Are you looking for the best education WordPress themes? We have created a list of premium themes that is sure to inspire your next College or University website.
WordPress is arguably the best CMS for building educational websites as it is not only free, but has an active community built around it that you can easily turn to for support.
The premium educational themes listed below have been designed specifically with Universities,Colleges and schools in mind. Many also have been built to be easily viewed on any device, whether it be a PC or Iphone. The themes below will help you get a professional looking website up quickly, easily and cheaply for your school, college, university or other education institution. We have included only the top themes available.
My University
A responsive University WordPress theme that has been built on bootstrap. The theme offers advanced options, visual composer, advanced course search feature, and is translation ready.
A modern educational theme for WordPress.
Principal
This is one of the newest education based themes available & it has been released by a theme company that specialize in designing only educational themes – they are true specialists in the niche, and command a much higher fee as a result.
The theme itself is fully responsive, and has eight color variations. Not exactly a steal at $199, but you can be sure that you will have one of the best websites money can buy plus included in the cost is one hour of free customization.
Blackboard
As with the theme above, this theme has been developed by specialist in the educational niche.
With this theme you have the ability to change colors to whatever best suits your institution and the theme is fully responsive.
Lectura
A classic University theme that commands attention and respect. Why struggle with making a theme fit the purpose of your website? when you can buy a theme that has all the angle covered.
Foundation
Another modern theme that is ideally suited for education (as that is what it was designed for).
Graduate
Designed for universities and colleges, Graduate features multiple category page layouts, sliders and a custom admissions widget. Galleries can also be added using the theme.
Academy
A featured packed learning management WordPress theme. Academy allows you to add lessons and courses to your website. Users can edit their own profiles and it integrates with the WooCommerce eCommerce WordPress plugin.
Campus
A flexible WordPress theme that allows you to create your perfect website layout using a drag and drop page builder. The responsive design comes packaged with other WordPress goodies such as WP Slider Revolution, WP JackBox and a responsive mobile navigation menu.
Dreamy
Dreamy is a clean WordPress theme that was designed for schools, child care, kindergartens, daycares, preschools and more. It supports multiple colour schemes, post formats, custom widgets and MailChimp integration for newsletters.
Brick & Mortar
Brick & Mortar is a business theme that is aimed towards teachers, tutors and instructors. It includes two different home page sliders, three gallery styles and a product/service page. Six custom page templates are also included.
Corporative
A responsive multi-purpose design that looks great on any device. The in-built visual composer allows you to create any page using a drag and drop interface. It includes widgets, sliders and ten preset colour schemes.
Grand College
An education theme that was designed for schools, colleges and universities. It features a unique post type for creating courses and unique pages can be created using an integrated page builder and custom slider. Multiple blog layouts, footer layouts and page templates are also included.
My College
A clean professional education WordPress theme that comes in three different colour schemes. It has been designed with mobile users in mind. Not only is the design responsive, mobile visitors can also browse the design using touching and swiping.
WP Education
A responsive education design that looks good on desktops, tablets and mobiles. It has many unique features such as a courses page, event calendar, student and professor privileges, file sharing and more. Everything is controlled through a professional theme options area.
EduPress
EduPress is a versatile education design that includes seven custom widgets, a featured slider and three different layouts for posts and pages.
Universidad
Universidad is a flexible WordPress theme that features a home page slider, three menu areas and five different page templates. The theme also allows you to modify your content area using shortcodes.
Jasper
A responsive education and shopping theme all rolled into one. Built upon the Gantry framework, the theme features unlimited colour schemes, portfolio styles and unique post types for courses and other education options. It works great with the WooCommerce WordPress plugin.
University
Originally released in 2009, University is one of the first premium education designs released for WordPress. It is still updated regularly so that it works with modern WordPress features. It supports unlimited colour schemes, a featured posts slideshow and social media integration.
ParkCollege
ParkCollege is a responsive education design that features unlimited colour schemes. It features a customisable home page and a course manager for students. Video widgets are also included.
Kid’s Voice School
A vibrant WordPress theme that was designed for schools, child care and nurseries. It includes ten different colour schemes, seven built-in sidebars and eleven custom widgets. The design is responsive too so it will look great on all devices.
I hope you have enjoyed this list of education themes. If we have missed any good designs, please let us know and we will add them to the list.
This list has been updated for 2014.
Thanks,
Kevin