LearnDash Expert
LearnDash Expert & Consultant | Wellington Duarte
Looking for
a LearnDash Expert?
If you are searching for someone who truly understands LearnDash and its entire ecosystem, you are in the right place.
A LearnDash Expert is someone who does much more than build courses, topics and lessons inside the plugin. It is someone who builds a scalable teaching platform, integrated with a CRM, automated workflows, capable of developing custom functionality and solving complex problems within your course.
About Wellington Duarte
Hi, my name is Wellington Duarte, I am a LearnDash Expert, and LearnDash Dev is my LMS agency.
I work with clients from all over the world who need help with LearnDash, from troubleshooting to building a complete online course platform.
I live in Brazil, I am 33 years old, and I have worked with WordPress since 2015 and with LearnDash since 2018. Fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Since then, I have built extensive knowledge not only of LearnDash itself, but of the whole ecosystem that surrounds an LMS project.
What does a
LearnDash Expert do?
A LearnDash Expert is someone with years of hands on experience specifically with LearnDash, across different clients and projects, someone who works with the tool every day and already knows its common issues, what works, and what does not.
There is a real difference between general WordPress professionals and LearnDash Experts.
Many web design agencies, or professionals who build WordPress sites, offer LearnDash customization simply because they know it is an LMS plugin. But LearnDash is not their focus, and that is a problem.
It is a problem because even if a WordPress agency has handled a few LMS projects, since they serve every type of client, they do not specialize specifically in LearnDash. A person or agency that builds every kind of website rarely goes deep enough into a niche as specific and technical as the LearnDash LMS segment.
What My clients say
Customer Reviews
"Found LearnDash Dev on Upwork and started the project with some caution based on past experiences. From the beginning, the engagement was smooth. Communication was clear, delivery was consistent, and every milestone was met as planned.
The project involved a custom B2B platform combining community features, course content, and media functionality. The scope evolved during the build, but they handled every change professionally, adjusting requirements without delays or complications.
We completed phase one exactly as expected and are already planning the next stage. For anyone building a more complex LearnDash platform, this is a team you can rely on."
"We had some critical issues on our WordPress and LearnDash membership site that needed immediate attention, along with a custom admin reporting tool we had been postponing. The team quickly understood our setup, identified the problems, and resolved everything without introducing new issues.
In addition to fixing the core issues, they reviewed our overall setup and suggested improvements that made the platform more stable and easier to manage. The custom reporting tool they built is now part of our weekly operations and has saved us a significant amount of manual work.
Their response time throughout the project was excellent and made a real difference in keeping things moving. If you run a live LearnDash platform and need experienced support, they are a strong choice."
"I had worked with other developers before finding Wellington, and the difference was clear very quickly. They did not just execute tasks. They asked the right questions, understood how our platform actually worked, and focused on what needed to be fixed and improved.
They integrated BuddyBoss into our existing WordPress and LearnDash setup, rebuilt the course structure, and implemented JetEngine and WooCommerce. They also resolved several issues left by a previous developer. The biggest impact came from improvements to our onboarding flow and overall member journey.
The platform now runs the way we always intended. If you need reliable LearnDash development, they deliver. If you need a team that takes ownership and guides decisions, they stand out."
"We needed to migrate a mature membership platform from Divi and MemberPress to a more modern setup and were concerned about potential risks. Wellington Duarte rebuilt the platform using BuddyBoss, LearnDash, JetEngine, Groundhogg CRM, and Elementor, handling the migration and billing transition without interruptions.
They also introduced a searchable content library with advanced filtering, improved how training content is presented, and implemented gamification features tied to performance. Despite the complexity, the platform is fast and stable.
Since launch, churn has decreased and new member signups have increased significantly. We see the platform work as a key factor in that growth and are already planning the next phase."
LearnDash Experts Services
If you need help from the very concept of your course or teaching platform, through community building, member management, CRM, and email marketing, to the development of custom plugins for your business, I can help.
LearnDash Video Security (DRM)
The security of a LearnDash course is essential, since even simple plugins like SEO tools can accidentally expose private content. On top of that, DRM protection helps encrypt and protect your videos from being downloaded or screen recorded.
Custom LearnDash Integrations
We connect LearnDash with the tools in your stack. Common integrations include Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), WPFusion, JetEngine, HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, FluentCRM, GroundHogg, Gravity Forms, Elementor, and a wide range of membership, CRM, and marketing automation plugins.
GDPR Compliance
Especially important for US and European clients, making sure your site follows GDPR and accessibility guidelines is essential. I have strong experience with UK and European GDPR, and can configure compliance for any country.
Community Integration
Integrating a community with BuddyBoss or a similar plugin opens up new possibilities for your course, and it is an area where I have solid experience.
WooCommerce Optimisation
We set up WooCommerce with LearnDash for course sales, variable pricing, subscription billing, and checkout customization, including payment gateway configuration and enrollment automation.
Platform Migration to LearnDash
Whether your course is in SCORM or on a platform like Kajabi, Thinkific, Teachable and others, I can help you migrate smoothly without losing student data.
