Blocks & page builders

Sikshya is built to cooperate with WordPress page builders, not replace them. Course content lives as standard custom post types (sik_course, sik_lesson, sik_quiz), so any builder that knows about WordPress posts can render Sikshya content. Below is a per-builder cheat sheet.

Block editor (Gutenberg)

Sikshya doesn't ship a dedicated Sikshya block yet — use the built-in Shortcode block:

1. Add a new Shortcode block.
2. Paste any of the Sikshya shortcodes:

[sikshya_courses per_page="6" columns="3"]
[sikshya_login]
[sikshya_registration redirect_to="/my-learning/"]

For full-site editing (FSE) themes, Sikshya respects your theme's color palette, typography, and width settings inside its templates.

Elementor

Free Elementor works well with Sikshya:

• Shortcode widget — drop in [sikshya_courses ...] for a course grid, or the auth shortcodes.
• Posts widget — set the Source to Posts and Post Type to Courses. You then style cards with Elementor's controls.
• Loop Grid — works with sik_course as the source post type.

Pro Elementor users can build a full Single Course template via the Theme Builder, using the Posts widget for title, content, image, and a Shortcode widget for the Enroll CTA.

Divi

Divi is supported via:

• Code Module for shortcodes.
• Theme Builder — assign a Divi template to Sikshya Courses custom post type.
• Blog module — set Post Type to sik_course for a Divi-styled grid.

Beaver Builder, Bricks, Oxygen

These builders all support custom post types out of the box:

• Use a Posts module / element with the post type set to sik_course.
• Use a Shortcode module for the auth forms and the catalog grid.
• Use Dynamic Data to bind to course meta (price, difficulty, instructor) for designer-controlled cards.

Templating override (the universal escape hatch)

Every Sikshya template can be overridden by your theme. Sikshya looks in wp-content/themes/{your-theme}/sikshya/ first and falls back to the plugin defaults.

To customize a course card:

mkdir -p wp-content/themes/your-theme/sikshya/partials/courses
cp wp-content/plugins/sikshya/templates/partials/courses/card.php \
   wp-content/themes/your-theme/sikshya/partials/courses/card.php

Then edit the copy in your theme. Plugin updates won't overwrite it.

Frequently overridden templates

Path (under templates/)	What it renders
single-course.php	Single course page
archive-sik_course.php	Main /courses/ archive
partials/courses/card.php	Course card (the most-styled file)
learn.php	Learn hub shell (lesson player)
checkout.php, cart.php, order.php	Commerce screens
account.php	Learner account shell
login.php	Virtual login page

CSS / theme compatibility

Sikshya targets broad theme compatibility but is designed against a default WordPress theme. If something looks off, briefly switch to Twenty Twenty-Five to isolate theme CSS. Common issues:

• Themes that force box-shadow: none !important on every card.
• Themes that disable padding on .entry-content.
• Themes that override .button styles too aggressively.

Most are 5-line fixes in your child theme.

Caching, CDN, image plugins

Catalog partials cache well at the page level. Caveats:

• Exclude /cart/, /checkout/, /my-learning/, /order/, and /learn/ from full-page caching.
• Bypass cache for logged-in users on course pages (so progress is accurate).
• Lazy-loading images is fine — cards include explicit width/height for CLS.
• WebP via image plugins (ShortPixel, EWWW) works without changes.

Translation plugins

Sikshya's text domain is sikshya.

• Loco Translate — in-WordPress translation editing.
• WPML — multilingual catalogs (course content + UI strings). The Pro Multilingual add-on registers Sikshya strings with WPML String Translation.
• Polylang — register CPTs / taxonomies in Polylang settings; Polylang manages translations.
• TranslatePress / Weglot / GTranslate — site-wide translation overlays.

PROMultilingual (WPML / Weglot)

Bridge Sikshya's interface strings into WPML or Weglot translation stacks for fully multilingual catalogs.

Unlock multilingual →

SEO plugins

Yoast SEO, Rank Math, and SEOPress all index Sikshya courses correctly. Sikshya's CPT and templates are SEO-friendly out of the box (clean URLs, proper title hierarchy, meta description hooks).

Multisite

Sikshya is Network: true. Each subsite gets its own data. The Pro Multisite & network license tools (Scale band) helps you manage licenses across subsites.

What's next

• Shortcodes — every shortcode attribute.
• WooCommerce co-existence.
• Pro add-ons.