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Excellent
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After 7 years of using Namaste, I decided to redesign the website (get rid of some old stuff and get in with new techniques and technology!) and looked for an alternative to Namaste. Not that I’m unhappy with it but just for the sake of it. Maybe there is something really good out there….
After 2 weeks of testing and trying I realised there is nothing that can beat Namaste LMS. Now that I have seen what the others offer, I really feel privilege and blessed that I took Namaste LMS on all those years ago.
Thanks for an effortless 7 years and I’m sure, for years to come!!
Please look after yourself and stay safe.
Rating: 5 stars
I found in the FREE NAMASTE LMS all the functionality that I needed – especially the fact that I could issue certificates, which none of the other LMS’s offer as part of their free version.
I Also had a slight understanding problem and reached out to support and they responded IMMEDIATELY (actually I thought that I would be lucky to get a reply at all)
To both Namaste and Bob from support – 5+ stars for allowing me to create a worthy cause
—- This is an initiative specifically established for those who would like to study various entry level courses and increase their basic qualifications to a slightly higher level to improve chances of finding a job and entering the labour market more easily. The main aim of the initiative is to fight poverty and lack of opportunity of the very lower income population around the world—
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Great effort that is worth 1000’s. We managed to create classes, lessons and registration/enrolment pages together with great-looking certificates in PDF in a couple of days. Simply unbelievable.
Great support too by the team; immediate responses and great care.
Keep up the good work!
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Always happy to when free plugins offer good support. Had a problem and opened a ticket, after communicated by email and they were able to help me solve the problem. Thanks guys!
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Having tried a dozen or more LMS options, I will say that Namaste is number 1! There are a few bugs that still need to be worked out with using the modules and linking WatuQuizes free version, but I haven′t found a better, or more user-friendly system.
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I like both Namaste and Watupro products in general. Tons of features.
However, as far as I know, neither product offers support for translation plugins.
This was a big issue for a large library/learning site I did, because they HAD to have support in Spanish as well as English. Although the Kiboko people were helpful and polite, I never got a resolution. I was using QTranslate at the time, but I noticed another review regarding this same issue.
If anyone has had success using translation plugins with Kiboko products like Namaste and Watupro, I’d love to hear about it.
I’m working on an international site and this is going to come up again.
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When I was initially looking to set up my own LMS about a year ago, I looked at Lamaste! LMS and promptly dismissed it because it did not at the time support the three-tier course/module/lesson structure I wanted and I was also concerned about using a shortcodes-based approach, as I am very much a visual creator, using Elementor exclusively.
Over a year later and I have worked my way through the premier LMS plugins available, swallowing all the commercial hype they can muster, only to find huge feature gaps in the functionality of even the most expensive plugs, or the need for additional expensive add-ons with large recurring licence costs just to do what should have existed in the core offering. The frustration of constantly fighting against fixed designs and conflicting plugins forced me to eventually abandon developing my own LMS.
Now wiser and more experienced in building an LMS, the impact of COVID-19 has forced me to reconsider my own LMS needs once again and I returned to Namaste! to become reacquainted.
Its overly simple appearance disguises an LMS of real power and flexibility. It now has the three-tier structure I wanted and a host of other features I perhaps had not properly appreciated first time around. I surprised myself by being able to build, in just four weeks, the LMS I struggled with for many months previously with other plugins. The few feature gaps I had were quickly filled by adding the inexpensive (one-time payment!) Pro version and Namaste! Reports. I opted for the bundle price to include Namaste! Connect (although I’ve yet to use it) and the Namaste! Theme, although quickly rejected the theme once I had a look and went back to my own design as it did not give me the flexibility I wanted.
As to support, I have used it little so far but have been impressed. I raised a query about a plugin I needed and received a reply two days later – along with the new plugin! Ok, it was perhaps not that complex a request but the fact that I was listened to and received a positive response so quickly speaks volumes for the owner / developer, especially considering this was when I still had only the free version.
It is not perfect. The three-tier course/module/lesson structure is not yet fully integrated and there are still some gaps in features. The fixed designs of some of the shortcode-generated tables sorely need some attention and there is almost no control over Namaste-generated user messages or display labels. That being said, these are mainly cosmetic and don’t detract from the overall quality of the plugin. I have had no technical reliability issues (apart from one small error message on a shortcode that perhaps should not be used outside of secured pages) and I have had no plugin conflicts. The shortcodes work perfectly for me in Elementor, displaying results even in edit-mode. I have also added additional custom post fields using the ACF plugin and these have displayed and worked perfectly within Lamaste! posts.
