CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Revenue	$ 16,736,991	$ 14,555,102
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenue	12,893,901	11,570,364
Selling, general and administrative expenses	6,272,138	6,951,637
Depreciation and amortization	115,454	64,738
Costs and expenses	19,281,493	18,586,739
Operating loss	(2,544,502)	(4,031,637)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense	(6,621)	(3,196)
Income from Section 16 settlement	0	400,000
Income from Arbitration settlement	1,192,246	0
Other income	143,178	5,284
Loss from continuing operations before income tax provision	(1,215,699)	(3,629,549)
Income tax provision	3,130	1,706
Loss from continuing operations	(1,218,829)	(3,631,255)
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations	0	27,261
Gain from disposal	0	837,720
Consolidated net loss	(1,218,829)	(2,766,274)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest	0	16,505
Net loss attributable to WPCS	(1,218,829)	(2,782,779)
Dividends declared on preferred stock	0	(4,742,768)
Deemed dividend on convertible preferred stock, due to beneficial conversion feature	(1,037,365)	(744,499)
Net loss attributable to WPCS common shareholders	$ (2,256,194)	$ (8,270,046)
Basic and diluted loss from continuing operations per common share	$ (0.76)	$ (3.98)
Gain from disposal (in dollars per share)	0	0.37
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	$ (0.76)	$ (3.61)
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding	2,967,984	2,290,050