### About the Author: Chris Badgett

Chris Badgett is the founder and CEO of LifterLMS, a learning management system for WordPress. He is an expert in the [best WordPress LMS plugins](/content/blog/best-wordpress-lms-plugins/index.html). Chris helps education entrepreneurs create, launch, and scale high-value online courses and training-based membership websites. He believes in democratizing education in the digital classroom and contributing as much as possible to the open-source WordPress community.

Discover how to quickly build a cohort based online course that includes live virtual training with a simple WordPress website and the world’s most customizable LMS plugin, LifterLMS … and a few other choice tools.

SOFTWARE TOOLS MENTIONED IN VIDEO:

- [LifterLMS](/content/free/index.html)(FREE DOWNLOAD)
- [LifterLMS Stripe Plugin](/content/product/stripe-extension/index.html)
- [Kadence Theme](https://lifterlikes.com/kadence)
- [Events Calendar Plugin](https://lifterlikes.com/eventscalendar)