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Shelly – School WordPress Theme
Shelly – School WordPress Theme is a clean, minimalistic theme made for educational institutions.
Product facts
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Released
- 20 September 2026
- Type
- Theme
- Licence
- GPL
- Included in
- Every plan, or $3.49 on its own
Overview
Schools often need a site that presents programs, faculty and events clearly to parents and students, yet the people maintaining it are rarely developers. Shelly addresses this with a bright, minimal design and drag-and-drop editing through Elementor. Custom widgets cover the content a school publishes most, such as teacher profiles, class listings, schedules and event calendars.
The theme includes dedicated pages for teachers, classes, the blog and contact details, which keeps navigation simple for visitors looking for a specific answer. It suits schools, training centers, colleges, language schools, kindergartens, art schools, playrooms and academies. Well-documented source files help newcomers to WordPress with setup and customization, and the layout adapts to desktops, tablets and phones.
Features
- Built on Elementor: Pages are edited with Elementor's drag-and-drop interface, so administrators and staff can change layouts and content without coding knowledge.
- Education-focused custom widgets: Special Elementor widgets present teachers, classes, schedules and events, giving schools ready-made ways to show the information visitors look for most.
- Responsive layout: The fluid design adapts to desktops, tablets and smartphones, so the site stays readable on whatever device parents and students use.
- Dedicated school pages: Separate pages for teachers, classes, the blog and contact details help organize information and make navigation clear for visitors.
- Retina-ready graphics: Graphics are prepared for high-density screens, so images and visual elements look sharp on modern displays.
- WPML and Bootstrap compatibility: The theme works with WPML for translating the site into multiple languages, and with Bootstrap for added design flexibility.
- Documented source files: Included documentation guides setup and customization, which helps people who are new to WordPress get a site running.
- Block editor settings: A theme.json file defines the block editor color palette, typography, spacing and layout, and the theme supports custom logos and wide alignment.
Best for
- Schools, colleges and academies
- Kindergartens, language schools and art schools
- Staff who edit sites with Elementor
Changelog
Version 1.2.0 — 20 August 2026
- Improved Compatibility with WordPress 7.1 and PHP 8.3 / 8.4
- New Added theme.json (block editor colour palette, typography, spacing and layout)
- New Added native custom-logo support, appearance-tools and align-wide
- Improved Replaced get_page_by_title(), removed in modern WordPress, with a WP_Query lookup
- Improved Rewrote the breadcrumb trail — fixed fatals on uncategorised posts, orphan attachments, unresolvable page ancestors and author archives
- Fixed Fixed a fatal on the Events archive when an event date could not be parsed
- Fixed Fixed teacher category links, which pointed at the wrong taxonomy and 404'd
- Fixed Fixed the taxonomy template overwriting the global $wp_query
- Fixed Fixed missing pagination on the Classes, Events and Teachers archives
- Fixed Fixed the gallery post format never being detected
- Fixed Fixed quote authors never rendering
- New Registered the Footer customizer section, which was never loaded
- Fixed Fixed boolean theme options that could never be switched off
- Fixed Fixed the Google Fonts request, which used css2 syntax against the css v1 endpoint
- Improved Scripts now load with the WordPress 6.3+ `defer` strategy
- Improved Hardened output escaping across templates and helpers
- New Added a real skip-link target and a <main> landmark
Earlier versions
- 1.1.2 (7 August 2024): 1 fixed
FAQ
Is Shelly – School WordPress Theme free?
The code of Shelly – School WordPress Theme is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. Buy GPL is a paid service: a plan or a purchase of Shelly – School WordPress Theme gives you the download and its updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.
Which version of Shelly – School WordPress Theme is this?
Version 1.2.0, released 20 September 2026. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them.
How do I update Shelly – School WordPress Theme?
Install Buy GPL Updater on your site and paste your key from My Account. It installs new versions of Shelly – School WordPress Theme for you.
