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=== LSX Health & Fitness Plans ===
Contributors: feedmymedia, lightspeedwp, eleshar, krugazul, jacquesvdh, ignusvermaak
Donate link: https://lsdev.biz/lsx/donate/
Tags: lsx, exercises, workouts, meals, recipe, fitness
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.0
Requires PHP: 7.0
Stable tag: 2.0.1
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
Easily market your exercise or eating plans on your WordPress website with LSX Health. Or create a combined eating and exercise health plan.
== Description ==
Global health trends are towards working out at home, market your idea of a healthy lifestyle to a wider audience.
The LSX Health Plan plugin has been designed to work with the LSX theme, and adds the ability to display a fully integrated eating and workout plan on your website. We’re firm believers in open source – that’s why the LSX Theme and the LSX Health Plan plugin are free, and that won’t change. We consistently maintain and update this plugin to ensure compatibility with latest WordPress versions.
This plugin adds the ability to include a structured exercise and nutrition programme to your WordPress website using the LSX Theme and extensions.
Browse our [LSX Health Plan demo site] (https://lsx-health-plan.lsdev.biz/) to see how the plugin works.
= Health Plans =
* Navigate all plans on the site via the "Plans Archive", which groups all your plan content in one place.
* Filter by Plan status on the archive pages:
* Free plans
* Paid plans (using WooCommerce)
* Featured plans
* Filter by Plan types category on the archive pages:
* Meals & Recipes only
* Workouts & Exercises only
* Combined Meal & Workout plans
* Categorise plan posts by "Plan Type" category.
* Plans posts have two layouts for weekly and daily plans, these layouts useful for different types if content.
* Connect tips to your plan posts, reuse tip content easily on other plans if needed.
* Intuitive settings page for configuring the LSX Health Plan plugin.
= Meal Plans =
* Add recipes and eating plans, that include snacks and meals. Link your recipes to your eating plans.
* You can link shopping list download files or a page with the shopping list.
* Add tips to your Meal plans and Recipes, reuse tip content easily on other plans.
* Categorise Meal posts by "Meal Type" category.
* Categorise Recipe posts by "Cuisine" & "Recipe Type" categories.
= Workout Plans =
* The Workouts menu in the backend allows you to load workout plans, connect entire warm up routines and connect exercises to workout sets.
* Exercises are added to a workout plan or to your webpage using a shortcode.
* Add a video or gallery to exercises to enhance the instructional value.
* Add a warm up routine as a standalone workout, then reuse the warm up content easily when creating full Workouts.
* Add tips to your Workouts and Exercises, reuse tip content easily on other plans.
* Categorise Workout posts by "Workout Type" category.
* Categorise Exercise posts by "Exercise Type", "Muscle Group" & "Equipment" categories.
= Free Companion Theme =
LSX Team is built to show off the best of the WordPress block editor, but it requires the free LSX theme in the WordPress theme repository as the perfect companion for LSX Blocks - https://wordpress.org/themes/lsx/
= Block Editor Support =
The LSX theme is full compatible with the WordPress block editor. This means you can now make use of the drag-and-drop page builder when creating new pages and posts.
[LSX Blocks](https://lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/blocks) is an extension with blocks designed to display perfectly with the LSX theme. The blocks plugin extends various WordPress core blocks to be more flexible with the WordPress theme.
The combination of LSX Theme & LSX Blocks gives you a true page builder experience using the WordPress Gutenberg block editor.
= Free LSX Extensions =
The LSX Health Plan plugin is designed to work with the [LSX Theme](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/search/), our theme allows you to display your Health Plan content beautifully.
