WordPress is huge. That’s a given.
But its glory lies in the fact that it can be as big or as small as you like. You can play around with some basic settings to create a simple, one-page website or blog in just a few clicks. You can design a more complex, more sophisticated website like CNN, Usain Bolt or Time Inc. have done. If you know how to write CSS code, you can even generate stunning, out-of-this-world pages.
So, yes. WordPress is huge. And you, as a course creator, are probably considering if you should use it for your knowledge business. Here’s the thing: while you can find many eLearning or LMS WordPress themes online, you should know that WordPress doesn’t come with a native LMS integration.
And this is where the TalentLMS WordPress LMS plugin comes in to save the day.
All you have to do is integrate TalentLMS with WordPress.
Mini disclaimer here: For this post, we’ve tried to avoid any technical, over-sophisticated terms so everyone can understand what we’re talking about. If, by any chance, you find what the heck we’re talking about hard to understand, feel free to post your comment below and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
How to integrate WordPress with TalentLMS using the TalentLMS WordPress plugin
To get started, you need to download WordPress, upload it on your server, and begin designing the final product.
WordPress comes with sets of tools broader than the horizon. Plugins are part of these tools. Which is precisely how you integrate TalentLMS with WordPress: with our WP eLearning plugin.
First, download the plugin and set it up to run on your WordPress website. To do so, go to your “Plugins” page and search for “TalentLMS WordPress plugin.” Click “Install Now” and activate it.
All in all, by the time you’ve logged in to your TalentLMS account through your WordPress plug-in page, the integration has begun. Then it’s just a matter of playing around with your settings to determine how these disparate apps will work together.
Why do you need to integrate TalentLMS with WordPress?
WordPress is an essential tool for the 21st-century professional who works mostly online. Do you have to use it at any cost? No. Can it prove helpful? Yes.
So, let’s take a look at the two main features that make the TalentLMS WordPress plugin a powerful tool for WordPress enthusiasts.
1. All in one place
First and foremost, the most important feature you need to leverage right away is the ability to display your courses in an external website out of your TalentLMS account. Your course catalog will be embedded based on your website’s appearance settings, so it doesn’t look like a separate page.
This is really important for users who want to maintain brand identity, and also care about consistency.
2. WooCommerce and TalentLMS
WooCommerce is the best, free WP plugin developed by WordPress that lets users sell products and services directly from their WP site.
But the way TalentLMS and WooCommerce work together is exciting.
Long story short, every time a website visitor gets a course from your course list embedded into your WP site, TalentLMS creates a new account for them, so you don’t have to register your new users manually.
Pretty neat, huh?
Whom is the WordPress LMS integration for?
Some people might argue: “Why should I use another platform when I have all I need in TalentLMS?”
You’re right. TalentLMS comes with superb white-labeling options that allow you to customize your account’s appearance.
WordPress, on the other hand, is a whole different story.
If you’re a content creator who regularly posts on their blog, or your website is built and hosted on WordPress, WP is the right place to go. Same goes if you rely on Google to find a new audience since WordPress comes with a bunch of SEO tools. If you want to sell your courses on your website? Again, go with WordPress.
Generally speaking, if you are already using WordPress or you just want to give it a try, do it! TalentLMS is here to support you every step of the way.
A little more about WordPress
To put it simply, WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS), allowing you to create websites and blogs for any purpose you can imagine. Over the years, people have used WordPress for many different website types, such as blogs, WordPress LMS use cases and company sites.
Click here for a detailed guide on how you can use the TalentLMS WordPress plugin!
| Tags: LMS Integration
Hi THere!
Loving Talentlms.
Building my webpage using the WordPress plugin.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t show the course price. What do I need to do to make that happen?
This is great! Thanks for sharing.
I’m trialling TalentLMS in conjunction with the WordPress plugin at the moment – and it’s fantastic!
I noticed though that the pagination of the list of courses appears to be broken… the “Next” button doesn’t work once you’ve passed the first page…
Any ideas for a fix please?
Dear Geoff, thank you for your feedback…
Which version of the plugin do you use for your trialing?
