Tutor LMS troubleshooting

Tutor LMS troubleshooting when something stops working

Students cannot enroll, payments do not unlock courses, quizzes will not submit, or the site broke after an update. We find the cause quickly and fix it, starting with the most likely suspects.

  • Fast diagnosis by Tutor LMS specialists
  • Backups before any change
  • Root cause, not just a workaround
What is included
  • Version and compatibility checks
  • Log analysis
  • Conflict isolation
  • Data checks
  • Fix and verify
  • Prevention
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The problem

Problems we diagnose

When an LMS breaks, students notice first. They message you that the course will not open, the quiz froze, the payment went through but nothing happened. Every hour costs refunds, support time and trust.

Troubleshooting is diagnosis: finding out why. Because we know how Tutor LMS works internally, we start with the causes that are most common for each symptom instead of guessing. Once we know the cause, we fix it or, if it is a defect in custom code, hand it to bug fixing.

  • Enrollment and access

    Paid but not enrolled, enrollments stuck on pending, access lost after updates.

  • Payments and checkout

    Gateway errors, orders not completing, checkout pages that do not load.

  • Learning features

    Quizzes not submitting, lessons not marking complete, videos not playing, certificates blank.

  • Site-wide failures

    Critical errors, white screens, 404s on course pages and broken layouts after updates.

What we do

How we troubleshoot

We reproduce the problem on a staging copy where possible, check logs and versions, isolate conflicts and confirm the cause before changing anything on your live site.

Version and compatibility checks

Tutor LMS, Pro, WordPress, PHP and theme versions compared against requirements.

Log analysis

PHP error logs, browser console and network requests examined.

Conflict isolation

Plugins and theme tested on staging to find conflicts without affecting students.

Data checks

Enrollment, order and progress records inspected directly.

Fix and verify

The cause fixed and the affected flow tested end to end.

Prevention

Advice to stop it happening again.

Typical projects

Recent kinds of cases

01

Pro features disappeared after an update

Tutor LMS core updated without Pro, so Pro showed a version notice and its features stopped. Both aligned and tested.

02

Course pages return 404

Permalinks needed refreshing after a slug change, and a conflicting rewrite rule was removed.

03

Quiz submissions failing

A security plugin blocked AJAX requests; a targeted exception restored submissions.

04

Emails not arriving

No SMTP configured and messages rejected by the receiving server; SMTP and DNS records fixed.

In depth

The usual suspects for each symptom

After an update

Tutor LMS Pro declares the minimum core version it needs. If one was updated without the other, Pro features stop until they match. Outdated template overrides in the theme are the next suspect: they render old markup that no longer fits the updated plugin. Tutor LMS 4 also changed the learning area significantly, so themes and overrides built for 3.x need checking.

Enrollment and payments

Enrollments are created as pending for purchasable courses and completed when payment completes. With WooCommerce, an order left in processing keeps the enrollment pending; Tutor LMS has a setting to auto-complete course orders. With native eCommerce, a gateway webhook that never arrives leaves the order unpaid. We check the order, the enrollment record and the webhook logs.

Learning features

Quiz submissions, lesson completion and many dashboard actions use AJAX requests protected by a nonce. Caching the pages that create those nonces, or security rules that block admin-ajax, are common causes of failures. Video problems usually come from the source settings (YouTube, Vimeo, HTML5, external URL, embed or shortcode) or privacy settings at the video host.

Our troubleshooting guides walk through each of these if you want to try first.

Process

What happens when you contact us

  1. 1

    Tell us the symptom

    What happens, since when, and what changed recently. Mark it urgent if students are affected.

  2. 2

    Access and backup

    Admin and hosting access, and a backup before we touch anything.

  3. 3

    Diagnose

    On staging where possible, using logs and isolation.

  4. 4

    Fix

    The cause fixed and the flow tested.

  5. 5

    Explain

    What went wrong, what we changed and how to avoid it.

Deliverables

What you walk away with

  • A diagnosis of the root cause
  • A fix tested on the affected flow
  • A short report of findings
  • Prevention recommendations
FAQ

Questions about troubleshooting

How fast can you start?
Urgent requests are prioritized. Mark your message urgent and explain the impact on students.
What does troubleshooting cost?
Usually an hourly block for diagnosis and the fix. We tell you the estimate before starting and update you if it grows.
What is the difference between troubleshooting and bug fixing?
Troubleshooting finds the cause of an unknown problem. Bug fixing corrects a known defect, usually in custom code, at a fixed price.
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