Sell video courses with WooCommerce and the secure player

Show the XAPlayer player only to customers who bought the course product in WooCommerce, with one shortcode and no extra plugin.

Here the lesson page shows the player only to people who bought that course’s product in your WooCommerce store. Everyone else sees a message with a link to buy it.

Before you start#

1. In your XAPlayer panel, open Settings and create an API key. It is shown only once, so copy it right away.
2. Under Websites allowed to show your player, add your site’s full address, such as https://academy.example.com. If your site also opens with www, add that too.
3. Get the course ID: in Settings, pick the course in “Show the player on your website” and the ID is filled into the sample code. It is also the last part of the course page’s address in the panel.
4. Follow “Embed the secure player in WordPress” first; this shortcode builds on [xaplayer].

A shortcode for buyers#

File: wp-content/themes/your-child-theme/functions.php

<?php
// [xaplayer_course product="123" course="COURSE_ID"]
// Shows the player only to customers who bought WooCommerce product 123.
add_shortcode('xaplayer_course', function ($atts) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts(['product' => 0, 'course' => ''], $atts, 'xaplayer_course');
    $product = (int) $atts['product'];

    if (!is_user_logged_in()) {
        return '<p>Please sign in to watch this lesson.</p>';
    }

    $user = wp_get_current_user();
    if (!wc_customer_bought_product($user->user_email, $user->ID, $product)) {
        return sprintf(
            '<p>This lesson is for students who bought the course. <a href="%s">Buy the course</a></p>',
            esc_url(get_permalink($product))
        );
    }

    return do_shortcode(sprintf('[xaplayer course="%s"]', esc_attr($atts['course'])));
});

Use it#

1. Find the course product’s ID in WooCommerce: hover the product name in the Products list and the ID appears.
2. On the lesson page write [xaplayer_course product="123" course="COURSE_ID"].
3. Open the page as a buyer and as someone else to see both cases.

If it doesn’t work#