LearnDash
Developer
- LearnDash Custom Development
- Take Over From Your Current Developer
- LMS Migration to LearnDash
- Community Development (LearnDash & BuddyBoss)
- CRM & Marketing Automation
- Maintenance, bug fixes, and optimization
- Strategic Planning and More
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About Wellington Duarte
Hello, I’m Wellington Duarte, a LearnDash Developer.
I have been working with LearnDash since 2018, developing LMS projects for different types of clients.
If you are looking to hire a LearnDash Expert, I am available to help.
My work with LearnDash goes beyond the initial setup.
I work across the entire platform infrastructure, payment methods, and integrations with online community plugins such as BuddyBoss, and I constantly implement new features such as AI integration and smart marketing automations, while also developing platforms with SaaS-like functionality.
Read My Full Story
I am Brazilian, from Rio de Janeiro, and a LearnDash Developer serving clients from several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, and many others. I am fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Since I was 11 years old, when I got my first computer, I have always been very interested in tools that help organize things, from ideas and information to tasks. Back in the old Office 98 days, it was FrontPage that introduced me to HTML and how to organize content for the web.
In the following years, I had several blogs and loved the idea of being able to share something with people anywhere in the world. It felt like having your own radio station or TV channel.
Years later, around 2014, I started learning more about WordPress and fell in love with it. Over time, I graduated in Marketing and learned more about Digital Marketing while everything was evolving very quickly.
I had a small WordPress agency where I offered web design and SEO services, and around 2018, I started working on LearnDash projects that came my way.
I think my interest in LMS platforms came from the fact that I have always enjoyed finding new ways to learn something. I realized that I need to understand the basics of something before moving on to more advanced concepts.
So, whenever I needed to teach something to someone, I was able to adapt my communication to that person's level of understanding. I think I would make a good teacher.
This helped me understand and motivated me to study more about online course architecture, learning paths, and the student journey.
With my knowledge of Digital Marketing, I can help my clients not only with the infrastructure of a good course, but also with strategic planning and the student's progress throughout the course.
On my blog , I regularly talk about developments in the online course market, AI, and marketing, with a focus on LearnDash.
I believe this combination of experiences has helped me become a LearnDash Expert, because my knowledge goes far beyond the tool itself.
Today, I continue to work with clients from different places and with different needs, from coaches with specific training programs to larger enterprise projects and universities. Every client is different and unique, and I always learn something from them. This is a little bit of my journey.
What Does a LearnDash Developer Do?
A LearnDash Developer specializes in building, customizing, and maintaining learning management systems powered by WordPress and LearnDash. Beyond basic course setup, this includes custom functionality, payment integrations, student management, automation, and solving technical challenges that standard plugins cannot always address.
Unlike general WordPress developers, LearnDash specialists understand how the different components of an LMS work together, from course architecture and enrollment workflows to student progress, reporting, and third-party integrations. This specialized experience helps deliver more reliable, scalable, and tailored learning platforms.
My LearnDash Development Services
Custom LearnDash Development
I develop custom LearnDash functionality, including advanced quizzes, personalized learning paths, enrollment workflows, and features that go beyond standard plugin capabilities.
Take Over From Your Current LearnDash Developer
Need someone to continue an existing project? I can review your current setup, identify technical issues, and take over development, whether your project is unfinished, experiencing problems, or needs new features.
Community Development (BuddyBoss)
I integrate LearnDash with BuddyBoss to build interactive learning communities with member profiles, groups, forums, activity feeds, and social learning features.
LMS Migration to LearnDash
I help migrate courses, students, enrollments, and learning records from platforms such as Teachable, Kajabi, Thinkific, and other WordPress LMS solutions, preserving important data wherever technically possible.
Ongoing Maintenance and Support
I provide LearnDash troubleshooting, bug fixes, performance optimization, plugin updates, and ongoing technical support to keep your learning platform running smoothly.
CRM & Marketing Automation
I connect LearnDash with CRM and automation tools to streamline student communication, enrollment processes, marketing campaigns, and administrative workflows.
Testimonials
Interactive Wellness Coaching Platform
“I genuinely could not have imagined this outcome when we started the project. I had a wellness coaching curriculum that worked fine as a static course, but the LearnDash Dev team pushed it somewhere I had not considered.
Wellington and his team built the entire platform on WordPress with BuddyBoss, LearnDash, GamiPress, and a CRM layer, then helped me restructure the content experience so that members move through a gamified journey instead of just watching videos and passing quizzes. Points, challenges, unlockable content, and a narrative arc that ties each lesson into the next. Completion rates went up. Member feedback changed completely. I highly recommend Wellington Duarte as a LearnDash Developer.
