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Education & Course Web Design

Course sites that turn browsers into enrolled students.

Custom WordPress builds for schools, academies and course creators — the funnel and the classroom in one platform. Sales pages that enrol, an LMS wired in properly, and a student experience smooth enough that people actually finish.

Education, Done Right

Built to enrol — and built to finish.

  • Course sales pages that convert
  • LMS & payments wired in properly
  • A student portal that feels premium
  • You own the platform — no lock-in
200+Sites launchedCustom WordPress builds shipped since 2022.
96/100Avg PageSpeedHand-tuned on every project we ship.
4+Years in businessBuilding WordPress, and only WordPress, since 2022.
25Countries servedServing clients in 25 countries.

No. 01 — Why It's Different

Why course creators need a specialist build.

A course site has two jobs: sell the seat, then make learning feel effortless. Most fail at one or both.

The usual story is a beautiful sales page bolted to a clunky portal — or a solid LMS behind a page that couldn't sell water in a desert. Enrolments leak at a slow checkout, and completions leak in a maze-like student area where every login problem is a refund request warming up.

We build the funnel and the classroom as one system: enrolment pages engineered around the transformation you sell, payments and subscriptions that take two taps, and an LMS experience — drip, progress, certificates — clean enough that students finish and recommend. On a platform you own outright, with no per-student ransom.

No. 02 — The Reality

What's really riding on your course platform.

01

Confused visitors don't enrol — they bookmark and vanish.

02

Course refunds start with a clunky first lesson.

03

Your sales page is your best admissions officer.

No. 03 — What We Build

What we build for education.

Nine parts, engineered so students enrol smoothly and finish what they start.

01

Course Architecture

Curriculum, modules and access mapped before a pixel moves.

02

Sales & Enrolment Pages

Pages that sell the transformation, not the syllabus.

03

LMS Integration

LearnDash and friends configured properly, not just installed.

04

Payments & Subscriptions

One-off, plans and bundles that take two taps.

05

Student Portal UX

A clean, premium learning space students want to return to.

06

Speed Optimisation

Lesson pages that never buffer — scores 90+.

07

Drip & Certificates

Scheduled content and completion rewards wired in.

08

Email & CRM Hooks

Enrolments flow straight into your list and automations.

09

Progress Analytics

See where students thrive — and where they stall.

No. 04 — Every Build Includes

What's included in every course build.

No surprise line items. Every course site ships ready to enrol students on day one.

WordPress BabaStatement of inclusions Ref · Every course build
Items · 08
ItemCost to you
  • 01Custom course-site designIncluded
  • 02Sales & enrolment page templatesIncluded
  • 03LMS setup & configurationIncluded
  • 04Payment & subscription flowsIncluded
  • 05Student portal & dashboardsIncluded
  • 06Core Web Vitals optimisationIncluded
  • 07Course schema & SEOIncluded
  • 0830-day post-launch supportIncluded
Added to your invoiceAll eight items · every course build $0

Fixed price agreed before work starts

No. 05 — What Kills Enrolments

What kills enrolments.

Course sites lose the same students in the same ways. Fix these and the cohort fills.

01 · Clarity

A vague promise

If the outcome isn't obvious in seconds, the card stays in the pocket.

02 · Checkout

Enrolment friction

Every extra step between "I'm in" and "paid" loses students.

03 · Portal

A confusing portal

Lost students become refunds — and one-star reviews.

04 · Speed

Slow lesson pages

Buffering kills momentum, and momentum is completion.

No. 06 — Custom vs Templated

A purpose-built academy vs a bolted-on one.

CompareFeaturesRecommendedCustom AcademyOff-the-shelfLMS ThemeHosted SaaSTeachable / Kajabi
Built aroundYour enrolment funnelA demo course structureThe platform's template
Sales page controlDesigned to sell the outcomeGeneric course layoutLimited blocks only
Lesson page speed90+ typical, hand-tunedPlugin stack slows itCapped by the platform
Student portal UXBuilt for completionWhatever the theme ships Locked layout
Course schema & SEOBuilt in, not bolted onPlugin retro-fitBasic only
Per-student feesNoneNoneTier caps & revenue share
You own the platformContent and student list with licences Platform-locked
Ongoing costHosting only, Care optionalAnnual theme + plugin renewalsMonthly, rising with students
New courses & cohortsAdd without replatformingStrains past a few courses at higher tiers

Swipe to compare →

No. 07 — The Stakes

The gap where your tuition leaks.

