How to Create a Sub-Lesson Hierarchy in LifterLMS

To help you organize your content, it’s helpful to understand the standard LifterLMS structure.

LifterLMS courses follow a strict hierarchy where lessons reside directly within a course. You cannot place a lesson inside another lesson.

If you need to display a hierarchical structure for your content, you can use one of the following two workarounds:

You can use a naming convention for your lesson titles to show a hierarchy to your students.

1. Go to Courses in your WordPress dashboard.
2. Click the Builder button for the course you want to edit
3. Click on the lesson you want to rename.
4. Update the “Lesson Title” field.
5. Use a numbered system, such as naming the parent “Lesson 1” and the child lessons “Lesson 1.1” and “Lesson 1.2”.
6. Click Update to save your changes.

This clearly indicates to the student which lessons belong together in a specific module or sub-group.

If you want to keep a large amount of content within one single lesson but break it up into smaller, manageable sections, you can use the WordPress block editor.

1. Go to Courses > Lessons in your WordPress dashboard
2. Select the lesson you want to edit.
3. Click on the lesson where you want to add sub-sections.

4. Click the + icon to add a new block.
5. Search for and select the “Page Break” block.
6. Place this block wherever you want to divide your content.
7. Click Update to save your lesson.

When a student views this lesson, LifterLMS will automatically create a paginated view, allowing the student to navigate through different sub-pages within that single lesson.