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LifterLMS Integration

ApproveThis manages your LifterLMS Integration approvals.

April 17, 2025

Integration Category: Education

When Bureaucracy Meets Online Learning

Let's get real - managing course approvals sucks just as much as compliance training itself. You've got LifterLMS handling the heavy lifting of course creation and delivery, but somewhere between "new enrollment" and "certification granted," there's always that one bottleneck where decisions get stuck in email threads or lost in Slack. That's where ApproveThis comes in like a caffeinated project manager who actually reads your emails.

Why This Combo Works Like Scotch and Sarcasm

LifterLMS built a solid WordPress fortress for your courses. ApproveThis? It's the moat that keeps approval chaos out. Together through Zapier, they handle the three things that make grown adults quit admin work:

  • No more manual data entry between systems
  • Zero "I thought YOU approved that!" moments
  • Automatic paper trails that even auditors would high-five

Course Cancellations That Don't Require a Therapy Session

When someone cancels course access in LifterLMS, it's usually not just a button click - accounting needs to process refunds, admins should revoke permissions, and trainers might want to follow up. Our first Zap acts like a digital bouncer:

Real-World Example: A cybersecurity training company uses this to automatically flag cancellations for compliance review. If a high-risk employee drops their mandatory training, ApproveThis pings both HR and Legal before processing - because sometimes you really do need three people to say "no" to a bad idea.

Enrollments That Happen Before the Intern Quits

The second Zap is for organizations where new hires get lost between the offer letter and actual training. When ApproveThis gets a new request (say, for onboarding), it auto-enrolls the employee in LifterLMS courses. No more "I couldn't access the system" excuses from the guy who finished compliance training three weeks late.

Pro Tip: Layer in ApproveThis' calculated fields to assign different courses based on role or location. $500 budget approval? Send 'em to procurement training. Engineering role? Here's your mandatory "Don't Break Production" course.

Feedback Loops That Actually Close

The third Zap is for the overachievers who want to improve their courses. When someone enrolls, it triggers approval requests for post-training feedback. Sales team just went through new product training? Auto-request manager sign-off that they're actually using the materials before certifying completion.

Setup That Won't Make You Call IT

Connecting LifterLMS to ApproveThis takes less time than most Teams meetings:

  1. Create your Zapier account (if you're among the 3 people who don't have one yet)
  2. Pick a trigger from LifterLMS (course cancellation, enrollment, etc.)
  3. Set ApproveThis as the action - map the key data points
  4. Test with your riskiest power user (we all have one)

ApproveThis' vacation delegation means even when Karen from Accounting is on her third cruise this year, approvals keep moving. And because approvers don't need LifterLMS licenses, you can loop in external partners without buying seats they'll never use.

Who Actually Benefits From This Madness?

Corporate Training Teams: Automate compliance tracking so you spend less time chasing signatures and more time preventing OSHA violations.

EdTech Startups: Instant approval chains for course updates or client requests means you can iterate faster than your competitors' legal teams can say "terms of service."

Consulting Firms: Client-specific approval workflows that automatically enroll them in tailored training programs - billable hours without the manual follow-up.

The Fine Print (That's Actually Useful)

ApproveThis isn't just a dumb approval router. Their calculated fields let you auto-approve routine requests (like recurring memberships under $200) while flagging exceptions. Approval thresholds mean your CFO only sees purchase requests that actually matter. And the real-time dashboard? It's basically a guilt trip for slow approvers.

No More "Approved in Theory"

Combining LifterLMS with ApproveThis turns "I assume someone handled it" into "Here's the audit trail." Whether you're managing 50 employees or 5,000 contractors, this integration cuts the administrative fat from your learning programs.

Ready to stop being human middleware between systems? Register for ApproveThis or book a demo to see how approval workflows should work when they're not held together by hope and sticky notes.

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Best Approval Workflows for LifterLMS

Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for LifterLMS

Create approval requests for cancelled course access on LifterLMS

Efficiently manage your course cancellations. When a user's course access is cancelled in LifterLMS, this automation creates an approval request in ApproveThis to confirm the cancellation process, ensuring all stakeholders are notified and approval is streamlined.

Zapier Components

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Trigger

Course Access Cancelled

Triggers when a WordPress user's access to a course is cancelled.

Action

Create Request

Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.

Enroll users in courses when new approval requests are initiated

Enhance your course enrollment processes by integrating ApproveThis with LifterLMS. This automation will enroll users in a specified course once a new approval request in ApproveThis is initiated, ensuring efficient onboarding and reducing manual administrative efforts.

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Request

Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

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Action

Enroll in a Course

Enrolls a WordPress user to a course.

Request detailed feedback once a new course enrollment occurs

Automatically initiate feedback requests for new course enrollments in LifterLMS. When a user enrolls in a course, a request in ApproveThis is approved or denied, prompting necessary follow-up actions based on feedback or decisions associated with the enrollment.

Zapier Components

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Trigger

New Course Enrollment

Triggers when a WordPress user enrolls in a given course.

Action

A Request Is Approved/Denied

Triggers when a request is approved or denied.