Every abandoned enrolment is tuition you'd almost earned.

You pay for the audience — the content, the ads, the launch emails — and then a slow checkout or a confusing first login quietly refunds students you'd already won. That's not a marketing problem; it's a platform problem, and it's fixable. A site built for enrolment and retention keeps the students you're already attracting.

Ask Yourself

If a ready student hit enrol right now, would they be learning in two minutes — or stuck at a login screen?

No. 08 — How We Work

How we build your course platform.

Six stages from curriculum to first enrolment, with test students before launch.

01

Discovery & Curriculum Map

We learn the course, the student and the transformation sold.

Week 1
02

Funnel & LMS Blueprint

Enrolment flow, access rules and pricing planned and quoted.

Week 1–2
03

Design & Build

Sales pages and portal, hand-built around the student.

Week 2–3
04

LMS, Payments & Drip

Courses loaded, payments tested, drip and certificates wired.

Week 3–4
05

Launch & Test Enrolments

Go-live with real test students walking the whole journey.

Launch
06

Support & Scale

30 days of free fixes, then care as cohorts grow.

Ongoing

No. 09 — Words to Build By

Course-creator truths worth remembering.

01

The first lesson sells the second.

02

A confused student never blames themselves — they blame the platform.

03

Completion is the best marketing a course has.

04

Sell the transformation, not the syllabus.

05

Every login problem is a refund request warming up.

06

Your portal is your campus — keep it beautiful.

No. 11 — Picture This

How to think about your course platform.

On campusThe open day On your siteSales page
01 / Picture this

One job: make the right students certain

An open day doesn't sell to everyone. It convinces the people it's actually for — and filters out the rest.

On campusThe corridors On your siteStudent portal
02 / Picture this

They judge the course by the corridors

Students form an opinion of the whole programme from the space they move through every day, not just the classes.

On campusThe timetable On your siteDrip content
03 / Picture this

Structure keeps students moving

Nobody finishes a course they can binge or abandon at will. A schedule creates the momentum that completion depends on.

No. 12 — The Payoff

The results a great course site delivers.

96+
PageSpeed
2.5×
Enrolment lift
<2s
Load time
100%
Student-ready

Figures are representative and vary by project, industry and starting point.

No. 13 — 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 · Singapore

No. 14 — Why Us

Why businesses choose WordPress Baba.

01 / Focus

WordPress specialists, not generalists

We do one platform, deeply. Four years of WordPress and nothing but.

02 / Ownership

No lock-in, you own everything

Your code, content and hosting. Walk away any time — it's all yours.

03 / Speed

Speed & SEO baked in

Green Core Web Vitals and clean schema on every build, never an upsell.

04 / Access

Direct access to your developer

No account-manager telephone game. You talk to who builds it.

05 / Pricing

Transparent, fixed pricing

One quote, agreed before we start. No hourly meter, no surprises.

06 / Care

Post-launch care

30 days of free fixes, then an affordable monthly Care plan. We don't ghost you.

No. 16 — FAQs

Education & courses FAQs.

Straight answers, no sales fog.

Which LMS do you build on?
LearnDash is our usual pick for WordPress — powerful and fully owned by you — but we work with the major LMS and membership plugins and will recommend the right fit.
Can you migrate from Teachable or Kajabi?
Yes — courses, students and content move over to a platform you own, with redirects handled so nothing breaks mid-cohort.
Can I sell subscriptions, bundles and payment plans?
All of the above — one-off, recurring, tiered access and bundles, configured and test-purchased before launch.
How long does a course site take?
Most course platforms launch in 3–4 weeks depending on catalogue size and integrations. Timeline locked in the brief.
Will students be able to learn on mobile?
Yes — the portal is built mobile-first, because most "one quick lesson" moments happen on a phone.
How do we get started?
Message us on WhatsApp or request a free quote with your course, audience and current setup if you have one. We reply within 24 hours with a fixed scope, timeline and price — no discovery-call runaround.