LoveDate is a versatile WordPress theme designed for dating apps, LGBT platforms, online communities, and social networking websites. Fully compatible with BuddyPress and Elementor, it empowers users with minimal technical skills to build a professional dating platform.
The theme features a powerful matching engine with profile field comparison, match percentage scoring, and radius-based geolocation filtering. Interactive tools include likes, Super Likes with purchasable packages, Rewind, Stories, real-time chat with emoji and file sharing, and profile verification. LoveDate supports monetization through Paid Memberships Pro with tiered access, a flexible WooCommerce credit system, and gender-based free usage settings — complemented by push notifications, customizable email templates, user reporting, and member blocking.
LoveDate is a complete solution for launching a modern social dating network on WordPress.
Demo Access
Visit the live demo: LoveDate Demo
Log in with any of the accounts below to explore the full experience:
- Woman: kathrin / admin@1234
- Man: erik / admin@1234
Some update actions are disabled on the demo to protect shared data.
THEME FEATURES
- Responsive – This theme is responsive to give a perfect user experience on all devices.
- Redux Framework – A free drag & drop framework that comes with a bunch of built in extensions that will help you develop premium themes fast & easy.
- Speacial Features:
- Groups, Communities & Forums — full social networking built in.
- Realtime Chat with Emoji & GIF support.
- See who liked you & who viewed your profile.
- Advanced Search & Filters for premium members.
- Credit System for monetizing interactions.
- Unlimited Membership Packages.
- Top Profile boost for extra visibility.
- Social Login via Facebook & Google.
- Profile Visibility controls for user privacy.
- Smart Email Notifications — new matches, likes & visitors.
- Built in plugins:
- LoveDate Core.
- Elementor Page Builder included.
- Advanced Custom Fields plugin included.
- Jws Variation Swatches for WooCommerce.
- BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types.
- BuddyPress.
- Jws Matching.
- BP Profile Search.
- bbPress.
- BP Classic.
- Paid Memberships Pro.
- WooCommerce.
- Boxed or full width layout – This can be set globally or even per page!
- Built on Twitter Bootstrap – LoveDate uses Twitter Bootstrap. This means that a range of shortcodes are automatically supported. For ease of use you can use the Elementor, easy Bootstrap Shortcode or any other plugins to easily add visuals to your website.
- Built with Less .scss
- Shortcode Support.
- Footer – Easily adjust the footer column count from 1 to 4 columns.
- Font Adjusting – Easily adjust the fonts within the theme with our robust theme customizer.
- Header stick – Sticky Header is a godsend for those people who are tired of scrolling up from the bottom of the webpage to select an other menu item. LoveDate’s main menu with logo will be following when you scroll and always be at the top of the screen. Now the viewers of your site will be thankful for the fast and easy navigation. And of course, this sticky header feature can be easily enabled/disabled in options panel of your theme.
- Unlimited Color Options.
- Moveable & Unlimited Sidebars – Move the sidebar to the left, the right, or hide it entirely for a full width page or post! (global or page/post specific).
- Designed with HTML5 and CSS3.
- Customizable Design & Code.
- 800+ Google Fonts.
- All installed Extensions are included.
- Cross Browser Support.
- Detailed Documentation Included.
- Full Support.
- + many more features.
- More features coming soon.
1-CLICK IMPORT ALL DEMO DATA
All of the beautiful pre-made, homepages, demos, templates and page setups you can see here in the Live Preview, are ready to be yours at the simple click of a button. Purchase your copy today, download the installation package and one-click installer guide you through the rest of the setup.
CONNECT TO SUPPORT
- Availability of the author to answer questions.
- Answering technical questions about item’s features.
- Assistance with reported bugs and issues.
- Help with included 3rd party assets.
We assist our customers from Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. (GMT +7), and respond to all inquiries within 24 hours via tickets or private messaging.
If you encounter any issues with registration or have questions about the theme’s features before purchase, please use the contact form located at the bottom right of our profile. Kindly note that we do not respond to support inquiries posted in the comments section.
Take advantage of our limited-time offer: purchase now and receive complimentary installation support valued at $50. To qualify, customers encountering installation issues despite following instructions must submit a detailed support ticket, including a comprehensive error description and WordPress administrator credentials, to facilitate efficient resolution.
CHANGELOG
Version 4.1.2 – Apr 28, 2026- New: Mini Chat widget — floating chat window for all non-chat pages.
- New: Pusher integration — real-time chat replacing AJAX polling when enabled.
- Note: To update to this version, please update LoveDate theme and JWS-Matching plugin (located in the plugins folder of the download package).
- Added: “How to configure and use LoveDate Photo Privacy” section in How to documentation.
- Added: Photo Privacy — public, logged-in, and friends-only visibility; password-protected galleries; blur for guests/non-paying members.
- Added: Registration Settings — terms/privacy-aware signup flow; assign Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages.
- Improved: Various bug fixes and minor improvements.
- Updated: Online documentation.
- Note: To update to this version, please update LoveDate theme, LoveDate Core plugin and JWS-Matching plugin (located in the plugins folder of the download package).
- Added: “How to configure Verify Member settings” section in How to documentation.
- Added: Email Verification option.
- Added: Identity Verification option.
Updating LoveDate to the Latest Version
1. Login to your ThemeForest account and access your download page.2. Locate the theme in your list and click the download button.
3. Save the theme package on your hard drive.
4. Find lovedate.zip in the LoveDate folder.
5. Install the latest version you downloaded (Replace active with uploaded).
6. Deactivate and delete the Jws Matching, and LoveDate Core plugins. Reinstall them as required (begin installing plugins).
