Built for the journey
Designed around how students learn and stay, not just gating a page.
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№ 01 · EDUCATION & COURSESSYDNEY · AUSTIN · DHAKASTUDIO ACTIVE · BRIEFS OPEN
Education & Course Web Design
Course sites that get finished, and get renewed.
Custom WordPress LMS and education sites for schools, course creators and training businesses. Gated content, enrolment, recurring payments and a student journey built to actually be completed — on LearnDash or Tutor LMS, owned by you.
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Education, Done Right
Built for students who actually finish.
- ✓Gated content & member areas
- ✓LearnDash or Tutor LMS done right
- ✓Enrolment & recurring payments
- ✓You own the platform — no lock-in
200+Sites builtCustom WordPress builds since 2019.
90+Avg PageSpeedHand-tuned on every project.
6+Years in businessWordPress, and only WordPress.
25Countries servedSydney and Austin to Dhaka and beyond.
No. 02 — Why It's Different
Why education needs a specialist build.
A course sells twice only if the first cohort actually finishes it.
Most education sites are a plugin switched on and left to fend for itself — a confusing dashboard, a course flow that loses people by lesson two, slow video pages, and no sense of progress. Students enrol, get lost, and quietly drift away. And a course nobody completes doesn't earn referrals, testimonials or renewals.
We design around the student's journey: a clean dashboard that makes the next step obvious, gated and dripped content that keeps people moving, enrolment and recurring payments that just work, and progress tracking and certificates that give students a reason to finish. Built on LearnDash or Tutor LMS, tuned for speed, and fully owned by you.
No. 03 — The Reality
What churn really costs you.
01
A course nobody finishes doesn't sell twice.
02
Retention lives and dies on the dashboard.
03
A confused student is an unenrolled one.
No. 04 — What We Build
What we build for education.
Nine parts, engineered around students who enrol, finish and come back.
01
Learning Strategy
Structure and tiers planned around completion and retention.
02
Course Architecture
Modules and lessons sequenced so people actually finish.
03
LMS Setup
LearnDash or Tutor LMS configured properly, not just switched on.
04
Enrolment & Payments
Sign-up and recurring billing that works at scale.
05
Gated & Drip Content
Access controlled and released to keep students engaged.
06
Student Dashboard
A clean home base that makes the next step obvious.
07
Progress & Certificates
Tracking and rewards that give a reason to return.
08
Speed Optimisation
Fast lesson and video pages that don't frustrate.
09
Retention Analytics
Insight into where students drop off so you can fix it.
No. 05 — Every Build Includes
What's included in every LMS build.
No surprise line items. Every build ships ready to enrol your first student.
✓Custom LMS / education build
✓Course & lesson structure
✓Student dashboard
✓Enrolment & payment setup
✓Drip & gated content
✓Progress tracking & certificates
✓Core Web Vitals optimisation
✓30-day post-launch support
No. 06 — Why Students Drift
Why students drift away.
Completion leaks in the same predictable places. Close these and students stay.
01 · Dashboard
A clunky dashboard
If students can't find the next lesson in seconds, they stop looking.
02 · Flow
A confusing course flow
A course that loses people by lesson two never gets finished.
03 · Speed
Slow video pages
Buffering turns a paid experience into a frustrating one.
04 · Progress
No sense of progress
Without milestones, motivation fades and enrolments lapse.
No. 07 — Custom vs Plugin
A custom LMS vs a plugin slapped on.
Handles scale and payments
Enrolment and growing cohorts that don't break the site.
↗Editable and yours
Add courses and students yourself — your platform, your income.
↗No. 08 — The Stakes
Retention lives on the first login.
A student who doesn't finish lesson one rarely comes back for module two.
That first session decides everything. If a new student logs in and feels lost — a cluttered dashboard, an unclear next step, a slow video — the doubt creeps in and the drift begins. Completion isn't a marketing problem you fix later; it's built into the experience from the first click. Get the journey right and students finish, renew and refer. Get it wrong and no amount of new sign-ups fills a leaking bucket.
Ask Yourself
If a new student logged in today, would they finish lesson one — or never return?
No. 09 — How We Work
How we build your course site.
Six stages from structure to a platform that scales.
01
Discovery & Structure
We map your content, tiers and how students should progress.
Week 102
LMS Blueprint
Platform, dashboard and payment flow planned and quoted.
Week 1–203
Design & Build
Custom student area, courses and dashboard, hand-built.
Week 2–504
Payments & Content
Enrolment, drip and gating configured and loaded.
Week 5–605
Launch & Test
Go-live with real test enrolments before students arrive.
Launch06
Support & Scale
30 days of fixes, then support as you add courses.
OngoingNo. 10 — Words to Build By
Education truths worth remembering.
01
A course nobody finishes doesn't sell twice.
