Pressplay LMS

A branded learning-commerce platform built as a WordPress plugin.
Pressplay LMS transforms WordPress + WooCommerce into a complete online-course operation with custom routes, protected lessons, student dashboards, progress tracking, certificates, payment-aware enrollments, and operational admin tooling.

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Recruiter Snapshot

What this project is	What it proves
A full LMS product plugin, not just a theme customization	Product thinking, plugin architecture, and real-world business flow design
Deep WooCommerce integration	Checkout, cart, payment lifecycle, enrollment activation, and access revocation
A custom branded student experience	Frontend routing, theme compatibility, UX ownership, and WordPress rendering control
An operational platform, not only course pages	Support-minded engineering with enrollment management, extensions, reactivation, and certificates

Pressplay LMS was built to make WordPress feel like a real education product, not a stack of disconnected plugins.

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Why This Project Stands Out

• It connects catalog, purchase, access, learning progress, and certificates in one coherent product flow.
• It keeps students out of wp-admin and delivers a branded frontend experience with custom LMS routes.
• It uses WooCommerce as the payment and order engine without locking the LMS to one single gateway.
• It includes operational tooling for support teams, not only content delivery for students.
• It adds a real customization layer with theme-aware and Elementor-aware CSS overrides for the LMS UI.

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Feature Surface

Product pillar	Implemented capabilities
Commerce & enrollment	Course-to-product sync, LMS-controlled purchase flow, checkout bootstrap, payment-aware activation, revocation on failed/cancelled/refunded orders, pending and active enrollments, payment method tracking
Learning experience	Public catalog, branded course pages, protected lesson routes, lesson progression, resume behavior, progress summaries, certificate unlock on real completion
Student area	Custom dashboard, student library, certificate center, profile editing, avatar upload, password management, login-aware redirects
Content operations	Course, lesson, and teacher models, lesson materials, Vimeo metadata and embed support, certificate templates with dynamic placeholders, access windows by days, months, years, or lifetime
Admin tooling	Enrollment filtering, blocking, reactivation, access extension, password assistance flows, notice handling, student support operations
Branding & customization	Theme-compatible frontend rendering, brand-aware public titles, custom CSS editor, Elementor/WordPress/theme variable suggestions, dark editor experience, variable copy shortcuts
Platform quality	Custom tables for enrollments and progress, secure action handlers, nonce and capability validation, WooCommerce HPOS compatibility, product instance caching compatibility, release documentation

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Experience Flow

flowchart LR
  A[Public Catalog] --> B[Course Page]
  B --> C[LMS Enrollment CTA]
  C --> D[WooCommerce Checkout]
  D --> E[Pending Enrollment]
  E --> F[Payment Confirmed]
  F --> G[Active Access]
  G --> H[Lesson Progress]
  H --> I[Course Completion]
  I --> J[Certificate Center]

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Key Differentiators

1. Brand-first LMS experience

This plugin does not expose the internal product identity to the final customer. The public experience reflects the brand that installs it, including branded titles and a custom student area that feels native to the site.

2. Universal WooCommerce payment strategy

Instead of coupling the LMS to one gateway, Pressplay LMS follows the WooCommerce payment lifecycle. That makes it naturally compatible with well-behaved gateways such as PayPal, Mercado Pago, PagBank/PagSeguro, Stripe, and similar WooCommerce extensions.

3. Real operational maturity

The plugin handles more than content access. It includes enrollment status management, access extension, reactivation, blocking, expiration logic, and certificate release rules, which is the kind of detail real businesses need after the sale.

4. Advanced theming control

The LMS can keep its default design or accept only the CSS overrides the brand wants to change. The custom CSS editor suggests variables from Elementor, WordPress, and the active theme, which makes visual adaptation much faster and more professional.

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What This Project Demonstrates Technically

• Strong WordPress plugin architecture with custom post types, rewrites, admin screens, templates, and lifecycle hooks
• Deep WooCommerce knowledge across cart, checkout, paid statuses, refunds, and feature compatibility
• Productized access control using custom tables instead of fragile postmeta-only state
• Secure handling of admin-post, AJAX, permissions, nonces, redirects, and ownership validation
• Frontend implementation that balances custom product UX with theme compatibility
• Developer maturity through release notes, internal docs, payment compatibility notes, and collaboration guides

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Public Frontend Footprint

Route	Purpose
/cursos/	Public course catalog
/curso/{course-slug}/	Course landing page and purchase entry point
/curso/{course-slug}/aula/{lesson-slug}/	Protected lesson experience
/meus-cursos/	Student dashboard and course library
/meus-cursos/certificados/	Certificate center
/meus-cursos/certificado/{course-slug}/	Individual certificate output
/perfil/	Student profile page
/perfil/trocar-senha/	Password management
/cadastro/	Student registration

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Architecture Snapshot

pressplay_lms/
├── assets/        # Frontend and admin CSS, JS, icons, logos
├── docs/          # Internal guides for collaboration, payments, releases
├── includes/
│   ├── Core/      # Bootstrap, activation, dependencies, rewrites, templates, assets
│   ├── Support/   # Shared helpers
│   └── *.php      # Main LMS modules such as Frontend, Woo, Enrollments, Progress
├── templates/
│   ├── certificado/
│   ├── frontend/
│   └── panel/
├── pressplay-lms.php
└── uninstall.php

Main modules

Module	Responsibility
Frontend.php	Catalog, course pages, lesson pages, student dashboard, registration, branded page titles
Woo.php	Product sync, payment-aware enrollment lifecycle, WooCommerce compatibility
Enrollments.php	Access windows, status rules, activation, reactivation, extension, pause handling
Progress.php	Lesson tracking, course summaries, completion state
Certificate.php	Completion validation, certificate output, admin preview
Actions.php	Enrollment CTA flow, profile updates, password changes, AJAX actions
Settings.php	Brand settings, admin operations, CSS customization tooling

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Stack

Technology	Role in the project
WordPress	Plugin runtime, hooks, admin UI, custom post types, media handling
WooCommerce	Products, cart, checkout, order lifecycle, payment state
PHP 8+	Business rules, rendering, validation, integrations
Vimeo API	Video metadata, embed support, duration and preview workflows
Custom tables	Scalable storage for students, enrollments, and progress

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Why It Feels Production-Ready

• Supports WooCommerce feature compatibility declarations for modern stores
• Uses route-driven frontend rendering with active-theme integration
• Keeps payment support universal through WooCommerce instead of hardcoded provider logic
• Includes operational documentation for future contributors
• Has release and versioning guidance for long-term maintenance

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Developer Docs

• Developer Guide
• Release Guide
• Payment Compatibility Notes

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Installation

1. Copy the plugin into the WordPress plugins directory.
2. Activate the plugin.
3. Make sure WooCommerce is active.
4. Save permalinks once if the LMS routes need refreshing.

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Short Portfolio Description

Pressplay LMS is a custom WordPress LMS plugin built to turn WordPress + WooCommerce into a complete online-course business. It delivers a branded student experience, protected lessons, progress tracking, certificates, payment-aware enrollments, and operational admin tooling in one cohesive product flow.