Academist - Education & Learning Management System Theme

Get Academist and share the knowledge! It’s super easy when you get a fully integrated lms system alongside a great collection of course layouts perfect for presenting your courses, classes, training programs and more.

Academist is an ideal choice for all modern education & lms websites. You can also display all your events in a neat timetable overview since the theme is fully compatible with the amazing Events Calendar plugin. In one word, you get everything a modern education & lms website needs!

Login Credentials

You can check out the Academist user dashboard by clicking on the Login button in the header and using the following login credentials: Username: test Password: test

Here is a link if you want to check out the Academist Documentation

Theme Features

• Easy to use – no coding knowledge required
• Powerful Admin Panel
• Large collection of home and inner pages
• Import demo site quickly with 1-click
• Responsive and Retina Ready
• Extensive typography options
• WPBakery Page Builder for WordPress included ($46 value)
• Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin included ($26 value)
• Compatible with The Events Calendar plugin
• Compatible with bbPress plugin
• Learning Management System module
• Course Features shortcode
• Course List shortcode
• Advanced Course Search shortcode
• Course Table shortcode
• Course Slider shortcode
• Instructor shortcode
• Instructor List shortcode
• Instructor Slider shortcode
• Events List shortcode
• Events Slider shortcode
• WooCommerce compatible
• Contact Form 7 compatible
• Set multiple contact form styles
• Split Section shortcode
• Split Scrolling Section shortcode
• Twitter List shortcode
• Video Button shortcode
• Testimonials shortcode
• Team shortcode
• Team Carousel shortcode
• Team List shortcode
• Team Slider shortcode
• Various infographic elements
• Pricing Table shortcode
• Clients Carousel shortcode
• Call to Action shortcode
• Banner shortcode
• Animation Holder shortcode
• Product List shortcode
• Product List – Carousel shortcode
• Image Gallery shortcode
• Customizable Google Map shortcode
• Social Share shortcode
• Instagram Feed Widget
• Twitter Feed Widget
• Blog List Widget
• Social Icon Widget
• Image Gallery widget
• Course Categories widget
• Course Features widget
• Course List widget
• Login widget
• Enable login via social networks
• One Page site – anchor functionality
• Multiple Blog List Layouts
• Blog Masonry Layout
• Blog Standard Layout
• Blog List shortcode
• Custom Post Formats: Audio, Video, Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote
• Integrated search
• Back to Top button
• Enable passepartout border around website
• 3 Header Types
• Standard Header Type
• Minimal Header Type
• Vertical Header Type
• Full Screen Menu
• Four Header behavior types
• Sticky header behavior
• Fixed header behavior
• Separate mobile header styling options
• Set size of logo on mobile devices
• Multiple logo versions (for standard header, mobile header, and sticky header)
• Dark and Light Logo variants
• Multiple Widget Areas in Header
• Multiple footer widget areas
• Custom Widget Areas
• Customizable Footer with optional 1-4 Columns
• Footer top and footer bottom
• Choose your grid size
• Boxed layout option
• Customizable Mega Menu
• Smooth Scroll
• Smooth Page Transitions
• Translation Ready
• Font Awesome Icon Font Pack
• Font Elegant Icon Font Pack
• Linear Icons Font Pack
• Simple Line Icons Font Pack
• Ion Icons Icon Font Pack
• Dripicons Icon Font Pack
• 800+ Google Fonts
• Child Theme included

We do not own the copyright for the images featured in this theme. The images in question are only used for presentational purposes on our demos. These images cannot be used on your website, unless you purchase the license from a stock image website yourself.

Change Log

Version 1.3 – October 2nd, 2025

- Added WooCommerce 10.2.x compatibility
- Updated WPBakery Visual Composer to 8.6.1
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.38
- Updated Academist Core to 1.6
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.3
- Improved theme's security

Version 1.2 – February 26th, 2025

- Added WooCommerce 9.x compatibility
- Updated Academist Core to 1.5
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.3
- Updated Academist Checkout to 1.4
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.2
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.29
- Updated WPBakery Visual Composer to 8.2
- Updated WPML config file
- Improved theme's security
- Improved Membership facebook social login
- Improved TGMA library
- Improved Google Map API compatibility
- Fixed Space Between Items option in Academist Image Gallery Widget
- Fixed prerequired course functionality not working properly
- Generated new files for demo import
- Removed Instagram Plugin due to Instagram API changes
- Minor fixes

Version 1.13 – September 13th, 2023

- Added WooCommerce 8.1.0 compatibility
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.2.6
- Updated Academist Checkout to 1.3.1
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.1.6
- Fixed issue with course checkout if user is not logged in
- Improved checkout integration
- Removed Google+ membership login option

Version 1.12 – September 7th, 2023

- Added WordPress 6.3.1 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 8.0.3 compatibility
- Updated Academist Core to 1.4.1
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.2.5
- Updated Academist Checkout to 1.3
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.1.5
- Updated Academist Instagram Feed to 2.0.3
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.6.16
- Updated WPBakery Visual Composer to 7.0
- Fixed errors with course checkout integration
- Fixed deletion of the Custom Sidebars
- Improved PHP8 compatibility
- Improved import functionality
- Improved WP Coding Standards
- Improved Google Fonts functionality with a disable option
- Improved Google Maps API with callback function
- Improved membership form with privacy policy
- Removed Academist Twitter Feed Plugin due to Twitter API changes