Easily extend your Health Plan website by searching for the LSX extensions below via "Add Plugins" in your WordPress backend:
* Help your users shared your health plan content with [LSX Sharing](https://lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/sharing/)
* Add filters to all archive pages with FacetWP and [LSX Search](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/search/)
* Add customer testimonials and display them using [LSX Testimonials](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/testimonials/)
* Connect trainers to workouts and dieticians to meal plans using [LSX Team](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/team/)
* Add educational exercise instruction videos using [LSX Videos](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/videos/)
* Customize your website's colours, layouts and more with LSX Customizer [LSX Theme](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/site-customizer/)
* Customizer your blog's appearance with the [LSX Blog Customizer](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/blog-customizer/)
* Build impressive mega menus with ease when you install [LSX Mega Menus](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/extensions/mega-menus/)
= Integrates with WooCommerce =
* Install *WooCommerce* and enable profile tabs that display personal information and your avatar.
* We recommend *WooCommerce Memberships Extension* for more advanced content restrictions on Health Plan content.
* Trainers and Dieticians can create a membership site and monetise their intellectual property by selling Workout & Meal Plans online.
* Create a WooCommerce virtual product or a membership product using WooCommerce Memberships, then connect the product to the a plan post and start selling easily.
= Documentation =
* [LSX Health Plan Documentation](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/documentation/lsx-health/getting-started/) has everything you need to use the plugin.
* [LSX Theme](https://lsdev.biz/lsx/documentation/lsx-theme/)
* [LSX Blocks](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/documentation/lsx-blocks/)
= Support =
Contact the [LightSpeed](https://lsdev.biz/) for assistance via the [LSX support form](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/support/).
Your WordPress website needs to be running PHP version 7.0 or higher in order to make use of the LSX Health Plan plugin.
If you still require help with the LSX Health Plan Plugin, please log any bug issues you are having on the [Github Issues](https://github.com/lightspeeddevelopment/lsx-health-plan/issues/) page, or send an email to [support@lsdev.biz](mailto:support@lsdev.biz).
= Contributing to the LSX Health Plan plugin =
If you're a developer who's spotted a bug issue and have a fix, or simply have functionality you think would extend our core plugin, we are always happy to accept your contribution! Visit the [LSX Health Plan Plugin on Github](https://github.com/lightspeeddevelopment/lsx-health-plan/) and submit a Pull Request with your updates.
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= Can I add my own workouts or meals? =
Yes! You can add as many types of workouts and connect exercises as you want.
= Can I add my own meal plans? =
Yes! You can add as many types of meal plans and connect recipes as you want.
= Does it work on mobile? =
Yes! We designed all the LSX Health Plan templates using Mobile First approach. These templates are fully responsive within the LSX theme and will display effectively on smartphones and tablets.
= I’ve installed the plugin, now what? =
Create a plan by going to Plans > Add new. Give your plan a title (e.g. Day 1, Monday, Boot Camp). Assign it to a Week category if you want to display the Plans by week.
Create a workout plan (link to documentation) and a meal plan (link to documentation) to link to your Plan.
Connect your workouts and meals to the main Plan.
= How do I display my plan on my website? =
After you have created your PLAN, and connected the workouts, meal or recipes, you can use the following shortcodes to display your plan on your website.
A daily plan layout:
[lsx_health_plan_day_plan_block]
A weekly plan layout, with collapsible rows:
[lsx_health_plan_day_plan_block week_view="true"]
[Find more shortcodes here](https://www.lsdev.biz/lsx/documentation/lsx-health/shortcodes/)
= Do I have to activate WooCommerce to use this plugin? =
No, but if you want to enable a profile page and sell your plans online then WooCommerce is required. The LSX Health Plan plugin is designed for WooCommerce and WooCommerce Memberships compatibility.
== Screenshots ==
1. Single meal plan that is in progress
2. My Dashboard > Account Details
3. Exercises archive template
4. Meals archive template
5. My Dashboard with a view of my active & completed plans
6. The main plans archive, this is where customers can purchase plans.
7. Single Recipe template
8. Recipes archive template
9. Single workout plan that is in progress
10. Meal & workout plan with 4 weeks
11. Workouts archive template
== Changelog ==
[Lastest changelogs can be found on GitHub](https://github.com/lightspeeddevelopment/lsx-health-plan/blob/master/changelog.md).