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Migrate from Thinkific to WordPress. #5 Other adaptations and conclusions
In the fourth part of this 5-article series, I concluded the implementation of functions for custom import commands for users, progress, and reviews. In the last part, I will talk about the customizations I made to the Masterclass online site and specifically go through the adaptations I made to the theme, Tutor LMS templates, and WooCommerce. Below is the list of articles in the series: Table of contents: Part 1: Planning and data preparation Part 2: Users import Part 3: Progress import Part 4: Reviews import Part 5: Other adaptations and conclusions The Tutor LMS dashboard The Tutor LMS user dashboard on the Masterclass online site looked something like this:" It would have been a bit complicated to merge the two control panels, the one from WooCommerce and the one shown in the picture from Tutor LMS, into a single one, so I just linked them together. If the user needs information about orders, they can find it in the WooCommerce panel; if they need information about the courses they have enrolled in, they can find it in the Tutor LMS panel, both accessible through direct links. To add the "Order Dashboard" link (marked with green), I overwrote the /dashboard.php template of Tutor LMS: I copied the contents of the /wp-content/plugins/tutor/templates directory to the /wp-content/themes/child-theme/tutor directory and added the following item to the navigation links list (inside the element): // /wp-content/themes/child-theme/tutor/dashboard.php
In the fourth part of this 5-article series, I concluded the implementation of functions for custom import commands for users, progress, and reviews.
In the last part, I will talk about the customizations I made to the Masterclass online site and specifically go through the adaptations I made to the theme, Tutor LMS templates, and WooCommerce. Below is the list of articles in the series:
Table of contents:
- Part 1: Planning and data preparation
- Part 2: Users import
- Part 3: Progress import
- Part 4: Reviews import
- Part 5: Other adaptations and conclusions
The Tutor LMS dashboard
The Tutor LMS user dashboard on the Masterclass online site looked something like this:"
It would have been a bit complicated to merge the two control panels, the one from WooCommerce and the one shown in the picture from Tutor LMS, into a single one, so I just linked them together. If the user needs information about orders, they can find it in the WooCommerce panel; if they need information about the courses they have enrolled in, they can find it in the Tutor LMS panel, both accessible through direct links.
To add the "Order Dashboard" link (marked with green), I overwrote the /dashboard.php template of Tutor LMS: I copied the contents of the /wp-content/plugins/tutor/templates directory to the /wp-content/themes/child-theme/tutor directory and added the following item to the navigation links list (inside the
Now, to remove the links marked with red in the image above, because such functionalities are not needed, I added the following filter to the functions.php file in the theme:
// /wp-content/themes/child-theme/tutor/functions.php
// Remove the page tabs from the panel sidebar.
add_filter(
'tutor_dashboard/nav_items',
function( $defaults ) {
unset( $defaults['wishlist'] );
unset( $defaults['my-quiz-attempts'] );
unset( $defaults['question-answer'] );
return $defaults;
});
The WooCommerce dashboard
To add the link to the Tutor LMS dashboard in the navigation menu of WooCommerce, for overriding, I copied the template /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/myaccount/navigation.php to the directory /wp-content/themes/child-theme/woocommerce/myaccount/navigation.php and added the following element as the first item in the
// /wp-content/themes/child-theme/woocommerce/myaccount/navigation.php
Courses panel
The Tutor LMS authentication form
During the migration and dealing with user accounts, I didn't want to make it intrusive and, especially, to violate the General Data Protection Regulation. So, I approached this differently by notifying users through a message in the login form that the site has moved to another platform. If they had an account before, they could request a password reset link to log in. To add this message, I used hooks in the functions.php file of the theme:
// /wp-content/themes/child-theme/functions.php
// Add custom message in the Tutor LMS login form.
add_action(
'tutor_login_form_middle',
function () {
$lost_pass_url = wp_lostpassword_url();
?>
We recently migrated the site to a new platform. If you have an account before, please reset your password.
Other filters for WooCommerce
Tutor LMS being integrated with the WooCommerce e-commerce engine, each course in Tutor LMS has a corresponding product linked in WooCommerce. Unfortunately, Tutor LMS does not automatically hide WooCommerce products specifically created for courses.
Consequently, these products could be added to the cart during a purchase, both as products and courses. To avoid such situations, I use the filter below, which hides products from areas like the shop page and related products.
// /wp-content/themes/child-theme/functions.php
// Hide products from Woo shop page.
add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_is_visible', '__return_false' );
But that's not enough.
Products would still be accessible at a direct address, for example: https://mclass.test/product/product-name. Applying the filter below disables access to product pages:
// /wp-content/themes/child-theme/functions.php
// Remove single page for Woo products.
add_filter(
'woocommerce_register_post_type_product',
function ( $args ) {
$args['publicly_queryable'] = false;
$args['public'] = false;
return $args;
},
12
);
A final filter that I used is for removing the "quantity" field from the shopping cart page to prevent increasing the quantity. It wouldn't make sense for a user to purchase a quantity greater than 1 for a course.
// /wp-content/themes/child-theme/functions.php
// Hide quantity input field from cart.
add_filter( 'woocommerce_is_sold_individually', '__return_true' );
Also, to remove the quantity field from the cart, I copied the template /wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/templates/cart/cart.php to /wp-content/themes/child-theme/woocommerce/cart/cart.php to override it, and then removed the following lines from it:
// /wp-content/themes/child-theme/woocommerce/cart/cart.php
is_sold_individually() ) {
$min_quantity = 1;
$max_quantity = 1;
} else {
$min_quantity = 0;
$max_quantity = $_product->get_max_purchase_quantity();
}
$product_quantity = woocommerce_quantity_input(
array(
'input_name' => "cart[{$cart_item_key}][qty]",
'input_value' => $cart_item['quantity'],
'max_value' => $max_quantity,
'min_value' => $min_quantity,
'product_name' => $product_name,
),
$_product,
false
);
echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_cart_item_quantity', $product_quantity, $cart_item_key, $cart_item ); // PHPCS: XSS ok.
?>
Migration to production
After all the changes were made, migrations executed, courses arranged, and the store prepared with all the integrations, I moved the site from the local environment to the production environment using the All in One WP Migration plugin. Throughout the development process of the new site, after each major step (creating courses and building their pages with Elementor, installing and configuring WooCommerce, running migrations, etc.), I made a backup with All in One WP Migration. If I had identified any data discrepancies or a malfunctioning part of the site while working on the next step, I would have reverted to the previous state of the site. In essence, I would have performed a roll-back, and this way, I could avoid losing too much progress.
When I had a backup very close to a version ready for production, I placed it on the production subdomain, and that's how I had a smooth development-launch process.
Conclusions
WordPress once again provides a solution to a problem I encountered. The related technologies developed around it are truly a breath of fresh air, and if you enjoy this environment, it's worth investing time and energy. Certainly, impressive results can be achieved using WordPress, even for enterprise projects—no need to say that, Automattic proves it every day.
WP-CLI is a very powerful and flexible tool that can be helpful in many situations like these migrations. I recommend it every time I have the chance; I've used it in dozens of projects, and each time, I've successfully accomplished everything I needed with it.
This article was first published on my blog.
