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SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard

Build a community right inside WordPress. Discussion spaces, courses, member profiles, and a beautiful dashboard — no coding needed.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.12.4
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.6 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update27 Oct 20266d ago
Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.3 / 5 from 23 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard version 1.12.4 as active, updated 6d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

SureDash turns your WordPress site into a full community platform.

No need to send your members to another app. No monthly per-member fees. Everything lives on your site, under your brand, with your data.

Set it up in minutes. Create spaces for discussions, courses, resources, and events. Your members get a clean dashboard, their own profiles, and real-time notifications — all without leaving your website.

Try the live demo — no signup required.

Why SureDash?

Most community tools make you choose: pay monthly fees to a third-party platform, or spend weeks building something custom.

SureDash gives you a third option — a ready-to-go community platform built right into WordPress. You keep full ownership of your content, your members, and your brand.

What You Can Build

Discussion Spaces — Give your members a place to talk, ask questions, and share ideas. Threaded replies, rich text, reactions, bookmarks, and GIF support included.

Online Courses — Build structured courses with sections, lessons, and progress tracking. Members pick up where they left off.

Member Dashboard — A clean, branded home base for your members. They see their spaces, activity, and notifications in one place.

Resource Libraries — Share files, guides, links, and downloads in organized collections.

Events — Schedule and display upcoming events, webinars, and meetups.

User Profiles — Each member gets a profile with a bio, social links, activity history, and badges.

Free Features

  • Beautiful member dashboard with light and dark mode
  • Multiple portal layouts — Classic, Modern, and Application to match your community style
  • Custom login and registration pages (with Google and Facebook sign-in)
  • Discussion forums with threaded comments and reactions
  • Modern commenting system with rich text, mentions, and reactions
  • Multiple spaces to organize your community
  • User profiles with social links and activity feeds
  • Badges to reward active members
  • Real-time notifications
  • Giphy integration
  • List and grid view layouts
  • Sorting and filtering options
  • Visual customizer — match your brand colors and style
  • Built-in analytics — track registered users over time, recent activities, and top-performing content
  • Mobile-friendly responsive design
  • Works with any WordPress theme
  • One-click AI portal creation: describe your community and let AI build the portal, or start from a ready-made preset
  • AI assistant support through the WordPress Abilities API and MCP, so assistants can create spaces, publish content, and read your analytics
  • WP-CLI command to switch the AI abilities on ( wp suredash abilities enable )
  • Portal Pages space type: show profile, bookmarks, leaderboard, and membership pages as spaces
  • Space Sidebar for quick access to the sections inside a space
  • Portal Layout template, so your regular pages and posts match the portal
  • Community search with results grouped by type
  • Custom URL slugs for portal endpoints
  • Unread post counts on discussion spaces
  • Email alerts for admins and portal managers when a member creates a post

SureDash Pro

Take your community further:

  • Course Builder — Create full courses with sections, lessons, and progress tracking
  • Member-Created Posts — Let your members start discussions, not just comment
  • Private Spaces — Restrict spaces to specific members or groups
  • Resource Library — Organize and share files, documents, and links
  • Events — Schedule events and display them beautifully
  • Member Directory — Let members browse, search, and connect with each other from one place
  • Collection Space — Group and display multiple spaces together for easier navigation
  • Email Notifications — Keep members engaged with automatic email updates
  • Leaderboard — Gamify your community with points, levels, and member rankings
  • Course Quizzes: Add quizzes to your course content and let members take them as part of the lesson flow
  • Course Analytics: See how each course performs and how far your members have progressed
  • LearnDash Migration: Bring existing LearnDash courses, lessons, and quizzes into SureDash
  • Cloud Storage for Resources: Serve resource library files through Bunny.net’s global CDN with secure, signed download links
  • Richer Events: End date and time, an event host, in-person or online locations, and Add to Calendar for Google, Outlook, and Apple
  • Targeted Posts: Show a post only to chosen members or SureMembers access groups
  • Collection Pricing: Tag the spaces in a collection as Free or Paid, with a Buy Now button for visitors who do not have access yet
  • Priority Support: Get help directly from our team

Learn more about SureDash Pro

Works Great With

SureDash is part of a powerful WordPress ecosystem:

  • SureMembers — Protect content, create membership tiers, and control who sees what. Assign new registrations to access groups automatically.
  • SureCart — Sell memberships, courses, and digital products. SureDash integrates directly with your SureCart store.
  • Astra Theme — The most popular WordPress theme, fully compatible with SureDash layouts.
  • OttoKit: Automate your portal by triggering actions when members join, post, or complete a course.

Each works independently, but together they give you a complete membership and community business — all on WordPress.

Perfect For

  • Coaches and educators building a learning community
  • Creators who want to own their audience (not rent it)
  • Membership sites that need a member-facing dashboard
  • Businesses building a customer community or support hub
  • Anyone moving away from expensive monthly community platforms

Links

  • SureDash Website
  • Documentation
  • Support
  • Try Live Demo
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • discussion forum
  • user dashboard
  • community
  • courses
  • membership
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.6 · PHP 7.4
Update activity27 Oct 20266d ago

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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex

Recent tracked changes

Version1.12.31.12.4
WordPress compatibility7.1.37.1.4
Version1.12.21.12.3
WordPress compatibility7.1.27.1.3
Version1.12.11.12.2
Version1.12.01.12.1
WordPress compatibility7.17.1.2
Version1.11.21.12.0
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