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WordPress Dating Theme

All-in-One WordPress Theme for Dating Websites

Create your own Match.com-style website with paid memberships, matchmaking, private messaging, and AI site building with your own AI account.

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Key Features

Popular Dating Website Features

Everything a singles site runs on, already inside the Dating Theme.

Member Profiles & Photos

Members build a profile with photos, interests and your own questions, then like and message the people they meet.

Search & Matchmaking

Members search by age, distance and interests, and see a match score built from each member’s preferences.

Membership Plans

Sell Free, Gold and VIP plans that renew automatically, and choose what each plan opens up.

Designs

A Dating Site
for Everyone

Nine dating niches with their own looks and demo members, from faith-based to gamers. Choose one and let people sign up.

30 ready-to-use designs

Choose Your Dating Design

Each design comes ready to restyle around your own singles and your own town.

Browse all 30 designs
Free guide

The Dating Site Playbook

How to plan, build and grow a dating website people trust, and turn it into a membership business. 34 pages, from choosing a niche to your first 90 days.

Free. We email you a link to read it online or download the PDF. Privacy


Monetisation

Make Money From Your Dating Site

Members pay to message, to stand out and to send gifts, and you set every price.

Membership Plans

Sell Free, Gold and VIP plans at your own prices, and decide what each one opens up. Plans renew automatically, monthly or yearly.

Profile Boosts

Plans can include boosts that lift a member’s profile to the top of search for a set time. You choose how long a boost runs.

Featured Profiles

Sell featured placement, so a member’s profile is one of the first people see.

Free & Paid Gifts

Members send virtual gifts to start a conversation. Give some away free, charge for the rest, and see what sells in the admin.

Adult-Friendly Payments

Take payments through CCBill, Verotel, CentroBill or Paxum, which accept dating sites, straight into your own merchant account.

CCBillVerotelCentroBillPaxum

Members-Only Features

Keep messaging, contact details and who liked you for paid plans, so free members have a reason to upgrade.


Search & Profiles

Easy Search, Profiles Worth Opening

Finding someone worth messaging should take seconds, and their profile should give a real feel for who they are.

Search & Matchmaking

Members search by who they’re looking for, age and distance, and see the members nearby first.

Profiles Worth Opening

Every member gets a profile page with photos, interests and your own questions, and Like, Wink and Chat buttons.

Custom Search Filters

Let members filter by age, distance, online now and any field you add, and drag the filters into the order you want.

Custom Profile Questions

Ask members the questions your site needs, like what they’re looking for, lifestyle or height, with drop-downs, tick boxes and more.

Market StPark AveStation RdRiverside DrHill LnMill RdNORTH QUARTERHARBOURCity Centre3
Emma, 28
3 miles away
Travel · Coffee · Hiking
Online nowView profile →

Find Singles Nearby

OpenStreetMapMapboxGoogle Maps

Search by postcode or zip code. Members choose a distance and see the singles who live nearby, with how far away each one is.

Google Maps, Mapbox or OpenStreetMappower the distance search, and OpenStreetMap needs no extra set-up at all.


Member Dashboard

A Dashboard for Every Member

Matches, messages, likes and plan details sit together in each member’s own account.

Members

For Every Member

Paid members

For Gold & VIP Members

What Members Get in Their Account

Members look after their profile, photos and safety settings themselves, with the checks you choose.

Verification tools

Real people only: ask singles to confirm an email or phone, show photo ID or take a live selfie before they can use their account, then add a Verified badge.

Two-factor login

A one-time code at sign-in keeps a member’s inbox and photos private, and your moderators can be required to use one.

Photo galleries

Members add photos to their profile, and you can approve each one before it goes live.

Favourites & saved searches

Members keep the profiles they like in their favourites, and save the searches they use most.

Invoices & billing

Members see each plan they have paid for and can download a receipt whenever they need one.

Account & privacy

Singles change their details, hear about new sign-ins and can close their profile themselves, kept for 30 days in case they come back.


Admin Tools

Run Your Whole Dating Site From One Admin

New sign-ups, photo approvals, reports and page design are all handled from a single dashboard.

Try the admin demo

One Dashboard

See new profiles, sign-ups and reports at a glance, with a to-do list of photos and profiles waiting for you.

The admin dashboard

Manage Every Profile

Look up any member, spot the profiles waiting for approval or reported by others, and see who is Verified or Featured.

The admin list of profiles

Search Filters

Choose which filters singles get, like age, distance or interests, and the order they appear in.

The search filters screen

Profile Fields

Choose the details members fill in on their profile, like height, ethnicity, children or smoking.

The profile fields screen
Design tools

Make Every Page Yours

Site Generator

Describe the dating site you want and, using your own AI account, the generator builds the pages. Tell it what to change, like a pinker hero or a member grid, or drag the blocks around.

