TS TradeSchool Manager
Built for Trade Schools

The complete LMS for trade & vocational schools.

Free core LMS on WordPress.org. Add only the modules your school needs: Certificates, Reports, Workshops, Applications, Invoicing, and more.

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TradeSchool Manager · Active Modules

🎓 CertificatesActive
📊 Reports & TranscriptsActive
🛠️ WorkshopsActive
💳 Invoicing & ContractsActive
📝 ApplicationsAvailable
Why TradeSchool Manager

The free core does the heavy lifting.

Stop stitching spreadsheets, payment apps, and email together. Run your whole school from a single WordPress install — and add only the modules you need.

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Students & Families

Profiles, custom fields, archived years, parent/student portals.

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Programs & Classes

Bundle classes into programs and roll over years in one click.

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Attendance & Gradebook

One-click attendance, weighted assignments, report cards.

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Certificates

Auto-issued, signed PDFs from a unified template engine. (Add-on)

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Tuition & Stripe

Recurring invoicing, payment plans, secure payments. (Add-on)

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Roles & Privacy

Admin/teacher/parent/student roles. FERPA-friendly.

Add-ons

Six modules. Buy only what you use.

Every add-on is a standalone plugin powered by the free core.

Pricing

Free core. Pay per add-on. No per-student fees.

Free

TradeSchool LMS Core

$0/forever

The full LMS foundation - students, classes, attendance, gradebook, portals, school years.

Download free on WP.org
  • Unlimited students, teachers, parents
  • Programs, classes, school years
  • Attendance + gradebook
  • Parent & student portals
  • Your own front-end branding
  • Free updates forever
Add-on

🎓 Certificates

$59/year

Beautiful PDF certificates, auto-issued on completion.

Buy Certificates
  • Drag-and-drop visual template designer with merge tags
  • Auto-issue on class pass, program graduation, or workshop completion
  • Bulk issue and bulk re-issue for prior cohorts
  • Unique serial numbers + permanent student-portal archive
  • Certificate expiration dates with 60/30/7-day reminder emails
  • Built-in expiration dashboard for upcoming renewals
  • Exportable certificate registers and audit reports via Reports & Transcripts
  • Workshops add-on integration (per-template completion certs)
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Add-on

📊 Reports & Transcripts

$49/year

Official transcripts, report cards, and the reporting center for every add-on.

Buy Reports & Transcripts
  • Official transcript PDFs with school letterhead
  • Per-term and per-year report cards
  • Class summary, attendance summary, roster, completions, and enrollment-trend reports
  • Weighted GPA and program-progress reporting
  • Student portal Report Card and Transcript download buttons
  • CSV export across core reports
  • Certificate register reporting when Certificates is installed
  • A/R aging, payments received, and invoice register when Invoicing is installed
  • Document-status and audit exports when Custom Fields / audit sources are installed
  • Workshop reporting hooks for roster, completions, and revenue
Learn more →
Add-on

🛠️ Workshops

$69/year

Standalone short-form courses with their own gradebook.

Buy Workshops
  • Workshop templates + reusable scheduled instances
  • Independent gradebook engine (separate assignments + grades tables)
  • Per-template defaults (method, weights, passing %, auto-cert toggle) with per-instance overrides
  • Pass/Fail, weighted, or simple percentage scoring
  • Per-instance attendance and completion tracking
  • Dedicated Workshops portal tab for students (outside school years)
  • Auto-issue completion certs (with the Certificates add-on)
  • Per-instance pricing + Invoicing add-on integration
Learn more →
Add-on

📝 Applications

$79/year

Online application forms + admissions pipeline.

Buy Applications
  • Drag-and-drop form builder, one form per program
  • [tsm_applications] public listing + [tsm_application_form id="X"] embed
  • [tsm_application_thank_you] confirmation/status page shortcode
  • Multi-step wizard with signature, consent, IP/UA capture
  • Single admissions inbox with filter, search, and notes
  • One-click applicant-to-student conversion + welcome email
  • Auto-applies program payment plan + financing fee on conversion (Invoicing add-on)
  • Workshop applications when the Workshops add-on is installed
Learn more →
Add-on

💳 Invoicing & Payments

$129/year

Tuition invoicing, online payments, and e-signed contracts, all from one tool.

Buy Invoicing & Payments
  • Single invoices or auto-generated payment plans (one-time, weekly, biweekly, monthly)
  • Stripe checkout with cards, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay
  • Flat $ or % financing fees per program (no interest, no Reg Z)
  • Account Activity ledger: standard accounting, balance starts at $0, ends at amount owed
  • Statements/PDFs labeled "Total Billed" (never the misleading "Total Charged")
  • School-wide tuition audit (who's current, who's behind)
  • ESIGN-compliant contract templates with merge tags + audit trail
  • Daily cron: auto-generate upcoming invoices, mark overdue, send reminders
  • [tsm_program_price], [tsm_contract_sign], [tsm_pay_invoice] shortcodes
Learn more →
Add-on

📁 Custom Fields & Student Docs

$49/year

Per-program metadata + audit-logged document uploads.

Buy Custom Fields & Student Docs
  • Unlimited custom fields per student (per-program scope)
  • Field types: text, textarea, number, date, select, checkbox
  • Visibility control: admin only / student portal / both
  • Required-field enforcement
  • Required document types defined per program
  • Student uploads from portal Settings → My Documents sub-tab
  • Admin uploads from the student profile edit screen
  • Tamper-evident tsm_doc_audit log of every upload, download, and delete
  • Files stored outside web root with sha-prefixed names + .htaccess deny
  • CSV import/export round-trip for all custom fields
Learn more →

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