Send an Email When a Student Completes a LifterLMS Lesson

You want to send a bonus resource, or check in with a student, the moment they finish a specific lesson — not the whole course. Zapify does this with the A user completes a lesson trigger and the Send an email action. LifterLMS is a Zapify PRO integration.

What this automation does

The automation is one trigger plus one action:

• Trigger: A user completes a lesson (LIFTERLMS_LESSON_COMPLETED)
• Action: Send an email (WP_SEND_EMAIL)

When a student completes the lesson you choose, Zapify fills the email's tokens with details about that lesson and sends it.

Zapify listens on LifterLMS' lifterlms_lesson_completed signal, which fires as soon as LifterLMS marks the individual lesson complete — independently of whether the rest of the course has been finished.

Before you start

• LifterLMS must be installed and active.
• Zapify PRO must be active, since LifterLMS is a PRO integration.
• The lesson you want to watch must already exist inside a course.

How to build the automation

Step 1: Create a new automation

1. In the WordPress admin, go to Zapify → Automations.
2. Click Add New to open the builder.
3. Name it clearly, such as Send bonus resource after lesson.

Step 2: Add the "A user completes a lesson" trigger

1. Click Add Trigger.

2. Choose LifterLMS as the app.

3. Select the trigger A user completes a lesson.

4. In the trigger's Lesson field, pick the specific lesson, or leave it on Any lesson.

Step 3: Add the "Send an email" action

1. Click Add Action.

2. Choose WordPress as the app.

3. Select Send an email.

Step 4: Configure the email

Field	Required	What it does
To	Yes	Recipient address, or a token — for example the student's email.
Subject	Yes	The subject line.
Format	Yes	HTML (default) or Plain text.
Body	Yes	The message. Insert tokens to include the lesson title or URL.
Cc / Bcc	No	Extra recipients.
From name / From email	No	Override the sender.
Reply to	No	Set where replies go.

For example:

• To: the student
• Subject: Here's a bonus resource for {{trigger:LESSON_TITLE}}
• Body: Great progress! Since you just finished this lesson, here's an extra resource to go with it.

Step 5: Set the steps Live and save

1. Set both the trigger and the action to Live.
2. Click Save.

Lesson tokens you can use

Token	What it holds
Lesson ID	The numeric ID of the completed lesson.
Lesson title	The lesson's name.
Lesson URL	The permalink to the lesson.

How to test it

1. Log in as a test student.
2. Mark the selected lesson as complete.
3. Check the recipient inbox for the email.
4. If nothing arrives, open Zapify → Logs to see whether the run fired.

Conclusion

With the A user completes a lesson trigger and the Send an email action, Zapify can add mid-course touchpoints without a separate drip plugin. Next, congratulate students at the end of the course with an email when a LifterLMS course is completed, or welcome them at the start with an email when a user is enrolled on a course.

FAQs

Can I choose which lesson triggers this automation?

Yes. Select a specific lesson in the trigger's Lesson field, or leave it on Any lesson.

Is this feature free?

No. LifterLMS is a Zapify PRO integration; the trigger and action both require an active PRO licence.

Can this replace a drip-content plugin?

It covers simple cases, such as sending a resource after a specific lesson, but it does not release new lessons on a schedule the way a dedicated drip plugin does.

Can I include lesson details in the email?

Yes, using the Lesson title and Lesson URL tokens.

Do I need to write any code?

No. Everything is configured in the Zapify visual builder.