About Masteriyo
We’re building the LMS plugin WordPress always needed
Started in 2020 to fix a frustrating WordPress LMS landscape. Now serving 4,000+ creators with the same conviction — and we’re just getting started.
Our Story
How Masteriyo was born
The Covid-19 pandemic changed how education worked, pushing schools, colleges, and instructors to adopt online learning tools. This led to a surge in demand for LMS platforms, and WordPress — known for easy website building — became a popular choice thanks to its LMS plugins. At the time, only a few free LMS options were available, creating a gap for budget-friendly solutions. This gave rise to new free LMS plugins, Masteriyo being one of them.
But Masteriyo aimed to go further. Most LMS plugins relied on WordPress’s default post system, making course creation a repetitive and frustrating process. Masteriyo changed that with a ReactJS-based LMS using SPA (Single Page Application) technology — letting instructors create courses, lessons, and quizzes from a single interface without page reloads. The result: faster, smoother course building.
That’s how Masteriyo began — and we’ve been growing ever since. We’re committed to improving and giving more back to the WordPress community. Thanks for being part of the journey.
Built By
A new chapter, with the same conviction.
Masteriyo started under ThemeGrill in 2020. In 2025 it joined Themeisle to scale faster — same product, deeper resources, sharper focus.
ThemeGrill
Masteriyo was started in 2020 by ThemeGrill with a single mission: simplify online course creation in WordPress and make selling courses on your own site as easy as publishing a blog post.
Themeisle
Masteriyo has partnered with Themeisle to take this mission even further. All operations now run under Themeisle — ensuring better execution, smoother development, and faster growth for the WordPress community.
Masteriyo in Numbers
Small numbers. Big momentum.
4,000+
Active creators
Running paid courses on their own WordPress sites with Masteriyo.
4.8/5
WordPress.org rating
From hundreds of verified five-star reviews on the official plugin directory.
Since 2020
Building in WordPress
Five years of focused work on a creator-first LMS — and just getting started.
Start building with Masteriyo today.
Create and sell online courses on your own WordPress site — easily, affordably, on your own terms.