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Upside

WordPress theme

Upside’s Education skin combines subject-based course discovery with event, staff and learning-document features.

Updated November 5, 2026 · theme.markets editorial team

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Course search alongside event and staff management

Upside’s Education skin is described as managing courses by category, letting visitors search by subject, and supporting online course sales. The same feature set includes event management and back-end management for faculty and staff. These capabilities, as well as the details below, come from the supplied marketplace description; they are not runtime test results.

Documents and a bbPress forum extend the learning site

The description also identifies a document page for downloads and a forum page built with bbPress. These give the Education skin stated ways to publish learning materials and provide a discussion area alongside course and event content. The description does not specify a learning-management system or explain how course delivery works.

Visual Composer and reusable page elements

The vendor describes Visual Composer as a drag-and-drop page-building interface and also lists shortcodes and custom widgets. This editing approach is relevant if you plan to arrange site pages visually and use supplied components; the description does not detail how each component is configured. Marketplace compatibility data lists Visual Composer 4.8.x, WP e-Commerce 3.8.x and Bootstrap 3.x. Those are listed compatibility claims, not verified test results.

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