About this plugin
LuviaEdu is a complete School ERP and Academic Management System designed for modern educational institutions. It provides a highly interactive, unified React dashboard for administrators, teachers, accountants, and other staff to coordinate student admissions, academic directories, financial transactions, class schedules, and student attendance.
Key Features:
- Academic Directory — Comprehensive student profile roster, class registration, and academic section management.
- Attendance System — Quick-action student attendance register with visual present/absent indicators and historical logs.
- Financial Ledger & Billing — Professional invoices, expense tracking, payroll processing, and student fee templates.
- Drag-and-Drop Form Builder — Visually design custom multi-column student registration or feedback forms. No coding needed.
- Dynamic Certificate Builder — Create, print, and distribute school certificates from a visual template editor.
- Frontend Student Portal — Full-screen React portal accessible via the [luvia_portal] shortcode.
- 3rd-Party Form Embeds — Embed WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Contact Form 7, and Formidable Forms in a premium card UI.
- Role-Based Access Control — Fine-grained permissions for Administrators, Teachers, Principals, Accountants, Front Desk, Students, and Parents.
Getting Started
After activating the plugin:
Step 1 — Open the LuviaEdu Dashboard
Click LuviaEdu in the WordPress admin sidebar. The React dashboard loads automatically. Database tables and default configuration are created on first activation.
Step 2 — Complete the Onboarding Wizard
The Setup Wizard will guide you through: school name, logo, academic year, currency, and grading system. You can always update these later via LuviaEdu → School Settings.
Step 3 — Configure Roles & Permissions
Go to LuviaEdu → Roles & Permissions. ) can access.
Step 4 — Add Students & Classes
In the dashboard, navigate to Academic Directory. Create your classes/sections first, then add students individually or via the Admissions module.
Step 5 (Optional) — Create a Frontend Portal Page
Create any WordPress Page, add the shortcode [luvia_portal] to it, then publish. Share that page URL with your students and parents. Logged-in users will see a full-screen portal tailored to their role.
Step 6 (Optional) — Embed a Registration Form on Your Site
Go to LuviaEdu → Luvia Forms → Add New, give the form a title, launch the Visual Builder, and design your form. , post=42 means the ID is 42 ). Embed it anywhere using:
[luvia_embed_form id=”42″]
Shortcodes
LuviaEdu provides two powerful shortcodes.
[luvia_portal]
Purpose: Creates a full-screen frontend React portal, bypassing your WordPress theme completely. Ideal for student/parent login and dashboard access.
Usage:
[luvia_portal]
How to set up:
- Go to Pages → Add New
- Title it something like “Student Portal”
- In the Block Editor, insert a Shortcode block and paste [luvia_portal]
- Publish the page
- Share the URL with your students and staff
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Note: This shortcode works via a template redirect. The page will render as a standalone HTML document, not inside your theme. Place it on a dedicated page — do not mix it with other page content.
[luvia_embed_form]
Purpose: Embeds a form (LuviaEdu native or from a supported 3rd-party plugin) anywhere on your site inside a premium glassmorphism card container.
Syntax:
[luvia_embed_form id=”FORM_ID” type=”TYPE”]
Attributes:
- id (required) — The numeric ID of the form.
- type (optional, default: luvia ) — Which form plugin to use.
Supported type values:
type=
Form Plugin
Full Example
luvia (default)
LuviaEdu Native Form Builder
[luvia_embed_form id="42"]
wpforms
WPForms
[luvia_embed_form id="5" type="wpforms"]
gravityforms or gravity
Gravity Forms
[luvia_embed_form id="3" type="gravityforms"]
ninjaforms or ninja
Ninja Forms
[luvia_embed_form id="8" type="ninjaforms"]
cf7 or contactform7
Contact Form 7
[luvia_embed_form id="2" type="cf7"]
formidable
Formidable Forms
[luvia_embed_form id="7" type="formidable"]
How to find your Native Luvia Form ID:
1. Go to LuviaEdu → Luvia Forms → Add New
2. Give the form a title and click Publish
3. Click 🚀 Launch Visual Builder in the sidebar to design your form
4. post=42&action=edit — the number after post= is your Form ID
5. Use that in the shortcode: [luvia_embed_form id="42"]
User Roles
LuviaEdu registers the following custom WordPress roles on plugin activation:
- luvia_student — Read-only portal access (own profile, grades, attendance).
- luvia_parent — Read-only portal access (child’s profile, fee history).
- luvia_teacher — Staff access to attendance, rosters, and schedules.
- luvia_principal — Elevated staff access including reports and staff oversight.
- luvia_accountant — Financial module access (invoices, expenses, payroll).
- luvia_front_desk — Admissions intake and basic student look-up.
To assign a role to a user: WordPress Admin → Users → Edit User → Role dropdown.
Fine-tune which dashboard sections each role can access via LuviaEdu → Roles & Permissions.
Source Code & Build Tools
The unminified React source code and Vite compilation tools for the frontend dashboard are publicly available at:
com/sparkigniter/luviaedu