You can download the latest version of the plugin here: https://github.com/epignosis/TalentLMS-WordPress-Plugin
No worries, you’re welcome. Such a great plugin and LMS deserves kudos!
Thanks for your reply. I was actually using v1.0 and I see now that v1.7 is available on github, so I’ll upgrade to that now! Thank you 🙂
Hello again, I believe I’ve found a bug with the WordPress plugin. I updated my version of the TalentLMS WP plugin from v1.0 to v1.7, so the pagination issue that I was having before has been resolved, however, when I go to purchase a course, instead of redirecting me to PayPal, I’m presented with a blank screen instead… Please help!
Indeed there was a bug.! Thank you for your feedback..!
A bugfix has already been issued and version 1.9.1 is released.
You can download the latest version from here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/talentlms/
Check out also the readme.txt file for all the new features.
Hi, I am trying to install the latest plugin and it doesn’t connect my wordpress site to my talentlms domain.I keep getting the following message: API is not enabled for speaker.talentlms.com.
Please help, what am I doing wrong here?
Thank you.
Andrea
Probable you need to activate the API from “Account & Settings” inside your talentlms domain.
Without this the plugin will not be able to communicate with your talentlms domain.
Plugin shortcodes aren’t working on Courses page. Returning this error: Fatal error: Call to a member function appendChild() on a non-object in /users/bravehearts.net/htdocs/wp-content/plugins/talentlms/utils/utils.php on line 150. Any suggestions?
Is TalentLMS compatible with woocommerce?
Unfortunately not. You can use the integrated payments capability of talentlms.
For those still wondering if it is compatible with woocommerce, it is (since 2005).
http://www.talentlms.com/blog/woocommerce-and-talentlms-wordpress-plugin-integration/
Can talentlms prevent user sharing their account, such as cheking double logins ip address etc.
Hello and thanks for your message.
At the moment we do not offer such functionality.
Hello. Have you added this functionality yet? We are looking for a platform to sell our Math tutoring courses and TalentLMS looks perfect. However, we would need to have something in place that limits paying users from sharing their login information with non-paying customers. Thanks.
Dear CW,
this is in our plans for implementation on Q1 of 2014.
Thank you for your patience 🙂
Best,
Dimitris
This is unbelievable. Great work. Ive always liked efront and am annoyed that I came late to talent lms but now im here i love it. I am a big fan of bootstrap so its a win win. Good job.
I have downloaded this plug in but could not manage to sync with my courses in the talentlms account with my website (wp avada theme). After I click on TalentLMS Sync buttom there it does not sync them!!!
Furthermore, when I am not able to use singup ans users pages (as well as courses) approriately. I got the following mesaage… Could not connect to TalentLMS (http://www.clinist.talentlms.com/api/v1). Please check your internet connection and try again. (Network error: socket error: 111)
thanks for your help…
Dear A Cetinyurek,
Most likely you have not filled in the correct value for your TalentLMS domain, which should be:
clinist.talentlms.com
If this is not the case, you can contact TalentLMS support at prountzos@talentlms.com with your wordpress domain and an administrator account, so we can further investigate the issue
Kind regards
Vasilis Prountzos
The plugin is not compatible with lastest versions of wordpress. Update please
Hello James,
I am sorry but i can you give me some more information about the compatibility of plugin and the latest version of WP? Where exactly do you have issues?
Kind regards
V. Prountzos
Hello James,
I am sorry but i can you give me some more information about the
compatibility of plugin and the latest version of WP? Where exactly do
you have issues?
Kind regards
V. Prountzos
Hello Sir, My name is Arunraj,
i am new to wordpress, i install the wordpress successfully.
i want to create a Web application. how i am start.
How to get this theme to my page. Where i want to put my php files (Which Directory, Inside the wordpress folder or where[ i create ‘htdocs/webapplication/(wordpress)/])
please help me any one.
Hi,
i can see the list of courses on my page, but when i go inside the single course it is empty (not a css issue). i have change the permalinks as you suggested..
any idea?
Is TalentLMS compatible with Leadsquared ?
I want to import converted leads into TalentLMS. Is it feasible ?