🆕FCOM Certificates - Automatic PDF Certificates for FluentCommunity Courses

Update - 04/06 ! 🚩
Two trigger modes
Two certificate types : Course completion + Quiz validation
LinkedIn: one-click "Add to profile"

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share a plugin I built for FluentCommunity: FCOM Certificates automatically generates professional PDF certificates when a student completes a course. No manual work required.

How it works

When a learner finishes a course (or passes a quiz with a minimum score), the plugin instantly generates a personalized A4 landscape PDF certificate, saves it, and emails it to the student with a download link. That's it -- fully automatic.

👉 Two trigger modes

• Course completion -- certificate issued when all lessons are marked complete
• Quiz validation (FluentCommunity Pro) -- certificate issued only if the quiz score meets a configurable threshold (e.g., 92%)

Each course can override the global trigger mode, so you can mix both approaches on the same site.

👉 Two certificate types

The plugin generates different certificates depending on the trigger:

• Course completion -- "Certificate of Completion": certifies the student completed the training. Customizable title and phrase (e.g., "has successfully completed the course").
• Quiz certification -- "Skills Certificate": certifies a validated knowledge level. Displays the quiz score prominently. Customizable title and phrase (e.g., "has demonstrated their skills in").

All four texts (title + phrase for each type) are configurable globally and per course.

👉 Smart quiz filtering

Not every quiz should trigger a certificate. Configure a keyword (default: "Certification") -- only quizzes whose title contains that keyword generate a certificate. Training quizzes are ignored. Configurable globally and per course. Leave empty to accept all quizzes.

👉 What's on the certificate

• Your logo and brand colors (Optional)
• Optional background image (A4 landscape, up to 5 MB)
• Student name (pulled from FluentCommunity profile)
• Course title
• Completion date
• Quiz score (if applicable)
• Unique verifiable certificate number with customizable prefix (e.g., CAIA-202604-X48DR)
• QR code for instant verification (in addition to the text URL)
• Verification URL
• Instructor name (Optional)
• Company details (address, phone, registration number)
• Optional watermark (image or text)
• Configurable validity period with expiration date

Two built-in templates: Classic (centered, decorative borders) and Modern (colored sidebar layout). Both print-ready with proper white margins. PDF metadata included (title, author, subject visible in document properties).

👉 For the student

• Receives the certificate by email (with PDF attached) immediately after completion
• Can download it anytime from a "My Certificates" page
• Can verify it publicly via a verification page (auto-created by the plugin)
• Can add it to their LinkedIn profile with one click (pre-filled form)
• Receives a reminder email before expiration with a direct link to renew

👉 For the admin

• Full settings page: logo, background image, colors, templates, email templates, validity period, reminder delays -- everything is configurable
• Dashboard: overview with stats cards (total/active/expired/revoked), monthly generation chart, top certified courses, activity log
• Certificate registry: paginated list of all certificates with search, filters (status, mode), and sortable columns
• Manual generation: generate a certificate for any student + course from the admin, with choice of certificate type (completion or quiz) and optional score
• CSV export: download the full registry for reporting
• Revocation: revoke any certificate with a reason -- revoked certificates can no longer be downloaded or verified
• Preview & test: preview the PDF with sample data, or generate a real test certificate to verify the full chain (PDF + email sent immediately)
• Per-course settings: override template, trigger mode, certificate titles & phrases, background image, instructor, minimum score, validity, quiz keyword, and email template per course (via FluentCommunity's Meta Settings API)
• Admin notifications: optional email alert each time a certificate is generated
• Activity log: tracks certificate generation, revocation, expiration, and manual generation with timestamps and user info
• Export/Import: export all settings to JSON, import on another site

👉 Expiration & reminders

Certificates can have a configurable validity (e.g., 12 months). The plugin automatically:

• Marks expired certificates
• Sends a reminder email X days before expiration (configurable), with a direct link to retake the course
• The verification page shows "Expired" for expired certificates

👉 FluentCRM integration

• Automation trigger: "Student Gets Certificate" -- create funnels that fire when a student earns a certificate. Appears in the FluentCRM automation builder under "Course Certificates". Options to run once or for every certificate, and to control re-entry behavior.
• Automatic tagging: apply a FluentCRM tag when a certificate is generated
• SmartCodes for email automations: {{fcom.download_url}}, {{fcom.certificate_id}}, {{fcom.course_title}}, {{fcom.student_name}}, {{fcom.issued_at}}, {{fcom.verification_url}}, {{fcom.linkedin_url}}

👉 Other integrations

• LinkedIn: one-click "Add to profile" button in the email and on the certificates page, with your Organization ID for automatic company linking
• FluentCommunity portal: optional "My Certificates" link in the portal menu
• Webhooks: configure a URL to receive POST JSON notifications on every generation, revocation, or expiration. Compatible with Zapier, Make, n8n.

👉 Shortcodes

• [fcom_certificate_verify] -- public verification form
• [fcom_my_certificates] -- student's certificate list with download + LinkedIn buttons
• [fcom_certificate_completions] -- recent completions feed (configurable limit and animation)

👉 GDPR ready

Optional GDPR compliance (toggle on/off in settings). When enabled, integrates with WordPress personal data tools:

• Export: students can request their certificate data
• Erasure: anonymizes records, deletes PDF files, keeps anonymized traces for legal compliance

👉 Security & quality

• Every line of code has been audited for SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, path traversal, and authorization
• Rate limiting on public verification endpoint
• HMAC-signed download links (no login required, works from emails)
• QR code verification on every certificate
• File integrity checking
• 3-layer license protection system
• Proper uninstall with confirmation dialog listing all data that will be deleted

Other details

• Fully translatable (326 strings, .pot file included, English translation built-in)
• Self-hosted update system
• Works with WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 8.0+
• Requires FluentCommunity with the Course module enabled

The plugin will be offered at a price of 49 EUR, with a lifetime license (nothing to pay each year, because your business should not depend on a third party).

Built specifically for FluentCommunity. Happy to answer any questions or hear feedback.