CodeClove School Management
Free self-hosted school management plugin for WordPress. Manage unlimited students, attendance registers, admissions, offline fee collection, and parent portals.
Product Overview
CodeClove School Management is an open-source, self-hosted education management system built specifically for WordPress. Engineered for schools, colleges, coaching institutes, and training academies, it gives institutions complete control over student records, daily attendance, class schedules, offline fee collection, and parent-student communications without recurring per-student subscription fees.
Looking for Timetable Scheduling & Online Fee Gateways?
Upgrade to School Management Pro to unlock weekly timetable conflict checking, teacher substitution management, online payments via Razorpay, UPI, and Stripe, automated SMS notifications to absent parents, and full academic year rollover promotion.
Complete Core Operations for Educational Institutions
Traditional school ERP platforms lock schools into costly monthly per-student subscriptions and store student personal records on third-party cloud servers. CodeClove School Management runs directly on your own WordPress installation, guaranteeing 100% data sovereignty, privacy compliance, and permanent ownership of your records with zero artificial quotas.
Core Modules & Features
Unlimited Student & Staff Profiles
Manage full student records, parent contacts, enrollment data, and staff directories with no quotas.
One-Click Daily Attendance
Rapid register marking with Present, Absent, Late, and Excused status and instant attendance summaries.
Online Admissions Workflow
Embed front-end application forms and convert approved applicants into active students in one click.
Fee Invoicing & Printable Receipts
Define class fee heads, generate itemized student invoices, and record cash/offline payments.
Self-Service Parent & Student Portal
Responsive front-end dashboard with multi-child support for viewing attendance, schedules, and fee ledgers.
Printable Dual-Side ID Cards
Generate verified identity cards with barcodes and guardian contact information directly in the browser.
Calculate Your 3-Year Savings vs. Proprietary SaaS
See how much your school saves by replacing recurring per-seat cloud bills with self-hosted WordPress ownership.
PowerSchool / Gradelink / Fedena
- Per-Seat Tax: Costs balloon every time enrollment grows
- Ballooning Invoices: $8–$16/student/yr recurring annual bills
- Vendor Lock-in: Student data held on proprietary third-party clouds
School Management Pro
- Unlimited Enrollment: Zero per-student, per-guardian, or per-seat fees
- 100% Data Sovereignty: All records stay strictly on your own secure server
- Fixed Flat Pricing: Predictable annual license, never balloons with growth
How is this calculated? View pricing formula & assumptions
Derived from standard school SIS benchmarks (PowerSchool, Gradelink, Blackbaud) averaging $8.00 per student per year, with a $1,450/year minimum platform entry floor, multiplied over a 3-year recurring period.
Flat $59/year software renewal license + realistic estimated $80/year cloud VPS hosting (DigitalOcean, Vultr, or Hetzner). Total 3-year TCO is fixed at $417 with zero per-student or per-seat fees.
3-Year Savings = (Annual SaaS Cost × 3) − $417 (CodeClove 3-Year TCO)Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about licensing, setup, and updates.
Is CodeClove School Management completely free?
Yes, CodeClove School Management is 100% free and open-source under the GPL license. You can install and use it on unlimited WordPress websites without any fees, subscriptions, or student count limits.
Are there limits on student or teacher records?
No. The free plugin allows unlimited students, guardians, classes, sections, and staff members. There are no paywalls or record caps.
What is the difference between free and School Management Pro?
The free version covers all core daily operations: student directories, admissions, daily attendance, offline fee invoicing, and the parent portal. School Management Pro adds an automated timetable builder with conflict detection, teacher substitution handling, online fee payment gateways (Razorpay, UPI, Stripe, PayPal), SMS notifications to absent parents, and year-end batch session promotion.
Does it support CBSE, ICSE, and international curriculums?
Yes. The setup wizard includes turnkey presets for India (CBSE/ICSE), the United States (K-12), and the United Kingdom (Key Stages). Terminology, currency, date formats, and academic structures adjust automatically.
Does student data leave my server?
Never. The plugin has zero external trackers, uses no external CDNs or remote fonts, and stores all records directly in your WordPress database with your custom table prefix for maximum privacy and security.
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