Education is one of the most important things in life. Education can take you places beyond your dreams. Education can change the world.
There are many children in the world who can not attend school for various reasons. There are many aid organizations helping to build schools everywhere where it is needed and I think it is admirable and supports their project to the fullest.
A great example is WPBeginner as last year raised money to build a school in Guatemala.
Although schools need a website to publish information of all kinds. So today I’ve selected 10 of the best WordPress themes for schools and education. The themes in the list is suitable for all educational websites such as elementary, Universities and EDU organizations.
I just have to highlight one of the best statement made in terms of education.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela
My University
My University is a elegant WordPress theme designed with colleges, universities and schools in mind. The theme is built on the Bootstrap framework and includes a lot of great features such as: RevSlider (worth $19), ultra responsive and adaptable design, unlimited color styles. Courses, advanced course search, event, lifetime support and updates plus much more.
EduKING
EduKING is a beautiful and colorful WordPress theme perfects for all kind of school websites. With the Courses custom post types you can easily create a list with available courses. More features included in the theme are: Layer Slider ($15 worth), events integration, announcements. Theme options, responsive design, Font Awesome icons etc.
STATUS: OUTDATED OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE!
School
School is a creative WordPress theme by MyThemeShop designed for schools, universities, elementary and educational institutes etc. It is a education oriented theme with great features and options included like: Event post types, testimonials section and open hours. Responsive and adaptable design, translation ready, optimized for speed and SEO.
STATUS: OUTDATED OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE!
WPLMS
WPLMS is a multipurpose learning management system for WordPress. This is a e-learning WordPress theme totally packed with useful features for all kind of schools. The theme turns your WordPress setup into an LMS, utilising the potential of WordPress + BuddyPress + BBPress + WooCommerce. It comes with all features needed course management.
Buntington
Buntington is a WordPress theme built with Boostrap and Vafpress framework for education, schools and universities. The design is clean and elegant. Features included are Visual home page builder, events, courses (with powerful search), sliders builder. Easy to understand theme options, galleries, handy shortcodes, widgets plus much more.
Schoolfun
Schoolfun is a beautiful and inspiring WordPress theme created and designed to work for any school, university or any education institutional. Some of the features included in the theme are: Easy to use theme options, 3 color variation (maroon, blue & green), slideshow, custom post types, responsive and retina ready plus much more.
STATUS: OUTDATED OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE!
University
University is a multipurpose WordPress theme for universities, edu organizations, training centers, event and tickets websites. It is compatible with LearnDash (Learning Management System Plugin). More great features are Revolution Slider ($16 worth), Visual Composer ($25 worth). Course and event management, theme options, WPML ready, responsive layout etc.
Polytechinc
Polytechinc is a premium education WordPress theme packed with great features specifically created for educational institutions. The theme comes with features as theme options, courses and catalogs, user profiles and pages, faculty grid, filterable post grid. Mega menu, Sensei plugin support, Ajax live search, drag & drop builder etc.
STATUS: OUTDATED OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE!
EDU
EDU is one of the best and suitable WordPress theme for colleges, courses, tutorials and educational websites. It is built with SmoothThemes framework, comes with stToolKit plugin that includes smart page builder, unlimited sidebars, course and event post types. stMegaMenu. LayerSlider (15$ worth) is also included.
STATUS: OUTDATED OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE!
Elementary
Elementary is a modern WordPress theme perfect for all kind of educational websites. The design is clean spacious with a two-columns responsive layout. A lot of features are included. Responsive design, search engine optimized, custom page templates, WPML compatible, right-to-left (RTL) support, translations ready and much more.
STATUS: OUTDATED OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE!