Guides for exam and course sites
Practical guides for coaching institutes, test-series sellers and course creators on WordPress: moving off LearnDash without losing students, building a mock test website, setting up negative marking, and importing question banks.
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- How to Sell a Test Series Online: Pricing, Packaging and a Free Tier
Selling a test series is mostly about trust. Students are asked to pay before they know whether your questions are any good. The fix is to let them… Read more: How to Sell a Test Series Online: Pricing, Packaging and a Free Tier - Fullscreen Exam Mode: Reducing Cheating in Online Mock Tests
Be clear about one thing first: no browser plugin can stop a determined cheater. A second phone or a helper in the room defeats any software. What you… Read more: Fullscreen Exam Mode: Reducing Cheating in Online Mock Tests - Reading Mock Test Results: Section Analysis That Helps Students Improve
A score alone tells a student nothing about what to change. Good analysis does. Here is what to look at and how to explain it. The four numbers… Read more: Reading Mock Test Results: Section Analysis That Helps Students Improve - Build a GATE-Style Paper: MCQ, MSQ and Numeric-Answer Questions Step by StepCreate a mock paper that mixes single-answer MCQs, multiple-select MSQs and numeric-answer questions, each with the right negative marking.
- How to Sell Online Courses, Exams and Mock Test Series on Your Own WebsiteA beginner walkthrough for selling courses, exams and test series on your own WordPress site: products, WooCommerce, Google Play Billing, bundles and access.
- How to Create an Online Exam, Quiz or Course Website (Complete Beginner Guide)Never built a website? The exact pieces you need (domain, hosting, WordPress and a free plugin) and every step to get your first online exam, quiz or course live.
- Build Your First Course and Mock Test: Turgor Exam Engine Step-by-Step TutorialInstall the free Turgor Exam Engine plugin and build your first timed mock test with negative marking, student pages and a course, step by step.
- WordPress Hosting for Online Exams: What Server Do You Need?What hosting you need to run online exams, mock tests and courses: PHP version, SSL, backups and how to survive exam-day traffic bursts.
- WordPress vs Teachable, Thinkific and Other Course Platforms: Which Should You Choose?Hosted course platform or your own WordPress site? An honest comparison of cost, control, exam features and data ownership for course and mock-test creators.
- What Is WordPress? A Plain-English Guide for Course and Exam CreatorsWhat WordPress, hosting, a theme and a plugin are, explained without jargon, and how they fit together to run online exams, quizzes and courses.
- How to Start an Online Test Series Business in India (2026 Guide)What to sell, how to price it, the platform you need and how to get your first students.
- Turgor Exam Engine Features: The Complete List (Free vs Pro)Every feature in the free plugin and in Pro, with pricing and what it doesn’t do yet.
- How to Import 500 Quiz Questions into WordPress from Excel, CSV or Google Sheets
The spreadsheet format for bulk-importing quiz questions into WordPress, with every column explained. - Negative Marking in WordPress Quizzes: Per Section and Per Question
How negative marking works in Indian competitive exams, and how to set it per quiz, per section and per question in WordPress. - How to Create a Mock Test Website on WordPress (CBT Exams with Negative Marking)From an empty WordPress site to students sitting a timed CBT paper with negative marking and instant percentiles.
- LearnDash Migration Checklist: What to Check Before, During and After
Everything to check before the import, before you switch LearnDash off, and in the week after. - How to Migrate from LearnDash (Without Losing Students, Progress or URLs)A step-by-step guide to moving a LearnDash site to Turgor Exam Engine while keeping enrolments, progress, quiz history and URLs.
- LearnDash vs Turgor Exam Engine: Which Is Better for Mock Tests and Exam Prep?A feature-by-feature comparison of LearnDash and Turgor Exam Engine for mock tests, including where LearnDash is still ahead.
- Best LearnDash Alternatives in 2026 (Compared for Courses and Exams)LearnDash alternatives compared on price over three years, exam features and how hard it is to move your courses and students.