Started its journey first back in 2008 in the world of blogging, BuddyPress has impressed a lot while its first official stable release was in May 2009. And, from then to now, the platform has grown tremendously into an easily extendable package which you experience today. In this article, I showcased collectively some of those great premium BuddyPress themes to you.
Disclosure: Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links and I will earn a commission if you make a purchase through those links. This article is not a guideline, a recommendation or endorsement of specific products.
OneCommunity
Key Features:
- Works with the latest version v1.8.1 of BuddyPress
- Full intergration with bbPress
- 9 color variants – CHECK
- Use my theme with 100s BuddyPress extensions (chats, music managers, user galleries, social articles…)
- A lot of inner pages – forums, groups, user panels…
- Wider layout – 1280px
- Included OneByOne Slider worth $10
- 3 frontpages – Frontpage 2 Frontpage 3
- Responsive layout
- Cool style of the WP pages – http://www.demo1.diaboliquedesign.com/4/wp-login.php
- Shortcodes – check
- Make parts of content visible for members only
- Works with WooCommerce – you can see demo below Contact Us menu item.
- Easy installation
- Translation ready
- No core changes
- Integrated with Gravatar.com
- Compatible with WPMU
- Font replacement – cufon and google fonts
- Blog section
- Display any page (blog, galleries…) on the frontpage
- 3-level drop down menu
- Integrated with Contact Form 7
- Widget ready
- 404 Not Found page
- Integrated with AddThis (supports over 300 social networks)
- 15 PSD files included with single design elements
- Theme installation instructions (step by step)
- HTML5 & CSS3
Cinematix
Key Features:
- Works with the latest 1.8.1 version of BuddyPress
- 10 color schemes
- Full intergration with bbPress
- Responsive layout
- Compatible with WPMU
- Compatible with WooCommerce
- Use it with 100s BuddyPress extensions (chats, music managers, user galleries, social articles…)
- Wider layout – 1280px
- Included OneByOne Slider worth $10
- Cool style of the WP pages – http://www.demo1.diaboliquedesign.com/5/wp-login.php
- Shortcodes – check
- Make parts of text visible for members only using shortcode
- Easy installation
- Work great with Events Manager – check “Travel -> Event” menu on the live demo
- Translation ready
- No core changes
- Font replacement – google fonts
- Blog section
- Display any page (blog, galleries…) on the frontpage
- Theme Options panel
- 3-level drop down menu
- Over 40 inner pages
Mingle
Key Features:
- BuddyPress v1.5+ Compatibility Update
- New feature: BuddyPress links menu
- Drag and drop layout manager
- Contact form builder
- Unbranded white label admin
- Sidebar generator
- Coded with extensive care
- BuddyPress registration page
- BuddyPress forums tab on member page
- BuddyPress members header
Social Buddy
Key Features:
- Responsive Design (Fully Fluid)
- Choose Your Own Theme Colour (via Colour Picker)
- Sliders Are Touch & Swipe Supported
- Simple Unbranded Theme Options
- 2 Custom Widgets (Blog & Flickr)
- Custom Page Templates (Sidebar Off & Sidebar Left)
- Blog Sidebar Can Be Turned Off Or Positioned Left/Right
- Shortcode (Flexible Columns, Buttons, Alerts, Toggles,Tabs & Accordions) – Plus add shortcodes directly from the editor
- Great SEO Built-In
- Ready for translation (.po / .mo files included)
- Great Support From An Elite Author
- Well Documented
- HTML5 & CSS3
Flix
Key Features:
- Shortcodes Builder
- Extensive Documentation
- Fast Loading Times
- Team Blog/Smart Tab
- BuddyPress and bbPress
- Responsive
- White Label
- Mailchimp
- Fully Responsive
- Unlimited Styling Options
- White Label Enables
- SmartTab
WildCommunity
Key Features:
- Works with the latest version v1.8.1 of BuddyPress
- Full integration with bbPress
- A lot of inner pages
- Use my theme with 100s BuddyPress extensions (chats, music managers, user galleries, social articles…)
- Unique comments – Check
- Cool style of the WP pages
- Responsive layout
- Compatible with WooCommerce
- 4 frontpage designs – you can find links to demo below “Home” menu item
- Shortcodes – check – you can use them in forum posts too
- Make parts of text visible for members only using shortcode
- Pop-up window with member notifications (New messages, New friend requests, etc…)
- Translation ready
- No core changes
- Integrated with Gravatar.com
- Compatible with WPMU
- Font replacement – cufon and google fonts
- Blog section
- Display any page (blog, galleries…) on the frontpage
- 3-level drop down menu with short descriptions
- Integrated with Contact Form 7
- Widget ready
- SEO friendly
- 404 Not Found page
Terso
Key Features:
- WPML Multilingual Plugin + qTranslate compatible and Translation Ready.
- WordPress 3.6 + Compatible
- Responsive HTML5 / CSS3 Design
- Retina Ready
- SEO Optimised including Google Page Speed.
