 Create a Sikshya student account; optional instructor intent submits a pending teaching application.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n[sikshya_courses]<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
per_page<\/code> \u2014 Number of courses per page. Default 9<\/code>. Minimum 1<\/code>, maximum 50<\/code>.<\/li>\ncolumns<\/code> \u2014 Layout hint. 3<\/code> forces a three-column grid; other positive values (up to 6<\/code>) adjust the auto grid; 0<\/code> or omitted uses the default auto layout.<\/li>\nview<\/code> \u2014 grid<\/code> or list<\/code>. Default grid<\/code>.<\/li>\ncategory<\/code> \u2014 Filter by course category<\/strong> taxonomy slug (not the numeric ID).<\/li>\ntag<\/code> \u2014 Filter by course tag<\/strong> taxonomy slug.<\/li>\nsearch<\/code> \u2014 Free-text search string (same idea as the catalog search).<\/li>\norderby<\/code> \u2014 date<\/code>, title<\/code>, or price<\/code>. Default date<\/code>.<\/li>\norder<\/code> \u2014 asc<\/code> or desc<\/code>. Default desc<\/code>.<\/li>\npagination<\/code> \u2014 1<\/code> (show paging) or 0<\/code> (single page). Default 1<\/code>. When enabled, page links use the query argument sikshya_courses_page<\/code><\/strong> so paging does not clash with the main query.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n[sikshya_courses]\n\n[sikshya_courses per_page=\"12\" view=\"grid\" category=\"web-design\" orderby=\"price\" order=\"asc\" pagination=\"1\"]\n\n[sikshya_courses view=\"list\" search=\"wordpress\" pagination=\"0\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n[sikshya_login]<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\nadmin-post<\/code> handler (wp_signon<\/code>). Failed logins show a notice on the same URL<\/strong> (no redirect to wp-login.php<\/code>). Used on the virtual login page and inside checkout.<\/p>\n\n\n
redirect_to<\/code> \u2014 Absolute or relative URL after successful<\/strong> login. Validated with wp_validate_redirect<\/code>. If empty, the handler falls back to the HTTP referer, then the site home URL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n[sikshya_login]\n\n[sikshya_login redirect_to=\"\/my-account\/\"]\n\n[sikshya_login redirect_to=\"https:\/\/example.com\/checkout\/\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n[sikshya_registration]<\/code><\/strong><\/p>\n\nwp_send_new_user_notifications<\/code>, admin + user). Intended for checkout (\u201cCreate account\u201d) and custom landing pages.<\/p>\n\n\n
type<\/code> \u2014 student<\/code> or instructor<\/code>. Default student<\/code>. instructor<\/code> does not assign the instructor role:<\/strong> the account is a student and a pending instructor application<\/strong> is recorded (same meta as the account \u201cApply to teach\u201d flow). An administrator approves applications in the dashboard; only then is the sikshya_instructor<\/code> role added.<\/li>\nredirect_to<\/code> \u2014 Same behavior as [sikshya_login]<\/code> after successful registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nsikshya_send_new_user_notifications<\/code> (bool, user ID) to disable core emails if you replace them with your own.<\/p>\n\n[sikshya_registration]\n\n[sikshya_registration type=\"student\"]\n\n[sikshya_registration type=\"instructor\" redirect_to=\"\/courses\/\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nUpgrade to Sikshya Pro<\/h3>\n\n
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