Run the setup wizard
Choose a content or membership profile in the Easy Setup Wizard to configure access control and billing for courses.
Sell online courses with subscription access
Drip modules over weeks, gate lessons by tier, and let students manage their own plans — ArraySubs handles billing and access without a heavy LMS.
- Drip modules over time
- Tiered lesson access
- Student self-service portal
No credit card required
Subscription-based courses need three things a plain cart can't give you: scheduled content release, tiered access, and a student portal for lifetime management. ArraySubs supplies the billing and access layer so you don't need a heavy LMS for a straightforward course. Drip modules by days-since-enrollment with Content Dripping so learners can't binge ahead, build Free, Basic, and Premium tiers as variable Subscription Products, gate advanced lessons and Restricted Downloads by plan with Member Access, let students upgrade or downgrade themselves with Plan Switching, and use the Retention Flow Builder to save students who try to cancel mid-course. Pair it with your page builder's lesson layouts — gated by Elementor Container or Gutenberg Block Restriction — for a complete course membership.
What you get
- Control pacing with dripped modules — no rushing, no giving everything away at signup.
- Monetize free, basic, and premium tiers with automatic per-tier access.
- Reduce drop-off by pausing or downgrading struggling students.
- Track trial conversions, churn, and ARPU per course.
- Skip extra LMS costs for basic courses — WooCommerce plus ArraySubs handles billing and access.
- DripScheduled modules
- 3-tierFree / Basic / Premium
- ARPU& churn tracked
- FreeCore, forever
Who it's for
Built for Online Courses
If your business looks like one of these, ArraySubs fits.
Independent course creators
Sell a flagship course as a subscription with dripped modules and a community tier.
Cohort & coaching programs
Run time-released curricula with Plan Switching upgrades to group or 1:1 coaching.
Tutoring & test prep
Gate practice sets and lessons by plan and track conversion from free to paid in Analytics.
Certification & CE providers
Offer annual access tiers with Fixed-Date or renewing enrollment.
How it works
How ArraySubs powers Online Courses
The challenges this business model hits — and how ArraySubs solves each one.
You release modules over time but can't enforce it.
Content Dripping schedules lessons by days-since-purchase or fixed dates, pacing your curriculum without code.
Free and paid tiers need different access.
Variable Subscription Products create Free, Basic, and Premium tiers; Member Access unlocks advanced modules, CPT lessons, and Restricted Downloads by plan.
Students want to upgrade mid-course.
Plan Switching upgrades with automatic proration, or downgrades to a cheaper tier to keep them enrolled.
Payment failures drop students without warning.
A 2-Phase Grace Period keeps access active while retrying; Pro can Auto-Downgrade on Failure to a free tier instead of cancelling.
You don't know which content retains students.
Analytics show trial conversion, churn, and drop-off by plan so you can improve pacing and packaging.
You want a free intro that converts to paid.
Offer a Free Trial or free tier that unlocks the first module, use Partial Content Restriction to tease locked lessons, then gate the rest behind a paid plan with one-click upgrade.
Set up
Launch in 5 steps
From install to a live, billing subscription — no developer required.
Create course tiers
Build Free/Basic/Premium as variable Subscription Products with trials and prices.
Drip your modules
Schedule lessons by days-since-purchase with Content Dripping so the curriculum unlocks on your cadence.
Gate advanced lessons
Restrict premium modules and Restricted Downloads by plan with Member Access rules.
Enable portal & analytics
Let students manage plans in the Customer Portal and track trial conversion, churn, and ARPU in Analytics.
Playbooks
Example setups you can build
Proven configurations to copy as a starting point.
Dripped flagship course
A monthly plan that releases one module per week with Content Dripping, a free first lesson, and an annual discount.
Freemium-to-premium ladder
A free tier with intro lessons, a Basic tier for the full course, and a Premium tier with coaching, connected by Plan Switching.
Cohort program with upgrades
A Fixed-Date enrollment with a mid-course upgrade to a 1:1 tier via Plan Switching.
Built with
Features that power this use case
The ArraySubs modules behind it.
Free
Content Dripping
Release posts, lessons, downloads, or protected sections over time based on subscription timing and access rules.
Free + Pro
Member Access
Control who can see, download, and purchase content using flexible rules tied to subscriptions and roles.
Free + Pro
Subscription Products
Create and manage simple or variable subscription products with trials, signup fees, plan logic, and lifecycle behavior.
Free
Restricted Downloads
Provision gated downloadable files to qualifying members through My Account Downloads with rules and optional drip schedules.
Free + Pro
Gutenberg Block Restriction
Protect nested WordPress blocks with a Restricted Content block and sidebar rules for members or logged-in users.
Free + Pro
Customer Portal
Subscriber self-service inside WooCommerce My Account for viewing, cancelling, pausing, switching, and paying subscriptions.
Free + Pro
Plan Switching
Let customers upgrade, downgrade, or crossgrade between eligible subscription products with schedule-aware changes.
Free + Pro
3 Proration Methods for Plan Switch
Control upgrade, downgrade, and crossgrade billing with three proration methods for plan changes.
Free
Free Trials
Offer trial periods before billing starts, collect payment details when needed, and convert trials into renewal schedules.
Free
Lifetime Deals
Sell one-time lifetime access through subscription product setup without recurring renewal invoices.
Free + Pro
Profile Builder
Collect custom profile data, manage avatars, rearrange My Account navigation, and add custom endpoint pages.
Free + Pro
Analytics
Track subscription revenue, growth, churn, retention, and customer behavior across reports and WooCommerce Analytics.
FAQ
Online Courses questions, answered
Not for basic courses — ArraySubs handles billing, access, and Content Dripping. For quizzes, certificates, or progress tracking, pair it with a lightweight LMS or your page builder's course features.
Yes. The Customer Portal shows their active subscription and tier, and Shortcodes can display course-specific details inline.
Use a Lifetime Deal or Fixed-Date membership product for one-time access, or variable subscriptions with yearly cycles for subscription-based access.
Yes. ArraySubs controls billing and entitlements; you can layer an LMS on top for quizzes and certificates while ArraySubs keeps managing access.
Content Dripping is relative to each student's enrollment date, so everyone progresses through modules on the same schedule no matter when they joined.
Yes. Offer an annual variation at a lower effective price; students switch between monthly and annual with proration.
Paid Pro plans
Unlock the complete Pro stack
Start on the free-forever core today, then choose a paid Pro plan when you need the advanced Pro feature set.
No credit card required · Annual and lifetime options available