lw-lms-rest-frontend

LW LMS: REST frontend consumer

For frontend developers consuming LW LMS data: course catalog, course detail, lesson player, progress dashboard, and protected downloads. The core lw-lms plugin ships a headless REST API; it does not ship public templates, shortcodes, or blocks.

BETA NOTICE. The plugin README says the plugin is under active development and not recommended for production use. Snapshot the JSON shapes in tests and review CHANGELOG.md before upgrading. This skill is verified against local lw-lms v1.6.0.

Version deltas that matter

• v1.6.0: no route or JSON-schema change. A server-side lw_lms_has_course_access callback can now alter the final logged-in paid-course access decision after built-in access checks, which affects access.has_access, lesson accessibility, attachments, lesson detail, progress writes, and protected downloads.
• v1.5.1: maintenance release, no functional REST changes.
• v1.5.0: paid-course denied access payload can include memberships when WooCommerce Memberships is active and the course has _lw_lms_membership_plan_ids.
• v1.4.0: course content in /courses/{id} is public marketing/about content. It is no longer gated behind access.has_access. Lesson content is still gated by /lessons/{id}.
• v1.4.0: open-course lessons remain accessible to guests even if marked as preview.
• v1.3.0: first logged-in access to a free course lazily writes a source='free' access row server-side; the REST consumer does not need to do anything special.
• v1.2.15: denied paid-course access payload can include subscription_variations.

Misconception this skill corrects

"I should use course.content as the access gate."

Wrong for v1.4.0+. CourseTransformer::transform_full() always includes the course content; this is the public course description. Use course.access.has_access and each lesson's accessible flag for gating.

// WRONG: course content is public and is not proof of access.
if (course.content) {
    renderLessonPlayer();
}

// RIGHT: access comes from access.has_access and per-lesson accessible.
if (course.access.has_access) {
    return <CourseContent html={course.content} progress={course.progress} />;
}

return <PurchaseGate access={course.access} />;