BuddyPress for LearnDash
Want your learners to interact with each other? BuddyPress for LearnDash turns your course driven website into a social education platform, creating a seamless bridge between BuddyPress and LearnDash.
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BuddyPress for LearnDash shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 3.3/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Mixed reviews — 3.3/5 from 18 ratings
- No update in 6 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.4 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where BuddyPress for LearnDash stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| buddypress | >100 |
| learndash | >100 |
| learning | >100 |
| learning management system | >100 |
| lms | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.3 from 18 reviews
About BuddyPress for LearnDash
From the official readme · v1.3.0Description
Want your learners to interact with each other? BuddyPress for LearnDash turns your course driven website into a social education platform, creating a seamless bridge between BuddyPress and LearnDash.
BuddyPress Groups
Easily tie any LearnDash Course to a BuddyPress Group.
- Course participants automatically get added as members to the group
- Group becomes private to course participants and invited members
- Course Lessons become visible at the group
- Course activity gets streamed into the group feed (optional)
- Forum gets added to the group (if bbPress is enabled)
- Course featured image becomes group avatar (if no group avatar has been set)
BuddyPress Activity
Activity is one of the core features of BuddyPress, allowing users to interact with each other in real-time. When a course is tied to a group, course actions are optionally added to the group’s activity stream. Group admins can determine which actions to allow in their group, including:
- User starts a course
- User completes a course
- User creates a lesson
- User completes a lesson
- User passes a quiz
- User comments on single lesson page
BuddyPress Members
- Your members can view their Active and Completed courses in their profiles.
- Leaders and Students get added as filterable tabs in your Members directory.
- All LearnDash user links redirect to member profiles (instead of author pages).
bbPress Forums
If bbPress is enabled, a forum will be tied to every “course group” automatically, using the same name as the course for the forum title. Group members can then discuss the course in one central location.
Extend LearnDash with ‘Social Learner’
BuddyPress for LearnDash is built by the experienced developers at BuddyBoss who also offer a premium social learning solution called Social Learner.
Installation
Before Installing
- Make sure you have LearnDash installed and activated.
- Make sure you have BuddyPress installed and activated.
From your WordPress dashboard
- Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
- Search for ‘BuddyPress for LearnDash’
- Activate BuddyPress for LearnDash from your Plugins page.
From WordPress.org
- Download BuddyPress for LearnDash.
- Upload the ‘buddypress-learndash’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, etc…)
- Activate BuddyPress for LearnDash from your Plugins page.
Configuration
- Enable ‘User Groups’ at ‘Settings > BuddyPress > Components’
- Enable Forums for Groups by downloading bbPress.
- Visit ‘Settings > BP for LearnDash’ and select your desired options.
Changelog
1.3.0
- Fix – Fix fatal error when group component is not activated
- Fix – Some code improvements
- Tweak – Added check for Activity component
1.2.9
- Fix – Group and Course connectivity data is getting removed when uninstaiing plugin
- Tweak – Added Russian translation files
- Tweak – Added filter for LearnDash group discussion button
1.2.8
- Fix – Users Enroll message when updating course from Classic & Gutenberg editor
- Fix – Child theme template path
1.2.7
- Fix – Fatal when BuddyPress Group component disabled
- Fix – Removed LearnDash deprecated function
1.2.6
- Fix – Fatal when BuddyPress Group component disabled.
- New – Tested with WordPress 5.2.1
1.2.5
- Fix – Gutenberg editor compatibility
- Fix – Cannot set a group public when it is linked with the Course
- Fix – Leave off group enrollment if course has no buddypress group attached
- Fix – If group is public then Course Activity are not appearing on Site- wide Activity page
- Fix – Forbid translation of the buddypress profile courses menu slugs
- Fix – Global Search out of memory issue fix
- Fix – FATAL error occurs while saving/updating the course if course has group attached
- Fix – FATAL error on single group page after BuddyPress 3.0 update
- Fix – PHP Warnings
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FAQ
BuddyPress for LearnDash: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 30, 2026
Is BuddyPress for LearnDash free?
Yes. BuddyPress for LearnDash is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is BuddyPress for LearnDash safe to use in 2026?
BuddyPress for LearnDash shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 1K+ sites, is rated 3.3/5 and was last updated 6 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use BuddyPress for LearnDash?
BuddyPress for LearnDash is active on 1K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 98,554 times since it launched in June 2015. It was downloaded 246 times in the last 30 days.
Does BuddyPress for LearnDash work with WordPress 7.1?
BuddyPress for LearnDash is officially tested up to WordPress 5.4.23, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was BuddyPress for LearnDash last updated?
The latest version, 1.3.0, was released on June 19, 2020 (6 years ago).
Who makes BuddyPress for LearnDash?
BuddyPress for LearnDash is developed and maintained by Syed Balkhi.
What are the best alternatives to BuddyPress for LearnDash?
The most popular alternatives to BuddyPress for LearnDash are Better Messages (10K+ installs), rtMedia for WordPress, Budd… (7K+ installs) and BuddyPress Docs (6K+ installs).
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