Course Flow

Sell online courses with Stripe — without WooCommerce.
Course Flow is a lightweight, free WordPress plugin that adds direct Stripe Checkout to Tutor LMS, LearnPress, and LearnDash.
No extra plugins. No conflicts. No slow checkouts.

Why course creators choose Course Flow

• No WooCommerce required — avoids unnecessary complexity and plugin conflicts.
• Fast setup — configure Stripe keys and add a shortcode to start accepting payments.
• Direct Stripe Checkout — secure, hosted checkout handled by Stripe.
• Automatic course enrollment after successful payment.
• Optional automatic WordPress user account creation.
• Fully customizable purchase buttons, including image-based buttons.
• Lightweight architecture — minimal frontend and admin assets.
• Translation-ready with included .pot file.

Key Features

• Direct Stripe Checkout integration (no WooCommerce dependency).
• Supports Tutor LMS, LearnPress, and LearnDash (one active LMS required).
• One-time payments via Stripe Checkout.
• Automatic course enrollment after successful payment.
• Optional automatic WordPress user account creation.
• Secure Stripe webhook handling (checkout.session.completed).
• Test mode and live mode support.
• Purchase shortcodes:
  • [courseflow_buycourse id="123"]
  • [courseflow_course id="123"]
  • [courseflow_imagebuycourse id="123"]
• Visual button customization (text, colors, hover effects, layout).
• Image-based purchase buttons.
• Admin course list with ready-to-copy shortcodes.
• Secure REST API (course-flow/v1) with capability and nonce validation.
• Optional plugin telemetry (disabled by default).
• Fully translatable (.pot file included).

Requirements

• WordPress 6.7 or newer
• PHP 7.4 or newer
• One active LMS plugin:
  • Tutor LMS
  • LearnPress
  • LearnDash
• Stripe account (Publishable Key, Secret Key, Webhook Secret)
• HTTPS enabled

Configuring Stripe Webhooks

To enable automatic enrollment after payment:

1. Open Stripe Dashboard → Developers → Webhooks.
2. Add endpoint:
   https://your-site.com/wp-json/course-flow/v1/webhook
3. Select event: checkout.session.completed
4. Copy the webhook secret and paste it into plugin settings.
5. Use the TEST CONNECTION button in admin to validate configuration.

Shortcodes

• [courseflow_buycourse id="123"] — standard buy button
• [courseflow_course id="123"] — alternative purchase button
• [courseflow_imagebuycourse id="123"] — image-based buy button

REST API

Namespace: course-flow/v1

• POST /create-checkout
• POST /webhook
• POST /test-connection (admin only)
• POST /save-settings (admin only)

Protected endpoints validate user capabilities and nonces.

Admin Pages

Settings — Configuration of Stripe API keys, currency, success page, account creation behavior and optional plugin telemetry.
Courses — List of detected LMS courses with IDs and available purchase shortcodes.
Button Settings — Visual customization of purchase buttons.
Image Button Settings — Management of image-based purchase buttons.

Data Privacy

Course Flow includes an optional plugin telemetry feature.

When explicitly enabled by an administrator, the plugin may transmit limited, non-personal plugin metadata (such as site URL and plugin version) to the plugin author for diagnostic and compatibility purposes.

This feature is:
– Disabled by default
– Explicitly opt-in
– Does not collect personal or user-identifiable data

The plugin functions fully without enabling this option.

More information can be found in the author’s privacy policy:
https://dev.pawelborowiec.com/course-flow/privacy-policy.html

External Services

Stripe

Stripe is used to process payments via Stripe Checkout.

• Stripe JavaScript library is loaded from https://js.stripe.com/v3/
• Stripe API is used for checkout session creation and webhook handling.
• Payment data is transmitted directly to Stripe during checkout.

Service Provider: Stripe, Inc.
Terms: https://stripe.com/legal
Privacy: https://stripe.com/privacy

Localization

• Translation-ready with included .pot file.
• Translation files should be placed in the /languages/ directory.
• Default language: English.

Included Libraries

• Stripe PHP SDK (MIT)
• Select2 (MIT)
• Bundled local fonts (OFL)

License

GPLv2 or later