Description
Varsita lets you build complete online course platforms on WordPress, with a built-in LMS for creating and managing courses, student progress tracking, and integrated payments for monetization. It’s a theme made for educational institutions, independent teachers, and distance learning schools that need to structure enrollments, content, and billing in a single environment, with BuddyPress support to build a community among students and instructors.
Key Features of Varsita
- Native built-in LMS
Embedded learning management system to create, organize, and publish online courses. - Instructor dashboard
Dedicated area for course creation, progress tracking, and personalized feedback for students. - Built-in payments
Native billing functionality to monetize courses and sell access to your content. - BuddyPress compatibility
Support for the WordPress social networking plugin to build a community among students, instructors, and classes. - Intuitive interface
Navigation that’s accessible to users with little technical knowledge, with no advanced customization required. - Customization options
Appearance and theme settings adjustments to tailor the site to each institution or brand.
Benefits of Varsita
- A teaching platform without multiple plugins
Courses, students, and payments all run inside the theme, so there’s no need to integrate several separate tools. - Immediate course monetization
Revenue from the very first enrollment thanks to built-in billing, with no extra development. - Hands-on student tracking
Instructors can view individual progress and adjust content as the class moves forward. - Student engagement
BuddyPress support enables forums, profiles, and messaging, keeping students enrolled longer.
Who Is Varsita For?
- Schools, universities, and educational institutions that want to offer online courses under their own brand.
- Independent teachers and instructors who sell video classes and mentoring online.
- Anyone building distance learning platforms who needs enrollment, content, and payment on the same site.
- You, if you already use WordPress and want to turn it into a course platform with a student community.
How to Download Varsita
Varsita is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it under Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme, select the file, and activate. The course and instructor dashboard features appear in the WordPress menu right after you activate the theme.
For anyone building an online course platform on WordPress, Varsita brings the LMS, instructor area, billing, and community support together in the theme itself, cutting down the number of plugins you need. The approach works for educational institutions as well as content creators who want to charge for access to their material and track student performance from a single dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
Is Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System GPL-licensed?
Yes. Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.
Can I use Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System on multiple sites?
Yes. You can use Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System on multiple sites. The number of sites connected to Ultrapack Auto Updater is limited by your plan.
How much does Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System cost at Ultrapack?
Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).
Does Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System include updates?
Yes. The current version of Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System is 2.7, published at Ultrapack on Dec 1, 2017. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).
Is Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System scanned before publication?
Yes. Every version of Varsita – Online Course Platform Theme with Built-in Learning Management System goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.
How to install
Updates: manual. When a new version comes out, download it on this same page and upload it over the old one; WordPress asks whether you want to replace the current version.
The file on this page is the full package the author publishes on the marketplace: the theme, the documentation and sometimes the plugins it uses. Do not upload that file through the dashboard, because WordPress cannot find the theme inside it. What gets installed is the theme folder, which is in there.
- Download the file
themeforest-10502637-varsita-wordpress-learning-management-system.zipand extract it on your computer. - If the extracted package contains another ZIP file named after the theme, extract that ZIP as well before looking for the theme folder.
- Look for the folder that has the
style.cssfile and thescreenshot.pngimage (in this item, the foldertheme-pack/varsita). That is the theme folder. - Zip that folder only. Do not use RAR.
- In the WordPress dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme and upload the ZIP file you just created.
- Click Activate.
- Uploading the whole package is the most common mistake when installing a theme. WordPress answers that no valid theme was found, and nothing is installed.
- If after extracting you already find
style.cssandscreenshot.pngin the main folder, that folder is the theme folder. - The rest of the package belongs to the author: documentation, demo files and, in some themes, the plugins it asks for during setup.
- The package also includes the plugins the theme uses, each in its own ZIP:
js_composer.zipandrevslider.zip. Upload each one in Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin after activating the theme.
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