Over the past week we’ve heard from a lot of LearnDash site owners who are upset, confused, or both. If you’re one of them, this post is for you. We’ll lay out what’s actually changing, what your realistic options are, and what Uncanny Owl is committing to so that whatever […]
These post-course automations turn LearnDash course completions into a growth stream—for your learners and your bottom line. Improve retention, boost upsells, and foster community. TLDR? Get the highlights: Claim your Pro license. Reclaim your time >>> If you run courses on LearnDash, you’ve probably poured most of your energy into
The best plugins to pair with LearnDash in 2026, covering quizzes, automation, ecommerce, reporting, CRM sync, and more. LearnDash 5.0 shipped earlier this year and delivered some interesting changes behind the scenes, but it didn’t change a lot for end users or introduce any must-have features. It’s still a solid
Create an online course in WordPress with this step-by-step LearnDash guide. Plan your structure, build lessons and quizzes, then publish and test your course. You’ve got expertise and knowledge people would pay to learn. You probably also have opinions on how it should be taught. So the real question was
Ten years ago, we introduced the Uncanny LearnDash Toolkit to the WordPress.org repository — a small, free collection of modules designed to close the gaps in LearnDash and give course creators a better learner experience out of the box. We had no idea what it would grow into. A decade
Adding community to your online courses is a proven way to increase engagement, build trust, and improve completion rates. Students who feel connected to other learners—and to someone actively facilitating the experience—show up more often, finish what they started, and come back for more. The harder question is how to
Whether you’re building courses for your own audience or managing LearnDash sites for clients, the tools you rely on every day should keep getting better. Over the past year, we’ve shipped meaningful updates to both Uncanny Toolkit and Uncanny Toolkit Pro for LearnDash, from a completely refreshed admin experience and
If you offer online courses on your WordPress site, your students are probably cheating more than you might expect. A 2024 study found that nearly 45% of students self-reported cheating on online exams. Artificial Intelligence is making the problem worse, as the majority of students now use generative AI for
Uncanny Redemption Codes version 4.x was already the most powerful code redemption plugin available for WordPress. With the release of Uncanny Redemption Codes 5.0, we’ve added enhancements that make managing and distributing codes even more flexible. So whether you’re managing course or group enrollments with an LMS like LearnDash, or
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost 13 years since Ryan and I launched Uncanny Owl back in May 2013. Back then, we did a lot of the design work ourselves, including our logo and website. And while they served us well for over a decade, we were long overdue
When we set out to reimagine Tin Canny Reporting for LearnDash, we knew we weren’t just releasing another update. We were laying the foundation for the future of LearnDash reporting—and today, we’re thrilled to announce that Tin Canny Reporting 5.0 is here. This isn’t just an incremental update. It’s a
Inspired by our trip to the Canadian Rockies, stewardship and innovation guided the Uncanny Owl team through 2024. And we can’t wait to show you what lies ahead for 2025. When the Uncanny Owl team came together in the Canadian Rockies earlier this year, we had no idea how that
