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title: How to add Zoom live classes to LifterLMS courses with ZooMeet
description: "If you run LifterLMS courses and want live Zoom classes inside them, you're in the right place. This guide shows you how to connect ZooMeet to LifterLMS and attach Zoom meetings to your courses and lessons, step by step. A…"
url: "https://sovlix.com/docs/zoomeet-lifterlms-zoom-classes/"
updated: "2026-10-06"
category: ZooMeet / LMS integrations
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# How to add Zoom live classes to LifterLMS courses with ZooMeet

If you run LifterLMS courses and want live Zoom classes inside them, you're in the right place. This guide shows you how to connect ZooMeet to LifterLMS and attach Zoom meetings to your courses and lessons, step by step.

A meeting can sit on the course page, at the top of a lesson, or both. Students see the date and time, a countdown when the class is close, and a **Join now** button while it is live. The raw Zoom link never appears on the course page. You can attach meetings from ZooMeet's meeting form, the course editor, the lesson editor or the LifterLMS Course Builder.

By the end of this guide, you will have:

- LifterLMS, ZooMeet and ZooMeet Pro installed and activated
- Your Zoom account connected to ZooMeet
- The LifterLMS integration turned on
- A Zoom meeting on a course page and inside a lesson
- Only enrolled students able to join, with instructors and admins always allowed
- A clear picture of what visitors and students see

**Estimated setup time:** 10 minutes. Attaching a meeting never changes course progress, because the meeting is not a curriculum item.

**Note:** Requires ZooMeet Pro.

## Before you begin

Make sure you have:

- A WordPress site with administrator access
- A ZooMeet Pro license, for the Pro features in this guide
- A Zoom account with a Server-to-Server OAuth app for ZooMeet
- At least one LifterLMS course with a lesson, for example **Public Speaking Basics**

**Important:** LifterLMS and Tutor LMS both use the `lesson` post type, and LifterLMS and Academy LMS both use the `/course/` address. Running them on the same site can clash, so run one of them per site.

Let's get started.

## Step 1: Install LifterLMS

First, make sure LifterLMS is installed and activated. ZooMeet adds live sessions to LifterLMS courses, so the courses need to exist first.

1. In the WordPress admin menu, go to **Plugins** > **Add New Plugin**.
2. Search for **LifterLMS**.
3. Click **Install Now**, then **Activate**.

[![Add Plugins screen with the LifterLMS search result highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-00-install-lifterlms.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-00-install-lifterlms.webp)
Installing LifterLMS from the WordPress plugin directory.

If LifterLMS is already active on your site, skip to the next step.

## Step 2: Install and activate ZooMeet

Like LifterLMS, ZooMeet installs from the WordPress plugin directory.

1. Go to **Plugins** > **Add New Plugin**.
2. Search for **ZooMeet**.
3. Click **Install Now**, then **Activate**.

[![Add Plugins screen with the ZooMeet search result highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-00-install-zoomeet.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-00-install-zoomeet.webp)
Installing ZooMeet from the WordPress plugin directory.

To use the Pro features in this guide, add ZooMeet Pro from inside ZooMeet. There is nothing to upload.

1. In WordPress admin, open **ZooMeet** and click **Upgrade**, then complete the checkout.
2. Go to **ZooMeet** > **Account**. Your license shows there, and ZooMeet offers to install ZooMeet Pro.
3. Install ZooMeet Pro, then activate it.

## Step 3: Connect your Zoom account

ZooMeet cannot create meetings until your Zoom account is connected.

1. Go to **ZooMeet** > **Settings** and click **Connect**.
2. Paste the **Account ID**, **Client ID** and **Client Secret** from your Zoom Server-to-Server OAuth app.
3. Save the settings and check that the connection succeeds.

Read our [step-by-step Zoom setup guide](https://sovlix.com/docs/connect-zoom-with-zoomeet/) for the full walkthrough, including how to create the Zoom app.

## Step 4: Turn on the LifterLMS integration

ZooMeet only adds its fields and lists to LifterLMS pages when the integration is on.

1. In the WordPress admin menu, go to **ZooMeet** > **Integrations**.
2. In **Categories**, click **Courses & LMS**.
3. On the **LifterLMS** card, switch the toggle on.

[![Integrations screen with the Courses & LMS category open and the LifterLMS toggle highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-01-turn-on-lifterlms.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-01-turn-on-lifterlms.webp)
The card reads Active when the switch is on.