Custom Code Development
Some businesses need solutions built specifically for them, such as a custom dashboard pulling data from the plugin stack that powers a LearnDash course platform. As a developer, I build custom dashboards, plugins with new functionality, and modifications to existing plugin or theme code.
Ongoing Maintenance and Support
Monthly retainers covering plugin and theme updates, security patches, bug fixes, performance monitoring, and incremental feature additions to keep your platform stable and current.
LearnDash Gamification
We design and implement full gamification systems using GamiPress and related tools, including points, badges, levels, leaderboards, streaks, and challenge frameworks built around your specific learning outcomes.
Membership setup
essential when you need specific plans and roles for specific users, making sure user access on your site follows a proper sales funnel.
CRM Setup
A CRM is essential for organizing your students and running email marketing campaigns. Using cost effective tools like FluentCRM and Amazon SES, you can send email to large student lists while spending very little.
Automations
Uusing tools like WP Fusion or Uncanny Automator, the sky is the limit when it comes to building internal automations that leave your site up to 95% hands free.
My Perfect LearnDash Stack
- BuddyBoss: turns your LearnDash site into a full community platform, adding social feeds, groups and member profiles to the WordPress ecosystem.
- WooCommerce / WooCommerce Subscriptions: the standard for selling courses and recurring memberships in WordPress, handling checkout, payments and subscription billing.
- FluentCRM: a self hosted CRM and email marketing tool that keeps student data inside your own WordPress site instead of relying on an external service.
- Fluent SMTP: makes sure transactional and marketing emails from your WordPress site actually reach the inbox instead of getting lost or marked as spam.
- WP Fusion / Uncanny Automator: connect LearnDash to your CRM and other plugins, automating enrollments, tagging and workflows across your whole WordPress stack.
- Amazon SES: a reliable, low cost email sending service that pairs with FluentCRM or Fluent SMTP to deliver high volumes of email affordably.
- MemberPress: a membership plugin that can work alongside or as an alternative to WooCommerce for managing access rules and paid content.
- GamiPress: adds points, badges and achievements to your LearnDash courses, increasing student engagement through gamification.
- Fluent Forms: a fast, lightweight WordPress form plugin that integrates smoothly with FluentCRM for lead and student data collection.
- JetEngine: a dynamic content and custom post type builder used to create advanced, database driven layouts in WordPress.
- Elementor: the most widely used WordPress page builder, used to design course pages, landing pages and custom layouts visually.
- Cloudways / DigitalOcean: managed and cloud hosting providers that keep WordPress and LearnDash sites fast, secure and able to handle growth.
- More.
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Asked Questions
We can handle the entire process through Upwork, a freelance platform where you only release payments (in milestones, for example) as I deliver work, which keeps things secure for both sides.
I usually charge per project for larger jobs with multiple stages. For quicker jobs where I can estimate the number of hours involved, my current 2026 rate is $50 USD per hour. Since I bring many years of experience, I get more done per hour, which makes it a strong investment in the long run.
- LearnDash emails aren’t working: notification, certificate or course emails are not sending, often due to SMTP misconfiguration or plugin conflicts.
- Course access is broken: students who should have access to a course are locked out, usually caused by enrollment, membership or role issues.
- WooCommerce isn’t enrolling users: a purchase goes through but the student is never automatically enrolled in the related LearnDash course.
- Certificates don’t generate: students complete a course or quiz but no certificate is created or the PDF fails to generate correctly.
- SCORM doesn’t work: uploaded SCORM packages fail to load, track progress incorrectly, or do not report completion back to LearnDash.
- xAPI integration: setting up or troubleshooting xAPI (Tin Can) tracking so learning activity is recorded correctly outside standard SCORM.
- Multi Instructor: configuring or fixing multi instructor setups so multiple teachers can manage their own courses and students on one site.
- Membership conflicts: two or more membership or access control plugins are conflicting, blocking or duplicating student access.
- Slow LMS: diagnosing and fixing performance issues that make course pages, quizzes or the dashboard slow to load.
- Video protection: setting up DRM or other protection methods so course videos cannot be easily downloaded or shared.
- Payment issues: resolving failed transactions, incorrect pricing, or checkout errors tied to your course sales process.
- Stripe errors: troubleshooting failed Stripe charges, webhook errors, or subscription billing issues connected to your course platform.
- Migration from Kajabi: moving courses, students and progress data from Kajabi into a self hosted WordPress and LearnDash setup.
- Migration from Moodle: transferring courses, content and student records from Moodle into LearnDash without losing data.
- Migration from Thinkific: rebuilding and migrating your course content and student base from Thinkific into LearnDash.
- Broken quizzes: fixing quizzes that do not save results, display incorrect scores, or fail to unlock the next lesson.
- Gradebook issues: resolving incorrect or missing grade data in the LearnDash gradebook.
- REST API: building or troubleshooting custom integrations that use the LearnDash REST API to connect with other systems.
- LearnDash Mobile App: configuring or debugging the LearnDash mobile app so it syncs correctly with your web platform.
- BuddyBoss performance: identifying and fixing the causes of a slow or unresponsive BuddyBoss powered community.
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Tell me about your project, and we 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.
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