Use a staging copy.
Keep a backup and test alongside the plugins, theme and caching your school uses.
Requirements for LMS Blueprint
LMS Blueprint runs in a WordPress environment you maintain. This page is for course owners planning hosting, installation and the services their school will use. Check the software requirements, backups, email and payment setup before inviting students, then confirm the documented requirements for the particular release you are installing.
Before you install
Your school.
Your foundation.
You choose where it lives.
Here’s what makes it work.
The foundation
Your WordPress.
The LMS module documents WordPress 6.0 and PHP 8.2 minimums. Confirm requirements for the complete suite and the release you install.
Your backups.
Your choice.
Choose managed WordPress hosting or an environment you maintain.
Before the first learner
A working connection
is only the beginning.
Try the course as a learner.
Enrol, read, submit a workbook, take a quiz and check what is saved.
Test the services.
Check real email delivery, checkout and any AI features you enable.
Setup requirements in detail
These are the explanations used by the setup controls above, also available together as text.
- Your WordPress.
- The LMS module documents WordPress 6.0 and PHP 8.2 minimums. Confirm requirements for the complete suite and the release you install.
- Your environment.
- Choose maintained WordPress hosting, a domain, HTTPS, working scheduled tasks and backups. Capacity depends on your course, activity and configuration.
- Your messages, delivered.
- Connect a working mail service or SMTP configuration. Test welcome and completion emails before inviting learners.
- Your Stripe account.
- Connect your own Stripe account for the store checkout. Country, account and payment-method availability depend on your setup.
- Room for the lesson.
- Choose suitable video hosting or supported embeds. Dedicated video delivery and WordPress hosting are different costs.
- Your provider key.
- AI is optional. Enabled AI features need the AI add-on and a supported provider API key, with separate provider billing. Non-AI teaching features do not need a model key.