**Note:** When the switch is off, ZooMeet hides the **Zoom live sessions** boxes, the Course Builder field, the **Zoom Events** dashboard tab and the **Live sessions** list on LifterLMS pages.

Now comes the main part: attaching meetings to your courses. Steps 5 to 8 use ZooMeet's meeting form. Steps 9 to 11 show the same thing from the LifterLMS side.

## Step 5: Open Access and controls in the meeting form

You attach a meeting to a course from the same form you use to create the meeting.

1. Go to **ZooMeet** > **Add New Event**, or open an existing meeting from **ZooMeet** > **All Events** to edit it.
2. Fill in **Meeting name** and the date and time as usual.
3. In the step list on the left, click **Access and controls**.

[![Add New Meeting screen with the Access and controls step highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-04-open-access-and-controls.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-04-open-access-and-controls.webp)
The Add to a course card lives in the Access and controls step.

## Step 6: Pick the course (Access and controls)

The **Add to a course** card reads "Show it on a course page or in a lesson." It lists every course you can edit.

1. Scroll to the **Add to a course** card.
2. Click **Search courses** and type part of the course name.
3. Choose your course from the **LifterLMS** group.

[![Add to a course card with the course search open and Public Speaking Basics highlighted under LifterLMS](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-05-search-course.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-05-search-course.webp)
Courses are grouped by LMS when more than one LMS is active.

## Step 7: Choose where it shows and add it

A meeting can appear in the course page list, or as a card at the top of one lesson.

1. Open **Show it on**.
2. Keep **Course page**, or pick a lesson. Lessons are grouped under their LifterLMS section names.

[![Show it on menu open with Course page and the two lessons of Week 1: Getting started, with Lesson 2 highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-06-choose-lesson.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-06-choose-lesson.webp)
Pick Course page for the course list, or a lesson for a card at the top of that lesson.

1. Click **Add to course**.

[![Add to course button highlighted, with the warning Replaces Portfolio Review Workshop on this lesson](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-07-add-to-course.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-07-add-to-course.webp)
A lesson holds one meeting. When it already has one, the card warns you before you replace it.

To show the same meeting in more places, pick another course or lesson in **Add another** and click **Add to course** again. The button turns grey with "Already added." when you pick the same place twice.

## Step 8: Choose who can join and save (Access and controls)

Each place you added appears as a row in the card. **Who can join** decides whether the meeting is for enrolled students or open to anyone with the link.

1. Check the rows. Click the **×** on a row to remove that place.
2. Next to **Who can join**, click **Change**.
3. Choose **Course students** or **Anyone with link**.
4. Click **Create meeting**, or **Update meeting** when you edit.

[![Add to a course card with a lesson row and a course page row, and the Who can join choice open](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-08-who-can-join.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-08-who-can-join.webp)
"Plus instructors and admins. Page access still applies."

**Note:** **Course students** is the default. Enrolled students, the course's instructors and admins can open the meeting page. Everyone else sees **Enroll to join** on the course page.

## Step 9: Or attach meetings in the course editor

If you are already editing a course in wp-admin, you can attach meetings there without opening the meeting form.

1. Go to **Courses** > **Courses** and edit the course.
2. Scroll below the content to the **Zoom live sessions** box: "Shown on the course page."
3. In the meetings field, search and pick one or more meetings.
4. Next to **Who can join**, click **Change** and pick **Course students** or **Anyone with the link**.
5. Click **Save** (or **Update**) to save the course.

[![Course editor with the Zoom live sessions box and its meetings field highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-09-course-editor-zoom-live-sessions.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-09-course-editor-zoom-live-sessions.webp)
"Instructors and admins can always join." Create a Zoom event opens a new event in a new tab.

**Tip:** Changing **Who can join** here applies to every meeting on the course. If you leave it as it is, only newly added meetings take the setting.

The meetings field offers your own meetings, live and upcoming first, plus any already on the course.

## Step 10: Add a live session to a lesson in the Course Builder

Many LifterLMS instructors build their courses in the Course Builder. Each lesson there has its own **Zoom live session** settings group.

1. Open the course in the LifterLMS **Course Builder**.
2. Under the lesson, click **Settings**.

[![LifterLMS Course Builder with the Settings link of Lesson 2: Deep dive highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-11-course-builder-settings.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-11-course-builder-settings.webp)
Each lesson in the outline has its own Settings link.

1. In the lesson panel, scroll to the **Zoom live session** group.
2. In **Event**, pick an event, or **None** to remove it.
3. Click **Save changes**.

