Send an Email When a LearnDash Lesson Is Completed

Course drop-off often happens between lessons rather than at the start, so a short nudge after a key lesson can keep students moving. Zapify does this with the A user completes a lesson trigger and the Send an email action. LearnDash is a Zapify PRO integration.

What this automation does

The automation is one trigger plus one action:

• Trigger: A user completes a lesson (LEARNDASH_LESSON_COMPLETED, LearnDash)
• Action: Send an email (WP_SEND_EMAIL, WordPress)

When a student completes the lesson you choose, Zapify fills the email's tokens and sends it — useful for pointing them to what comes next, or checking in after a lesson that historically causes drop-off.

Before you start

• LearnDash must be installed and active.
• Zapify PRO must be active, since LearnDash is a PRO integration.
• The lesson (and its course) you want to watch must already exist.

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 Follow up after lesson one.

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

1. Click Add Trigger.

2. Choose LearnDash as the app.

3. Select the trigger A user completes a lesson.

4. In the Lesson field, choose the specific lesson to watch, or leave it on Any lesson. Optionally narrow further with the Course field.

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 or course title.
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: Nice work finishing {{trigger:LESSON_TITLE}}
• Body: Ready for the next step in {{trigger:COURSE_TITLE}}? Pick it up here: {{trigger:COURSE_URL}}

Step 5: Set the steps Live and save

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

Tokens you can use

Token	What it holds
Course ID / Course title / Course URL	The course the lesson belongs to.
Lesson ID / Lesson title / Lesson URL	The lesson that was completed.

How to test it

1. Complete the selected lesson as a test student.
2. Check the recipient inbox for the email.
3. If nothing arrives, open Zapify → Logs to see whether the run fired — and whether the Lesson or Course filter excluded it.

Conclusion

With the A user completes a lesson trigger and the Send an email action, Zapify keeps students moving through a course one lesson at a time. Next, celebrate the finish line with an email when a LearnDash course is completed, or react to quiz results with an email when a LearnDash quiz is completed.

FAQs

Can I watch every lesson in a course, not just one?

Yes. Leave the Lesson field on Any lesson and set the Course field to the course you want, and the automation fires after each lesson within it.

Is this feature free?

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

Does this work for topics too?

Lessons and topics are separate triggers in Zapify — see an email when a LearnDash topic is completed for the topic-level version.

Do I need to write any code?

No. Everything is configured in the Zapify visual builder.