Creating a new online community website? The look-and-feel can work wonders when you want to give your users a social experience powered with the BuddyPress plugin. Here are 10 beautiful and free BuddyPress themes to choose from.
1. Woostify
The Woostify theme is built with optimized conversion rate and usability in mind. It is fast, lightweight, responsive and super flexible. The theme supports popular page builders likes Elementor, Beaver Builder, SiteOrigin, Thrive, Visual Composer, etc. It is compatible with all well-coded popular plugins, such as BuddyPress, bbPress, WooCommerce, LifterLMS, LearnDash, GamiPress, and OrbitFox, Yoast, etc. You can build any type of website like shop, business agencies, online community, corporate, education, university portal, consulting, and so on with this theme.
Features:
- Page Builder Support
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- SEO Friendly
- Simple & Highly Intuitive Design
- Fast & Lightweight
- Right-To-Left (RTL) Support
- Demo Content Available
2. WhiteDot
The WhiteDot theme is a fast and SEO-Friendly WordPress Theme. The theme offers deep integration with WordPress page builders such as Beaver Builder, Divi or Elementor and major plugins like WooCommerce, GamiPress, LifterLMS, bbPress, and BuddyPress. It is lightweight and super fast to optimize your website’s performance. The theme is 100% responsive and looks flawless on any device, be it mobile phones or large TV monitors.
Features:
- Lightweight and efficient
- Deep integration with LifterLMS and other learning management plugins
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- Translation Ready
- Schema.org microdata integrated WordPress theme
- Built-in Font Awesome
3. Evolve
The Evolve theme is a multi-purpose WordPress theme. It has a clean and responsive design. It combines white and light blue colors. It has a modern aspect, with different slider options. You can choose to have a Revolution Slider, a FlexSlider, a Posts Slider or a LayerSlider. The theme is easy to customizable and has a built-in contact page with Google Maps.
Features:
- 1-Click Pre-built Demos
- Content Boxes, Counter Circles, Testimonials sections
- Parallax Slider
- Schema.org SEO Optimization
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- WPML & Translation Ready
4. OceanWP
The OceanWP theme is perfect for any community website. It is a highly extendible theme to create a beautiful and professional-looking online community website. You can personalize your website with multiple widget regions. The theme contains a free import extension to import any demo with a single click. OceanWP is designed to work smoothly with the best page builders in the market such as Divi, Elementor, Thrive Architect, Beaver Builder, Brizy, King Composer, SiteOrigin, and many more.
The theme is compatible with popular plugins such as LifterLMS, LearnDash, bbPress, BuddyPress, GamiPress, etc. for integrations.
Features:
- Responsive design
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- Translation & RTL Ready
- SEO Base Built-In
5. Emmet Lite
The Emmet Lite theme is a responsive WordPress theme with a sleek design. The theme contains customizable content sections for the homepage to create a stunning homepage in a few clicks. This innovative theme fully supports popular plugins like bbPress, LifterLMS, GamiPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, and many others. With the help of Visual Composer, it is easy to build striking layouts and stunningly customized pages. The theme offers you the built-in color presets to match the branding of your business.
Features:
- Customizable front page
- Responsive
- Shift or Hide Front Page Sections
- Requires no coding or technical knowledge for setup
- Drag and Drop WordPress Editor
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- Classic and Grid Blog Layouts
6. MesoColumn
The MesoColumn is a free BuddyPress theme. It is a responsive theme that supports BuddyPress, bbPress, WooCommerce, and many more popular plugins. It comes with an unlimited color choice on Menu for category and pages, layout, background, footer, and sidebar. You can instantly set up an online community website with no tweak or any need to customize the template. The theme offers unlimited sidebar featured category widgets and is translation ready.
Features:
- Social Login Integration
- 1 Click Installation
- Multiple layouts
- Drag & Drop Page Builder
- Responsive design
- Schema markup support
7. Customify
The Customify theme is a lightweight multipurpose SEO-friendly theme. Customify is compatible with all well-coded plugins, including major ones like BuddyPress, bbPress, LearnDash, WooCommerce, LifterLMS, GamiPress, Yoast, etc. Use the WYSIWYG Header & Footer builder (inside the WordPress Customizer) built exclusively for this theme to create stunning online communities’ websites. The theme works seamlessly with most page builders likes Beaver Builder, Elementor, SiteOrigin, Divi, Thrive Architect, Visual Composer, etc.
Features:
- Dozens of available pre-made sites ready to import
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- Comprehensive Header & Footer Builder
- Fast performance
- Responsive and SEO optimized
8. Spacious
The Spacious theme is a simple yet highly flexible WordPress theme. You can create your business, portfolio, blogging, agency or any type of site. The theme offers 13 different widget areas giving you plenty of control over your content. It follows the best SEO practices to deliver your important content to search engines. It is compatible with popular plugins such as WooCommerce, bbPress, BuddyPress, GamiPress, LifterLMS, LearnDash, etc.
Features:
- Optimized for speed
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- Breadcrumb NavXT Compatible
- Demo content
- Responsive design
9. Bstone
The Bstone theme is a super flexible multipurpose theme built with SEO, speed, and usability in mind. Bstone is compatible with all well-coded plugins, including major ones like BuddyPress, bbPress, LearnDash, LifterMS, WooCommerce, Yoast, etc. The theme does not require any coding skills for set up. You can edit and finetune your website as the theme supports most of the popular page builders such as Divi, Elementor, Beaver Builder, etc.
Features:
- 1-click install ready to import/pre-built websites
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- Translation & RTL Ready
- SEO Friendly Markup
- WooCommerce shop customizer
10. Neve
The Neve theme is an easy to use WordPress theme. It is a multi-purpose theme and can be used to create online communities, shop, online courses website. Neve is fully compatible with the most popular free page builders Divi, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Brizy, Visual Composer, SiteOrigin. It is a fully AMP optimized theme which makes your website look great on any devices with its fully responsive design.
Features:
- Fast and lightweight
- Flexible and easy to use
- Easy setup and sleek designs
- Compatible with WooCommerce, bbPress, and BuddyPress
- no jQuery hence loads super fast
- WPML Ready
Wrapping Up
Now that you have the 10 best free BuddyPress themes, get your online communities website sorted and give your users a platform to collaborate and communicate with each other.
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