[![Course Builder lesson settings with the Zoom live session group and the Meeting select highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-12-course-builder-zoom-live-session.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-12-course-builder-zoom-live-session.webp)
"Shown at the top of the lesson." Upcoming meetings come first, and past ones are marked "ended".

## Step 11: Or use the lesson editor

The lesson editor has the same field in its sidebar.

1. Go to **Courses** > **Lessons** and edit the lesson.
2. In the sidebar, find the **Zoom live session** box.
3. Pick a meeting, or **None**, then click **Update**.

[![Lesson editor sidebar with the Zoom live session box and its meeting select highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-10-lesson-editor-zoom-live-session.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-10-lesson-editor-zoom-live-session.webp)
The same field as in the Course Builder.

**Tip:** All these places save the same data. A meeting added in the ZooMeet form shows up in the course editor and the Course Builder, and the other way round.

## Step 12: Manage meetings from the LifterLMS dashboard

Instructors who do not use wp-admin create and edit meetings from the LifterLMS student dashboard.

1. Open the LifterLMS dashboard page and click the **Zoom Events** tab. It sits after **My Courses**.
2. Click **Add new event** to create a meeting, or the pencil icon to edit one.
3. In the meeting form, open **Access and controls** and use the **Add to a course** card as in Steps 6 to 8.

[![LifterLMS dashboard with the Zoom Events tab and the Add new event button highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-13-dashboard-meetings-tab.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-13-dashboard-meetings-tab.webp)
The tab holds the full ZooMeet meeting list, with what is coming up first.

Each start time shows in the meeting's own time zone. When that zone differs from your site's, the zone name follows the time, for example **Tomorrow, 3:21 PM US/Eastern**.

**Note:** Only administrators and LifterLMS instructors see the **Zoom Events** tab; students never do. Instructors see only the courses they can edit in the course picker. The **Create a Zoom event** link in the course and lesson boxes opens this tab for instructors, and ZooMeet in wp-admin for administrators.

## Step 13: See it on your course page

Once the meeting is saved, it appears on the course straight away.

1. Open the course page on the front end, logged in as an enrolled student.
2. Find the **Live sessions** list above the syllabus.

[![LifterLMS course page for an enrolled student with the Live sessions list and the Join now button highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-15-course-page-enrolled.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-15-course-page-enrolled.webp)
Front-end view for an enrolled student. Join now opens the meeting page, never the raw Zoom link.

While a session is live, the row says **Live now** and has a **Join now** button. Upcoming rows get a **Details** button, show the day, the time and a small time zone label, and start a countdown when the class is less than a day away.

## Benefits of using ZooMeet with LifterLMS

- **No links to paste into lessons:** Each meeting gets its Zoom meeting and meeting page when you save.
- **The Zoom link stays with enrolled students:** **Course students** keeps the meeting page away from anyone who is not enrolled.
- **Four places to attach a session:** Use the meeting form, the course editor, the Course Builder or the lesson editor. They all save the same data.
- **A dashboard tab for instructors:** The **Zoom Events** tab on the LifterLMS dashboard needs no wp-admin access.

Your students find every live class right where they study.

## What students see

### Visitors and logged-in users who are not enrolled

The course page shows the **Live sessions** list above the syllabus. It lists dates and titles with no join link, plus one **Enroll to join** link that jumps to the LifterLMS enroll button.

[![LifterLMS course page for a logged-in user who is not enrolled, with the Live sessions list and the Enroll to join link highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-16-course-page-not-enrolled.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-16-course-page-not-enrolled.webp)
Visitors and users who are not enrolled see the schedule, never the Zoom link.

### Instructors and admins

Course instructors and admins see the same buttons as enrolled students, without **Enroll to join**.

### Inside a lesson

A lesson with a live session shows the meeting card at the top, labelled **Live session**, under the LifterLMS back link.

[![LifterLMS lesson page with the Portfolio Review Workshop live session card highlighted at the top](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-14-lesson-live-session.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-14-lesson-live-session.webp)
Front-end view of a lesson. The live session card sits above the lesson content.

The card has the same states and buttons as the course list. A visitor who is not enrolled gets an **Enroll to join** button that opens the course page.

### On the meeting page

Students who open a meeting from a course get a **Back to course** link at the top.

[![Meeting page for Live Office Hours with the Back to course link highlighted](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-17-meeting-back-to-course.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-17-meeting-back-to-course.webp)
The link appears for logged-in users who may join one of the meeting's courses.

