LearnDash to Tutor LMS Migration

If you want to run a seamless migration from your LearnDash to Tutor LMS, your new LMS of choice, you can use the Tutor LMS Migration Tool plugin.

Please Note!

Before initiating any migration process, we recommend you back up your site. It is also recommended you first run the migration on a staging site. This will ensure that the final migration process won’t break anything in your live site. Moreover, for all your data to be properly transferred, you must install and set up all of the necessary Tutor LMS add-ons and settings beforehand.

The process for using the migration tool to migrate from LearnPress is also the same as migrating from LearnDash. This video shows how to migrate from LearnDash but you can follow these steps and our documentation on how to migrate from LearnPress.

Prerequisites

You need to have the following plugins installed and activated to use the Tutor LMS Migration Tool for LearnDash Migration.

Tutor LMS (Version 3.6.0 or later)
LearnDash (Version 4.0 or later)
Tutor LMS – Migration Tool (Version 2.3.1 or later)

It is advisable that you update to the latest version of LearnDash before migrating to make the migration process run seamlessly.

Installing The Tutor LMS Migration Tool Plugin

Once you’ve installed and activated the prerequisite plugins, navigate to WP Admin > Plugins > Add New and search for Tutor LMS Migration Tool. Then, click on Install and Activate.

LearnDash Migration

After installing the Tutor LMS Migration tool, you will find all its available features in the Tools section of Tutor LMS. Go to WP Admin > TutorLMS > Tools > LearnDash Migration.

Here is where you’ll find all of the Migration Settings. Now before going any further, let us discuss what types of data you can expect to be transferred from LearnDash to Tutor LMS with the help of this tool:

Courses: LearnDash Courses and all that entailed will be transferred to Tutor LMS. This also includes Lessons, Quizzes, Assignments, etc.
Users: All Student and Instructor data will be transferred to Tutor LMS.
Sales Data: All Sales Data of your Courses will be transferred to Tutor LMS.
Order Data: All Order Data of your Courses will be transferred to Tutor LMS.
Course Enrollment Records: All Course Enrollment Records will be transferred to Tutor LMS
eCommerce Products: All eCommerce Products and related data will be transferred to Tutor LMS
Reviews: All Course Reviews and related info will be transferred to Tutor LMS.

Migrating eCommerce Data

As mentioned earlier, you can migrate all your eCommerce Data using this tool. But in order for this to work seamlessly, you’ll have to make sure that your eCommerce plugin is properly set up for Tutor LMS before you migrate.

All migrated eCommerce data will be sent to the eCommerce engine you are currently using. If you are using Native as your Tutor LMS eCommerce engine, the data will be migrated to Native. If you are using WooCommerce, the data will be migrated to WooCommerce.

For instance, if you’re using WooCommerce as your LearnDash eCommerce engine, make sure you follow the following steps for a seamless migration.

Install and Activate Tutor LMS
Install and Activate Tutor LMS Migration Tool
Install and activate WooCommerce
Set WooCommerce as the Monetization option in the Tutor LMS Settings
Run the migration

Only then will the eCommerce Products and Sales Data be transferred without issues. The same goes if you’re using Easy Digital Downloads instead.

Certificates Will Be Auto-Generated

Another notable aspect of the Tutor LMS Migration Tool is the fact that it will auto-generate Certificates for the respective students if you have Tutor LMS’ Certificate add-on enabled and set up before migrating!

Migrate Now

Next up, you’ll find the Migrate Now button which will start the Migration process. Once you click on this button, you’ll be able to see the real-time progress of the Migration. When the Migration is successfully completed, you should see a success message pop up!

Now, if you head over to WP Admin > Tutor LMS > Courses, you’ll be able to see all of the courses that were transferred. Similarly, you can check Enrollments, Reviews, etc.

Note: After migrating your courses to Tutor LMS, all existing LearnDash courses will be deleted.

Settings History

In the sidebar, you’ll find the Settings History which is basically a list of all your Exports and Imports generated automatically. This will only appear after the first such event is triggered and the list will contain the Date & Time of the event and its type i.e whether the settings were exported or imported.