Conclusion: Lamaste! is not for everybody. To get the best from it you have to be comfortable building your own templates-based LMS. You could of course buy their theme and that would work for some, but being able to get it to work with any theme or set of templates is where it really shines and there is some reasonably good support documentation. My advice: take your time getting to know how it all hangs together. Study the documentation, play with the shortcodes on pages and posts, test everything and, when you’re comfortable, clear it down and then formally start building your site. Properly design your site structure and relationships on paper before you get too heavily into it: it’s a lot easier to get it right before you start than it is to roll back because you haven’t thought it through fully.
Namaste! includes a PayPal payments method but I have yet to build a proper membership layer and payments gateway, being undecided about how I want to do this. I have my favourite membership plugins used for other purposes so I might see how they work, but I will also give Konnichiwa a try as it seems to be more closely tied to Lamaste!
These opinions are my own, based on my experience. Yours may be different but it’s a free plugin so definitely worth taking the time to properly explore. But, as with all plugins, they’re just tools. They cannot compensate for poor planning or deign so put the time in to making it work best for you.
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I was looking for a solution that would offer me to manage assignments and exams for courses I give. While giving online trainings with a chat and video app in real live, I needed an application to manage assignments that the students need to take after each lesson. Also in combination with WATU PRO I’m able to add exams for my students to take and proof their learning.
I find it sometimes a bit complicated and not very well structured on how to setup things and make it work as I like to have it work. However, as more as I use the LMS and WATU I’m getting better ans used to know what needs to be done.
Over all it is a great and the most affordable LMS I found for WordPress.
The support BTW is very helpfull and reacting very fast.
Many thanks for offering this great products – keep it coming….
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This plugin is according to my needs. thanks
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Simple and it just works. So pleased, I got the PRO version.
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It has all the features I needed.
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but the pro version is full featured, does everything I need, and it didn’t break the bank either.
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What a great plugin. I am in no way affiliated with the makers of this plugin, I am based in South Africa, and honestly, this plugin has EVERYTHING you require for an LMS system. It’s fairly straightforward to get the basic system up and running with courses, lessons, exams (using WATU which integrates seamlessly) and then Graduation/Certificates.
Everything is handled from dependencies, assignment uploads and subsequent teacher reviews and feedback until the assignment is a pass standard.
Thanks guys. I have used the free and then the paid version in my most recent project, both giving complete bang for your buck. The free version out the box is everything you need for the basic system.
Final comment, be sure to use the Woocommerce bridge plugin (which you can find download link in documentation or google) to link courses to woocommerce plugins for paid courses.
Cheers. 10/10
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Choosing this LMS has been one of our smartest moves as a company! Not only does the software work better than most of the big boys, like Sensie, but the prompt responses to our support requests solidified this business relationship.
Thanks Namaste team!
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Very nice work; it does exactly what is documented. Would like to see a the ability to assign a Quiz to a COURSE, not to any specific lesson.
Keep up the good work!
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Thank you very much for your eccellent work !
Sincerely
Jackie LAIGLE
Rating: 5 stars
I tested several lms for wordpress. Namaste is the one I decided to keep using because is simple and very efficient. I can rely on basic but strong functions and if I need to improve the tool I can easily develop pieces of code.
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I was about to create a custom learning experience from scratch before I discovered Namaste! LMS.
It is very easy to use–courses are basically sequences of wordpress pages that can be accessed from the user’s wordpress profile. It works well with WATU quizes, and you can add your own javascript code to make lessons interactive.
Rating: 5 stars
For now, I’ve created the course, and everything seems smooth.
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Just upgraded to Pro version and it’s worth every penny. We are doing online video training and this LMS is superb!
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Very good for simple or more advanced use, good instructions in the plugin pages.
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Very pleased with Namaste LMS Plugin and most important the people who made this possible. As I was going through the settings process I was having questions, and they were for me all the way. Great customer support, that shows the care and respect for their customers. The Namaste LMS Plugin has a tremendous amount of features that make it a very valuable plugin.
Thank you for the good work and keep it up!
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Hello your plugin accept tincan xapi ?
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Does the trick thanks.
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I love this plugin! I tries several LMS plugins and have defiantly found this to be the most flexible. It allows me to do exactly what I want to do. Will defiantly be upgrading to pro when it is in the budget.
I used this plugin to make a company safety training portal, has solved quite a few documentation headaches. I will be porting it over to my hobby site as soon as time allows.
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Very easy to use and powerfull!
Congratulations to the developers!
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It may be a good plugin, but IT’S NOT OPEN SOURCE, if it’s paid it’s not open source as you state on your website (pricing page)… if you wanna sell it, fine, it is your work, but do not mislead people and use ‘special terms’ just to make it look cool…
Definition of Open Source: denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.
Updated, I changed my review, perhaps not the place to discuss it and Jan has a point.
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The first time I am using it and I have excellent user experience with the free version of it.
Will recommend this to my future potential customers and will deal with you more for sure.
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Great plugin! Thank you!
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