— Sandra O., Wellness Coaching Platform Founder
“We came in with a solid concept for a gamification layer on our corporate LearnDash platform but needed expert validation and architecture support before we built anything.
The LearnDash Dev team walked through our full system design, including points, achievements, levels, streaks, challenges, and leaderboards, and helped us identify gaps in the mechanics. More importantly, they pushed us to think about intrinsic motivators alongside the extrinsic ones: status, access, and influence, and how to build those into the platform in ways that actually change behavior. They also helped us establish the narrative layer that gives the whole experience meaning for employees.
Completion rates improved measurably after launch. If you are designing gamification for a LearnDash-based training program, this is the team to bring in early.”
— Robert C., Head of Corporate Learning and Development
“We had maxed out what Kajabi could do for us and needed a proper migration to a flexible, scalable stack.
LearnDash Dev recommended WordPress with BuddyBoss, LearnDash, GroundHogg CRM, WPFusion, JetEngine, WooCommerce Subscriptions, and a gamification layer. They handled every component: multiple membership tiers from free to premium recurring, a full member dashboard, BuddyBoss social features including groups, forums, and messaging, a LearnDash-based learning hub, a JetEngine-powered resource directory with advanced taxonomy filtering, a WooCommerce store, and admin documentation our team could actually follow.
The project hit every deliverable. We have the platform flexibility we were missing before, and our team can manage most of it independently now. Strong recommendation for any organization ready to move off a closed platform.”
— Lauren M., Online Education Company
“We approached LearnDash Dev with an ambitious scope and a timeline that did not leave much room for error. They helped us refine the project definition, set realistic milestones, and then executed consistently across all of them. The platform they built uses WordPress, BuddyBoss, LearnDash, JetEngine, WooCommerce, and FluentCRM, and they also coordinated directly with our internal AI team to integrate our proprietary tools and several third-party SaaS platforms into the member experience.
When the specs changed, and they did more than once, the team adapted without slipping the overall timeline. Beyond the technical delivery, the strategic input we received throughout the build helped us make better product decisions than we would have made alone. Phase two is already in planning.” — Marcus T., eLearning Platform Founder
Frequently
Asked Questions
Yes. I can take over an existing LearnDash project if you are having problems with your current developer or agency, including communication issues, delays, lack of support, or unfinished work.
I start by reviewing the existing website, plugins, custom code, and project requirements so I can understand what has already been built and what still needs to be done. My goal is to give you a clear path forward rather than forcing you to start the project from scratch.
LearnDash developers rates vary depending on experience, technical skills, and project complexity. In my research, basic WordPress professionals typically charge around $15 to $25 per hour, experienced LearnDash specialists around $40 to $65 per hour, and developers handling complete custom solutions around $50 to $150 per hour.
I generally recommend looking beyond the hourly rate and considering what the developer can actually deliver. Someone who can plan the architecture, develop custom functionality, handle integrations, and solve problems independently can often be more cost effective than a cheaper developer who requires constant supervision. Read my full guide to LearnDash developer costs.
For new clients, I usually handle projects through Upwork, which provides a secure way for both sides to work together. The project scope, milestones, payments, and agreements are handled directly through the platform, giving both the client and my team a clear record of the engagement.
This also makes the process straightforward for international clients. Payments are handled through Upwork, and funds are released according to the agreed project milestones and terms.
I would say that the online course boom has passed a little. Online courses are now a more established reality in the market. Many people are currently creating highly niche platforms and communities, almost like true digital tribes, and it makes sense, since social media tends to be very broad.
Today, working with LearnDash requires much more than knowledge of the plugin. It requires understanding how to create custom functionality and how to integrate learning with private online communities within the WordPress ecosystem itself. In addition, working with automations, integrations, and AI has become a fundamental requirement.
One of the reasons clients look for a LearnDash Expert is that they often have an idea for a platform that requires a structure that few SaaS companies can deliver, while LearnDash and its many add-ons and plugins can.
Therefore, the more familiar a LearnDash Expert is with the tools that make up the entire WordPress environment for LMS platforms, the better equipped they are to create something sustainable and scalable.
In 2026, I have been paying close attention to the behavior of distance learners and to the possibilities that AI has brought, both in terms of platform infrastructure and the learning dynamics that can be developed with students.
Hire a LearnDash Developer Today!
Tell me about your project, and I will come back with a clear scope and a realistic plan. No vague estimates, no hour-long sales calls. Just a direct conversation about what you need and what it will take to get there.