02
Retention lives and dies on the dashboard.
03
Gate the content, not the experience.
04
A confused student is an unenrolled one.
05
Drip keeps them; dumping everything loses them.
06
Own your platform, or rent your income.
No. 11 — What We Do
Services we bring to education.
Whatever your education business needs, these are the builds we bring to it.
01 · Design
Custom Website Design
Brand-aligned WordPress sites built from a blank canvas.
Explore →02 · RebuildWebsite Redesign
Outdated site reborn — SEO equity preserved, UX rebuilt.
Explore →03 · CommerceWooCommerce & E-Commerce
Custom stores architected around the buying flow.
Explore →04 · ConvertLanding Page Design
High-converting single pages tuned for ad spend.
Explore →05 · SpeedSpeed & SEO Rebuilds
Schema, speed and structure re-architected in one pass.
Explore →06 · MembersMembership & Course Sites
Gated content, member areas and LMS integration.
Explore →07 · CareCare & Maintenance
Managed hosting, security, updates and edits.
Explore →No. 12 — Picture This
How to think about your course site.
A campus, not a filing cabinet
Students pay for a guided experience, not a folder of videos to get lost in.
↗The dashboard is the front desk
A good front desk points you to what's next; a bad one leaves you wandering.
↗Drip is a trail of breadcrumbs
Releasing content over time gives students a reason to keep coming back.
↗No. 13 — The Payoff
The results a great LMS delivers.
90+
PageSpeed
2.5×
Retention lift
<2s
Load time
100%
Recurring-ready
Figures are representative and vary by project, industry and starting point.
No. 14 — Client Voices · 4.9★
What our clients say.
★★★★★
Our old site made a serious firm look like a side hustle. The custom build changed how prospects treat us — enquiries are up 40% and they arrive already trusting us.
RH
Rebecca Hall
Principal · Advisory Firm · Sydney
★★★★★
Finally a site that looks like us and not a template. It loads instantly, ranks, and I can edit it myself. Worth every cent.
MC
Marcus Cole
Owner · Retail Brand · Austin
★★★★★
They took us from a scrappy startup site to something that punches above its weight. We closed our first enterprise deal a month after launch.
AK
Ayaan Karim
Co-founder · SaaS Startup · Dhaka
No. 15 — Why Us
Why businesses choose WordPress Baba.
WordPress specialists, not generalists
We do one platform, deeply. Six years of WordPress and nothing but.
↗No lock-in, you own everything
Your code, content and hosting. Walk away any time — it's all yours.
↗Speed & SEO baked in
Green Core Web Vitals and clean schema on every build, never an upsell.
↗Direct access to your developer
No account-manager telephone game. You talk to who builds it.
↗Transparent, fixed pricing
One quote, agreed before we start. No hourly meter, no surprises.
↗Post-launch care
30 days of free fixes, then Care plans from $200/mo. We don't ghost you.
↗No. 16 — More Industries
Other industries we build for.
Education is one of six worlds we build for. Here are the others.
01 · Commerce
E-Commerce & Retail
Stores and DTC brands with a shopfront as sharp as the product.
View →02 · LocalLocal Services
Trades, removalists and clinics built to rank locally and convert.
View →03 · ProProfessional Services
Law, accounting and consulting — premium positioning.
View →04 · HealthHealth & Wellness
Clinics, supplements and fitness brands built for trust.
View →05 · StartupsTech & Startups
SaaS and launch sites that make a young company look real.
View →No. 17 — Where We Work
Three home bases, one standard.
A studio spread across three timezones — so wherever your brief lands, someone's awake to build it.
Sydney
Our Australian base for local trades, retail and professional firms who want to look the part and rank at home.
AU · NZAustin
Our North American hub for startups, SaaS and DTC brands who need a site that moves as fast as they do.
USA · CanadaDhaka
Our engineering heart, where the builds get made — deep WordPress craft behind every launch.
UK · IE · GlobalServing clients in 25 countries — async-friendly, English-first, timezones no worries.
No. 18 — FAQs
Education & course FAQs.
Straight answers, no sales fog.
How much does a course website cost?
Custom LMS builds start from around AUD $5,500 depending on features and course volume. One fixed price, agreed up front.
LearnDash or Tutor LMS — which do you use?
Both — we recommend the right one for your needs. LearnDash for deep course features, Tutor for a lighter, cost-effective setup.
Can you set up recurring enrolment payments?
Yes — subscriptions and recurring billing through Stripe, PayPal or your preferred gateway.
Can you migrate my existing course?
Yes — we move content, students and progress data across and preserve access for existing learners.
How long does it take?
Most course sites launch in 5–8 weeks depending on the number of courses and features.
Can I add new courses myself?
Absolutely — built on LearnDash or Tutor with training, so adding courses and lessons is straightforward.
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