Description
CodeClove School Management System is a WordPress plugin built for K-12 schools, coaching institutes, and colleges. It handles student records, staff directories, academic sessions, daily attendance, fee invoicing, and a parent-student self-service portal, all from your WordPress admin.
Works out of the box for India, US, and UK
Pick your country during setup and the plugin configures grading conventions, phone formats, currency symbols, academic terms, and date formats automatically. One click, not a settings marathon.
Free features
- Unlimited student records. Student profiles, guardian contacts, enrollment dates. No caps, no paywalls on record counts.
- Bulk CSV import. Onboard hundreds of students or staff from a spreadsheet with custom column mapping.
- Online admissions. Embed an application form with
[codeclove_admission_form]. Review applications, then convert an applicant to a student in one click. - Fee types and invoicing. Define fee heads per class, generate invoices, and record offline payments with printable receipts.
- Staff directory. Teacher and admin records with roles, contact info, and class assignments.
- Academic structure. Sessions, terms, classes, groups, and subjects organized the way your school actually works.
- Daily attendance. Mark Present, Absent, Late, or Excused per student. Instant daily summary reports.
- Student and parent portal.
[codeclove_portal]gives students and guardians a frontend view of attendance, schedules, and fee invoices. - Printable ID cards. Dual-side student ID cards generated from profile data.
- Command palette. Global search across students, staff, pages, and shortcuts.
- Dark mode. Full dark theme for the admin interface.
- Zero tracking. No Google Fonts, no external CDNs, no analytics calls. Everything loads from your server.
Security
- All database tables use your WordPress table prefix.
- Every REST API endpoint has a
permission_callbackand nonce verification. - Role-based access control on all student and academic data.
School Management Pro
The free plugin covers daily operations. School Management Pro adds:
- Revenue analytics. Fee collection graphs, forecasting, and payment mode breakdowns.
- Defaulter tracking. Automatic overdue invoice reports.
- Online payments. Stripe, PayPal, Razorpay, and Indian UPI checkout.
- Timetable builder. Weekly schedule matrix with teacher substitution handling.
- SMS notifications. Twilio, Vonage, Fast2SMS, and MSG91 integrations.
- Noticeboard. School-wide or targeted announcements and circulars.
- Batch promotion. Move students between academic sessions at year-end in one operation.
- Permission matrix. Capability control per role across teachers, accountants, and staff.
- Priority support. Email and ticket support with onboarding help.
Source code
The JavaScript bundles in assets/build/ are compiled from TypeScript and React source files.
Full source: https://github.com/Codeclove/codeclove-school-management
Third-party libraries in the compiled output:
- React 18 — MIT License — https://github.com/facebook/react
- React Router 6 — MIT License — https://github.com/remix-run/react-router
- Tailwind CSS — MIT License — https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss
- shadcn/ui components — MIT License — https://github.com/shadcn-ui/ui
- Lucide React icons — ISC License — https://github.com/lucide-icons/lucide
All bundled libraries are open-source and GPL-compatible.
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Installation
- Go to Plugins Add New in your WordPress admin and search for “CodeClove School Management”, or upload the zip manually.
- Activate the plugin.
- Open School Management in your admin sidebar.
- Run the setup wizard, pick your country preset, and create your first academic session.
FAQ
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Is the free version limited in student or staff numbers?
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No. Unlimited students, guardians, classes, and staff. No quotas, no trial periods, no features disabled behind a paywall.
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Does the plugin make external network calls?
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No. No remote fonts, no CDN assets, no usage tracking, no background requests of any kind. All assets load from your server.
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Can I upgrade to Pro without losing data?
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Yes. Pro uses the same database tables. Install and activate it alongside the free plugin and all your existing records carry over.
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What WordPress and PHP versions does it require?
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WordPress 6.5 or later and PHP 8.1 or later.
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Does it work for coaching institutes, not just schools?
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Yes. The academic structure, sessions, groups, and subjects work for any teaching institution.
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Contributors & Developers
“CodeClove School Management System” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Interested in development?
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Fix: Date picker calendar selection and event handling inside modal dialogs.
- Fix: Prevent modal dismissal when interacting with portaled overlays.
- Fix: Prevent text input focus from capturing keyboard typing in date fields.
- Tweak: Add ArrowDown keyboard shortcut to open calendar picker.
1.0.1
- Fix: Input sanitization at REST API controller boundaries.
- Fix: Remove deprecated print_emoji_styles hook before rendering the SPA shell.
- Fix: timetable queries in attendance and portal services
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Academic structure: sessions, units, groups, subjects.
- Student directory with guardian profile management.
- Staff and faculty directory with role assignments.
- Daily student attendance marking and reports.
- Country presets for India, United States, and United Kingdom.
