Simple Course Creator
Organize WordPress posts into courses and display a course listing within each post.
5(1 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated TodayAs of April 2026, Simple Course Creator is a WordPress posts plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes….
5/51 reviews
10active installs
6.2K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Simple Course Creator lets you group WordPress posts into courses using a custom taxonomy, then automatically displays a linked list of all posts in the same course within each post’s content.
Features
- Create unlimited courses from the Posts menu — just like categories and tags
- Assign posts to a course from the edit post screen or the manage posts screen
- Display the course listing above content, below, or both
- Choose between numbered list, bullet list, or no list indicator
- Sort the listing by date, title, author, last modified, comment count, or random
- Style the current post in the listing as bold, italic, or strikethrough
- Optionally collapse the listing behind a toggle link (JavaScript)
Post Meta
Show author and publish date beneath each item in the course listing. Both are enabl…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.0
- Consolidated: SCC Customizer, SCC Front Display, and SCC Post Meta are now built into this plugin
- Added: Post Meta settings (show/hide author and date) on the settings page
- Added: Front Display toggle on the settings page
- Added: Unified Customizer section — all settings stored in a single scc_customizer option, independent of the active theme
- Added: Upgrade routine to migrate all settings from the former add-on plugins
…and 11 more changes
Contributors
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