Version 1.11 – October 25th, 2022

- Added WordPress 6.0.3 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 7.0.0 compatibility
- Added The Events Calendar plugin 6.0.2 compatibility
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.6.5
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder plugin to 6.10
- Updated Academist Core plugin to 1.4
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.2.4
- Updated Academist Checkout to 1.2
- Updated Simple Line Icons version
- Fixed fake ajax transition when back (browser) or backspace button are pressed
- Fixed FullScreen menu scroll fix
- Fixed og description rendering for pages
- Fixed star rating on a single product page
- Fixed cart widgets in WordPress 5.8
- Fixed NaN value - WooCommerce quantity input fields
- Fixed cart widgets in WordPress 5.8
- Fixed creation of the Custom Sidebars in the new Widgets layout
- Fixed 'Bulk Select' functionality with Menus
- Fixed potential security issue
- Fixed fatal errors when the Academist Core plugin is not active
- Improved courses filter dropdown display
- Improved social share for php 8
- Improved academist_elated_get_attachment_id_from_url function
- Improved theme registration - code already used case
- Improved Academist Checkout plugin with tax functionality
- Theme Validation Rest Endpoint
- Removed Connect with Instagram Business account button
- Removed old import option
- Removed Google+ Social Share from general settings

Version 1.10 – August 20th, 2021

- Added WordPress 5.8 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 5.6 compatibility
- Updated Academist Core plugin to 1.3.2
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.2.3
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.1.4
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.5.6
- Updated WPBakery Visual Composer plugin to 6.7.0
- Updated Academist Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0.2
- Updated Academist Twitter Feed plugin to 1.0.2
- Updated Academist Child Theme to 1.0.1
- Fixed countdown calculation
- Fixed issue with Completed Courses count for Curriculum Sections
- Fixed display of enrolled students in Course Features
- Fixed translations for Course duration in Course Features
- Fixed revolution slider preview functionality
- Improved PHP8 compatibility
- Improved import in PHP8
- Improved theme registration to block Shortcodes and CPT loading if the theme is not registered
- Removed Google+ Social Share
- Removed unused file instagram-redirect.php
- Removed unused file twitter-redirect.php

Version 1.9 – October 13th, 2020

- Updated Academist Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0.1
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.4.1
- Fixed Instagram feed for business accounts

Version 1.8 – September 28th, 2020

- Updated Academist Instagram Feed plugin to 2.0
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.4.0
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.2.23

Version 1.7 – September 2nd, 2020

- Added WordPress 5.5 compatibility
- Added WooCommerce 4.4.1 compatibility
- Updated Academist Core plugin to 1.3.1
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.2.2
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.1.3
- Updated Revolution Slider plugin to 6.2.22
- Updated WPBakery Visual Composer plugin to 6.3.0

Version 1.6 – December 18th, 2019

- Added Academist Dashboard
- Added WooCommerce 3.8.1 compatibility
- Updated Academist Core to 1.3
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.2
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.1
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.1.5
– Removed unused file instagram-redirect.php from Academist Instagram Feed plugin
– Removed unused file twitter-redirect.php from Academist Twitter Feed plugin
– Updated Academist Instagram Feed plugin to 1.0.1
– Updated Academist Twitter Feed plugin to 1.0.1
- Improved Import
- Improved Welcome Page
- Changed Academist Options Position
- Fixed cart dropdown position
- Fixed issues with Event Calendar dropdown
- Fixed issue with students number not showing properly on Course List

Version 1.5 – August 16th, 2019

- Added WooCommerce 3.7.0 compatibility
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.0.5
- Updated Revolution Slider to 6.0.9
- Fixed parallax title background zoom out feature

Version 1.4 – July 8th, 2019

- Added WooCommerce 3.6.5 compatibility
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 6.0.3

Version 1.3 – April 18th, 2019

- Added WooCommerce 3.6.1 compatibility
- Updated Academist Core to 1.2
- Improved import functionality
- Improved theme security

Version 1.2.3 – April 15th, 2019

- Updated Academist LMS to 1.1.3
- Fixed issue with course widgets

Version 1.2.2 – April 5th, 2019

- Updated Academist LMS to 1.1.2
- Fixed issue with instructor tabs

Version 1.2.1 – March 26th, 2019

- Updated Academist Core to 1.1.1
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.1.1
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.1.1
- Improved framework files

Version 1.2 – March 5th, 2019

- Added WooCommerce 3.5.5 compatibility
- Added compatibility with Gutenberg plugin
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 5.7
- Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.8.3
- Updated Academist Core to 1.1
- Updated Academist LMS to 1.1
- Updated Academist Membership to 1.1
- Updated Academist Checkout to 1.1
- Improved framework files

Version 1.1 – February 1st, 2019

- Added compatibility with WordPress 5
- Added WooCommerce 3.5.4 compatibility
- Updated WPBakery Page Builder to 5.6
- Updated Revolution Slider to 5.4.8.2