Someone who is not enrolled and opens the meeting link directly sees a locked card instead.

[![Locked meeting page reading For students of this course, with a View course button](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-18-denied-not-enrolled.webp)](https://sovlix.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/zoomeet-lifterlms-18-denied-not-enrolled.webp)
The card names the meeting's first course. View course opens that course.

## Troubleshooting

### The Add to a course card does not appear in the meeting form

The card only loads when ZooMeet Pro is active and a supported LMS is active and switched on.

Check that:

- LifterLMS and ZooMeet Pro are installed and activated under **Plugins**.
- The LifterLMS switch is on under **ZooMeet** > **Integrations**.
- You reloaded the meeting form after turning the switch on.

### "No courses yet"

The course picker lists courses you can edit, and instructors see only their own courses. Create a course with **Create a course in LifterLMS**, or ask an admin to make you the course author.

### The Zoom live sessions box or Zoom live session field is missing in wp-admin

The LifterLMS switch is off, or the box is hidden in the editor's screen options. Turn the switch on, then show the box from the editor's **Preferences** or **Screen Options**.

### The Zoom live session field is missing in the Course Builder

The field is a settings group in the lesson panel, not in the course outline. Click **Settings** under the lesson, then scroll to the **Zoom live session** group at the bottom of the panel.

### The Zoom Events tab opens a "not found" page

Go to **Settings** > **Permalinks** and click **Save Changes** once. This rebuilds the LifterLMS dashboard addresses.

### The Zoom Events tab is missing

The tab shows only for administrators and users with a LifterLMS instructor role. Students do not get it; they find their classes on the course page. Check the user's role under **Users**.

### A meeting I picked was not saved

You can attach only meetings you host or created, to courses you can edit. A meeting someone else attached can be removed from a course, but not swapped for another of theirs. Ask the meeting host or an administrator.

### Students see "For students of this course"

The meeting is set to **Course students**, and this user is not enrolled in any of its courses. Enroll the student, or set **Who can join** to **Anyone with link**. Page access from ZooMeet settings still applies.

### Students see Details but no Join now

**Join now** shows only while the session is live, between its start and end time. Until then the row shows **Details**, which opens the meeting page with its countdown.

### An old session disappeared from the list

Long lists fold extra sessions under "N more sessions". Live sessions come first, then upcoming ones from the soonest, then ended ones.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I use LifterLMS and Tutor LMS or Academy LMS together?

**No.** They clash on the same site. Run one of them per site.

### Does a live session count toward course progress?

**No.** The meeting is shown inside a lesson or on the course page. It is never a curriculum item, so progress does not change.

### Can one meeting be on several courses?

**Yes.** Add one row per course or lesson in the **Add to a course** card, or pick it in each course's **Zoom live sessions** box.

### Can a lesson hold more than one meeting?

**No.** One meeting per lesson. A course page can list many.

### Does it work with the LifterLMS block layout?

**Yes.** The **Live sessions** list appears above the Course Syllabus block, and above the syllabus on the classic layout.

### What happens when I delete a meeting?

ZooMeet removes it from every course and lesson it was attached to.

## Security best practices

- Keep **Who can join** on **Course students** for paid or private courses, so only enrolled students reach the meeting page.
- Give the LifterLMS **Instructor** role only to people who should schedule classes.
- Keep your Zoom **Client Secret** private, and never paste it into a course, lesson or page.
- Keep LifterLMS, ZooMeet, ZooMeet Pro and WordPress updated.

## You're ready to run live Zoom classes in LifterLMS

Your LifterLMS courses now list their live sessions, and a lesson can show its own class card. Only enrolled students can join, and the Zoom link stays behind the meeting page. Instructors schedule classes from their LifterLMS dashboard without wp-admin. Next, set up another LMS or fine-tune your meeting pages.

- [How to connect Zoom with ZooMeet using Server-to-Server OAuth](https://sovlix.com/docs/connect-zoom-with-zoomeet/)
- [How to add Zoom live classes to Tutor LMS courses](https://sovlix.com/docs/zoomeet-tutor-lms-zoom-classes/)
- [How to add Zoom live classes to LearnPress courses](https://sovlix.com/docs/zoomeet-learnpress-zoom-classes/)
- [How to add Zoom live classes to Academy LMS courses](https://sovlix.com/docs/zoomeet-academy-lms-zoom-classes/)