Maker Moodle™ Theme Overview
Clean design with a focus on simplicity and reliability
Maker is a reliable Moodle 5 theme designed for schools, colleges, and straightforward LMS sites that need a clean interface without unnecessary complexity.
Includes pre-built templates for course landing pages, catalogs, and blogs, so you can quickly create structured course content and essential site pages.
Built on the Moodle Boost theme, it stays aligned with core, avoiding heavy customization that can cause issues during upgrades.
Trusted by schools, colleges, and teams running simple, production Moodle sites.
- Built on the Moodle Boost theme (no risky core hacks)
- Compatible with Moodle 5.x and 4.x
- Clean and reliable UI for straightforward Moodle sites
- Pre-built templates for course pages, catalogs, and blogs
- Suitable for schools, colleges, and smaller LMS projects
- Easy to set up and manage with minimal maintenance
A practical Moodle theme that focuses on clarity and ease of use, making it a reliable choice for straightforward LMS projects.
Pre-Built Page Templates
Theme Licenses
For Moodle 5.2.x
Single Application
License (For Moodle 5.2)
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Multiple Applications
License (For Moodle 5.2)
License
$1699
(Excl.Tax)
- for unlimited domains/subdomains
License Details
For Moodle 5.1.x
Single Application
License (For Moodle 5.1)
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Multiple Applications
License (For Moodle 5.1)
License
$1699
(Excl.Tax)
- for unlimited domains/subdomains
License Details
For Moodle 4.5.x (LTS)
Single Application
License (For Moodle 4.5)
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Multiple Applications
License (For Moodle 4.5)
License
$1699
(Excl.Tax)
- for unlimited domains/subdomains
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Description
Theme Summary
- Theme Version: v17.0 (Moodle 5.2) | v16.3 (Moodle 5.1) | v14.3 (Moodle 4.5)
- Compatibility: Moodle 5.2, 5.1 & 4.5
- Last updated: 2026-04-20
- Theme Parents: Moodle Boost Theme
Theme Features
- Beautiful UI and UX
- Course landing page design template (Udemy-style) NEW
- Course landing page design template (standard) NEW
- Course catalog page design template NEW
- Blog page design template NEW
- 6 colour presets (switch via theme settings)
- Custom brand colours
- Custom logo
- Custom menu
- User menu
- Custom Google fonts (Google fonts API can be disabled to be compliant with EU GDPR)
- Boost navigation
- Header Dropdown Menu (Learn more)
- Header/Footer social media links (custom links available)
- Login page background image option
- Course list layout styles(3 options: Default, Cards and Masonry)
- Default Course Image
- Course header image option (Learn more)
- Frontpage header alert (customisable background colour)
- Frontpage hero slideshow (add up to 10 slides)
- Frontpage slideshow video link (Youtube or Vimeo)
- Frontpage course search box
- Frontpage benefits section (add up to 6 items)
- Frontpage featured blocks (add up to 20 items)
- Frontpage promo carousel (add up to 6 items with video options)
- Frontpage logos section (add up to 6 logos)
- Frontpage Categories Section (Learn more)
- Frontpage teachers section (add up to 20 teachers)
- Frontpage testimonials section (add up to 6 items)
- Frontpage FAQ section (add up to 10 Q&A)
- Frontpage Call-To-Action section
- Frontpage CTA Section data box (learn more)
- Footer content blocks (4 blocks) – Useful HTML code
- Footer widget areas
- Extra regions for Moodle course blocks (Learn more)
- Page “back-to-top” link
- Custom SCSS/CSS
- Google analytics
- iOS homescreen icons
- Supports Multi-language content
- Supports RTL language site
- Supports Frontpage course list with course thumbnails and excerpts
- Supports popular Moodle course format plugins: Tiles Format, Grid Format, Collapsed Topics, Onetopic Format, Edwiser Course Formats, Pop up activities
- Supports Moodle social logins (Facebook/Google/Linkedin/Microsoft)
- Supports Bootstrap components
- Supports Moodle Static Pages Plugin
- Supports Moodle Atto plugins (Full screen and Templates)
- Supports Moodle Level Up! Plugin
- Supports Google Material icons
- Supports Bootstrap 5 (Moodle 5) and Bootstrap 4 (Moodle 4) components
- Supports FontAwesome icons
- Supports intranet
- Compatible Browsers: Latest Chrome, Latest Firefox, Latest Safari
Theme Support
If you would like to report theme bugs and issues, please email us at elearning@3rdwavemedia.com.
FAQ
Theme FAQ
Once installed you can go to the theme settings page to configure the theme: Site administration > Appearance > Themes > Maker
You might find this tutorial useful.
It’s super easy and we’ve got a tutorial for you.
We’ve written some useful tutorials to help you with some basic theme customisations:
You probably need to purge the Moodle cache. If purging the cache doesn’t work please try the steps list in this tutorial.
You need to replace the whole theme folder with the new one to ensure you don’t miss any changes. Also remember to purge the Moodle cache to see all the changes. Learn more.
No, you won’t. All of your theme configurations are safely stored in your database so you won’t lose anything.
Please email us at elearning@3rdwavemedia.com with your Moodle version/build and theme version so we can investigate and fix the bug/issue for you asap.
Installation
Theme Installation
- Download the theme zip file
- Extract the /maker/ folder and the files.
- Upload the /maker/ folder to your hosting server’s Moodle theme directory:
Your Moodle installation > theme > maker - Log into your Moodle site as an admin, and navigate to the theme selector:
Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme selector - Click “use theme” next to the maker theme to activate
For more detailed instructions, please check out our tutorial here.
Changelog
Changelog
Moodle v5.2 ONLY
2026-04-20: v17.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v5.1 ONLY
2026-04-13: v16.3
- Improvements and bug fixes
2026-02-25: v16.2
- Improvements and bug fixes
2025-10-22: v16.1
- Improvements and bug fixes
2025-10-06: v16.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v5.0 ONLY
2026-02-25: v15.6
- Improvements and bug fixes
2025-08-01: v15.5
- Improvements and bug fixes
- Added lead form design
2025-07-08: v15.4
- Bug fixes
2025-05-30: v15.3
- Improvements and bug fixes
- Added catalog page design
2025-05-13: v15.2
- Refactored theme code to remove jQuery dependency for better performance and future compatibility
2025-05-05: v15.1
- Added blog page styling
2025-04-14: v15.0
- Initial Release
Moodle v4.5 ONLY
2026-02-25: v14.3
- Improvements and bug fixes
2025-05-30: v14.2
- Improvements and bug fixes
- Added catalog page design
2025-05-05: v14.1
- Added blog page styling
2024-10-07: v14.0
- Initial Release
Credits
Theme Credits
- Moodle Boost Theme (Theme parents)
- Bootstrap
- Flexslider
- Owl Carousel 2
- Google Material Icons
- FontAwesome
- Google Fonts
- Demo Images – All images are shown for demonstration purposes only
- User profile images – uifaces.com