What Liquid Web announced
The primary source is Liquid Web's own recap of its Nexcess Software Town Hall held on October 14, published on liquidweb.com and last modified on 22 October 2026. It says that starting with renewals on or after November 16, Kadence, Give, LearnDash and The Events Calendar become one package, which it calls the Nexcess plugin stack. Every plan includes all four products with every premium feature on every site in the plan, and customers install only what they need. Billing, invoices and downloads move into one account.
On LearnDash specifically, the recap says more than ten LearnDash add-ons were folded into the core product earlier in the year, lists ProPanel reporting, a gradebook, group seats and MemberDash as part of the package, and previews a new certificate builder that it describes as still early. This guide relies only on that recap and LearnDash's own documentation, not on third-party commentary.
| Plan | Price per year | Cost per site |
|---|---|---|
| 1 site | $350 | $350 |
| Up to 10 sites | $599 | $59.90 |
| Up to 25 sites | $799 | $31.96 |
| Up to 50 sites | $899 | $17.98 |
| Up to 100 sites | $999 | $9.99 |
What stays the same for existing customers
The recap says you do not need to do anything right now. Current plans keep working until renewal, renewal dates stay the same, license keys do not change, and customers get the usual 30 days' notice before renewing, with an email showing plan, site count, price and renewal date. Customers who do not want to move can cancel before their renewal date.
Some licenses are exempt: lifetime and unlimited-site licenses, The Events Calendar Multisite license, and accounts with more than 100 active licenses. The recap also says the LearnDash app, the LearnDash add-ons acquired from WisdmLabs, LearnDash Cloud and LearnDash Domains keep their current subscriptions. Kadence Security is sold separately and renews on its current plan.
Two points need care. If you hold several plans with different renewal dates, the recap says the first renewal becomes the stack and the other subscriptions are canceled. And the recap does not say whether existing renewal rates are preserved, so confirm your price in the pre-renewal email or with the billing team rather than assuming it.
Timeline from the recap
The brand addresses have also moved. As of 30 October 2026, learndash.com returns a permanent (301) redirect to Liquid Web's LearnDash page and stellarwp.com to liquidweb.com, and LearnDash's documentation is served from docs.nexcess.com. The recap itself does not mention StellarWP, so this guide draws no conclusion beyond those redirects.
| Date (as the recap states it) | What happens |
|---|---|
| October 14 | Town hall; Kadence Blocks design system and new Give forms released |
| Week of October 12 | Emails to customers renewing November 16 to December 1 (listed before the event date in the recap) |
| Week of October 19 | Emails to customers renewing after December 1, plus a newsletter and customer resources page |
| November 3 | Portal login shows each customer's new plan and site count |
| November 16 | First renewals into the plugin stack begin |
Support and account changes
According to the recap, account and billing questions go through a ticket in the customer portal at software.liquidweb.com, each product has a feature request board, and one team supports all four products. Licensing screens inside the plugins now carry Nexcess branding and the portal is being redesigned for managing licenses, sites and subscriptions.
LearnDash's billing article on docs.nexcess.com says licenses renew automatically one calendar year after purchase, auto-renewal can be turned off from the Subscriptions tab, cancelling does not trigger a refund, and refunds are offered within 30 days of the initial purchase.
Worked example: how many sites do you actually need?
LearnDash's license article says a license counts every domain where LearnDash is installed, including subdomains, plus one bonus development domain that must be a subdomain named test of your main domain. A course owner with a live academy, a staging copy at test.academy.example and a second brand's course site needs two counted sites, which falls in the up to 10 sites plan at $599 a year rather than the one-site plan at $350. Moving staging to any other subdomain name would count it too.
If you run one live site and stage on the test subdomain, the one-site plan covers you. Check the November 3 portal view to see which site count Liquid Web has assigned to your account.
Course owner checklist for the change
- Find your renewal date in the account portal and watch for the pre-renewal email.
- Count every domain and subdomain running LearnDash; only a test subdomain is free.
- If you hold several plans with different dates, note which renews first; the others will be canceled.
- Confirm your renewal price with billing; the recap does not promise existing rates.
- List installed LearnDash add-on plugins and check which are now part of core before removing any.
- Note that Kadence Security renews separately on its current plan.
- Take a full backup and test updates on staging before updating LearnDash on the live site.
- Check the server still meets LearnDash requirements: WordPress 6.6+, PHP 7.4+ (8.3 recommended), 128 MB memory.
- Use the software.liquidweb.com portal for account and billing tickets.
Questions before you decide
Do I need to do anything about my LearnDash license now?
No. Liquid Web's October 2026 recap says current plans keep working until renewal, renewal dates stay the same, license keys do not change, and you get 30 days' notice before renewal.
How much does LearnDash cost under the new plans?
The recap lists $350 a year for one site, $599 for up to 10, $799 for up to 25, $899 for up to 50 and $999 for up to 100 sites, each including Kadence, Give, LearnDash and The Events Calendar.
Is LearnDash being discontinued?
Liquid Web's October 2026 recap announces no discontinuation. It describes LearnDash as one of the four products in the new plugin stack and previews new features such as a certificate builder, and says LearnDash Cloud and LearnDash Domains keep their current subscriptions.
Will my renewal price stay the same?
The recap does not say. It says customers receive an email with plan, site count, price and renewal date before renewing, so confirm the price there or with the billing team.
Sources & verification
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- Liquid Web: Recap and live replay, Nexcess Software Town Hall (October 2026) Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- Liquid Web: LearnDash Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- LearnDash (Nexcess docs): License Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- LearnDash (Nexcess docs): Billing Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- LearnDash (Nexcess docs): Technical requirements Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- LearnDash: learndash.com (redirects to Liquid Web) Accessed 30 Oct 2026
- StellarWP: stellarwp.com (redirects to Liquid Web) Accessed 30 Oct 2026
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