- Powerful Skin Options
- Child Theme
- Page Builder
- 8 Highly Configurable Stunning Galleries
- Filterable Portfolio
- Gallery Slide Manager
- Flckr Sets Support
- Image Effects
- Wistia Video Hosting Integration
- JW Player 6.x Integration with Audio / Video
- Select Menus per page
- Post Formats Support
- Plugin Integration
- Pricing Tables
- jQuery features
- Theme Update Notifier
- Translation Ready ( WPML & qTranslate compatible )
- Documentation, PSDs, Screencasts, Demo XML + Dedicated Support Forum
Sweet Date
Key Features:
- HTML5 & CSS3 & jQuery powered
- Boxed & Wide versions
- Deactivate responsive features with one click in your back-end
- Theme installation instructions (step by step)
- Easily build pages with visual Shortcodes – No HTML skills required
- Child Theme included for easier theme upgrades. Keeps your main theme files intact
- Clean code. No PHP notices and well documented
- No core changes
- Front-end login, register and profile pages
- Buddypress – Member photos – We have integrated BP-Album so users can easily upload and comment photos
- Easily show anywhere in the site live data from member profile fields. For example you can show how many members are married or how many members are speaking English
- Make parts of content visible for members only
- Custom Tabs with carousel & accordion
- Unlimited sidebars – dynamically create sidebars to use in different pages
- Mailchimp integration (widget included)
- Integrated with Gravatar.com
- Internationalized – WPML plugin ready, translate your website into any language (also includes the .po and .mo files)
- Blog section
- Google Maps integration
- Post Formats – Image, Gallery, Video, Audio, Aside, Status, Link, Quote, Clasic
- Widget ready
- Compatible with Contact Form 7
- 600+ Google fonts
- Icon fonts – Font Awesome v3.2.0 – Great for Retina devices
- 3-level drop down menu
- Enable or disable breadcrumb & Top bar
- Retina support – The theme looks awesome on retina
- Twitter 1.1 – Newest API
PowerMag
Key Features:
- Retina-ready
- Bootstrap Fully Responsive
- Included front-end code minifier/unifier with caching functions
- Valid HTML5
- Seo Optimized
- Powerful, WP UI Integrated, Unbranded Admin Panel
- Premium Page Builder Visual Composer
- Premium Gallery Lightbox
- Premium SocialBox widget
- Optional Fully Widgetized Homepage
- Classic Blog View with 2 styles
- Boxed or Full-Width Layouts
- Grayscale Images Effect Option new!
- Left/Right Sidebar
- Shortcode Generator
- Localization-ready – .po .mo files included
- RTL Support
- Category Styler
- Dual Slider Support
- Vertical Home Carousel
- Ajax Login/Registration Module
- Optional Hidden Content for NewsLetter or Free Content
- MailChimp Newsletter Ready
- Unlimited Sidebars, Unlimited Widgetized Areas, Unlimited Colors through Color Pickers
- Wallpaper Advert
- News Ticker
- 14 Custom Widgets
Engage
Key Features:
- Beautifully Designed
- Compatible with the Latest Version of WordPress (3.5+)
- Full intergration with bbPress BuddyPress (1.6.4+)
- Full intergration with bbPress (2.2.4+)
- Useful Shortcodes
- Dropdown Menus
- Threaded Comments
- jQuery Contact Form
- Theme Colors Selectors (Color Pickers)
- Custom Backgrounds (Header & Sub-Header)
- Localization Translation Support (.po/.mo files)
- Custom Page Templates (Archives, Full Width, Contact)
- Layered PSD’s for Customizing
- Theme Options Panel
- Extensive Documentation
Salutation
Key Features:
- Unlimited color choices
- Unlimited layouts and page templates
- Drag and drop layout manager
- Contact form generator
- Full localization (.po/.mo files)
- Powerful and easy to use theme options. Unbranded!
- WordPress 3.0+ ready!
- BuddyPress v1.5 ready!
- Popup login form
- Layered PSD files for customization
Razor
Key Features:
- Drag and drop layout manager
- Contact Form Builder
- Unbranded White Label Admin
- Sidebar Generator
- Responsive layouts and mobile support
- Retina (HiDPI) graphics enabled
- Conditional menu items for visibility control
- Custom headers, footers and layouts for any page
- Unlimited control of home page layout
- Unlimited color choices
- Unlimited layouts and page templates
- Full localization (.po/.mo files)
- BuddyPress ready!
- bbPress Forums ready!
- Popup login forms
- Layered PSD files
Buddy
Key Features:
- Full BuddyPress/bbPress theme
- Unlimited layout
- Auto Install
- Responsive
- Retina/High resolution support
- SEO
- Excellent support
- JW player (series 5) commercial license worth (YouTube, Vimeo, self-hosted audio/video support)
- Lots of style settings to change the theme appearance (colours, text, backgrounds)
- Tons of custom shortcodes with shortcode generator
- Custom post/page/category options
- Fully localised (translation files)
- Image resizing
- Unlimited Sidebars
- Degrades gracefully if javascript is disabled
- Compatible in all major browsers
- WooCommerce ready