The Site Generator

Logo & Brand Colours

Set the name, logo, colours and fonts your members will see, with a preview of the result before anything changes.

The Company & Brand page

Customisation

Style It Your Way

Give your dating site its own personality, from soft and romantic to bold and modern.

Your Colours, Fonts & Logo

Choose a colour palette and fonts that suit your singles, and profiles, search and sign-up pages change with them.

Works with Elementor

Already build with Elementor? Drag the 150+ dating blocks, like hero searches, member grids and success stories, into the pages you design there.

Built-in page builder

Design Without a Page Builder Plugin

Build your homepage, success stories and landing pages in the dating site’s own editor, then publish when it looks right.

Try the site editor

Built-In Essentials

All the Essentials, Included

Emails, translations, safety tools and sign-in options for your singles are switched on from the admin.

Automatic Emails

Members get an email when they join, when a message arrives and when someone likes them.

Any Language

Run your dating site in Spanish, French, Arabic, Hindi and 9 more ready-made languages, or translate it into your own.

Works on Any Screen

Most dating happens on a phone, so profiles, chat and search are built to work there first.

One-Click Demo Import

Import a working dating site with sample profiles and plans, then replace them with your own.

Unlimited Installs

Start a second or third dating niche on another domain with the same licence.

Video Tutorials

Step-by-step videos walk you through setting up memberships, search and profiles.

Social Proof

Little pop-ups show visitors who just joined, who upgraded and how many people are online.

SMS Messages

Text singles their sign-up and safety codes using Twilio, Vonage, MessageBird or Plivo.

Social Login

Joining takes one tap with a Google, Facebook, Twitter or Apple account, so more visitors finish signing up.

Spam Protection

Bot sign-ups are stopped with reCAPTCHA and a block on disposable email addresses.

Built-In Blog

Write dating tips and news to bring in new members from search engines.

Video Calls

Members start one-to-one video calls from a chat, so they can meet face to face before a date.


Step by step

How to Build a Dating Website with WordPress

Six simple steps to your own online dating website. Members create profiles, search and message each other, and you earn from paid memberships. It all runs on WordPress, with no coding required.

  1. 1

    Install the Dating Theme

    Add the Dating Theme to your WordPress site under Appearance → Themes and activate it. Profiles, matchmaking and messaging ship inside the theme, so no separate dating plugin is needed.

  2. 2

    Register Your Licence

    Activate with your licence key to receive updates and support. The same key works across every dating site you own.

  3. 3

    Import the Demo Dating Site

    One click imports the demo dating site with sample profiles, search pages and membership plans. You can explore a working community before opening registrations.

  4. 4

    Set Up Profiles and Search Fields

    Add your own profile questions and custom fields, like interests, lifestyle and what members are looking for. Then choose which ones members can search and filter by.

  5. 5

    Add Membership Plans and Payments

    Create free and paid membership levels and decide which features each one opens up, such as messaging, contact details and who-viewed-me. Then connect a free payment gateway to start taking subscriptions.

  6. 6

    Customise the Design with Elementor

    Brand your site with the 150+ Elementor dating blocks, including hero search, member grids and success stories. Then open sign-ups and launch.


FAQ

WordPress Dating Theme FAQ

What people ask us before starting a dating site.

Install the WordPress Dating Theme on any WordPress site, pick one of the ready-made designs and import the demo. Member profiles, search, matchmaking, private messaging and paid memberships are all built into the theme. You can open registrations the same day, with no coding and no separate dating plugin.

Yes. That is exactly what the theme is for. You get the same core flow those sites run. Members create a detailed profile, browse and search other singles, add favourites and winks, and message the people they match with. You decide which features are free and which sit behind a paid membership.

Yes. Members register, build a photo profile with your custom questions, then search and filter other members by age, location, interests and more. Private messaging, winks and favourites are all included, and you control who can message whom based on their membership level.

Advanced Ajax search lets members filter by age, distance, gender, interests and any custom fields you add, and the theme suggests compatible profiles as matches. Location search shows singles near a postcode or city, so the results feel local and relevant.

Monetisation is built in. Sell monthly or recurring memberships, gate features like messaging, contact details or seeing who viewed you behind paid plans, and charge for profile boosts or featured placement. Thirty-plus free payment gateways connect from the admin. You keep 100%, with no per-member fees or commissions.

Yes. Require email or SMS verification before a new member can message or appear in search, approve profiles and photos before they go live, and block or ban members from the admin area. A report and moderation queue helps you keep fake and abusive profiles off your site.

Yes. Every page is editable in the free Elementor plugin. The theme ships with 150+ dating blocks, such as hero search bars, member grids, success-story sliders and pricing tables, and you drag them into place without touching code.

Yes. The one-click import recreates the live dating demo on your own domain, with sample profiles, search pages and membership plans included. You start from a working community site and swap in your own branding instead of a blank page.

Yes. Profiles, search, matchmaking and private messaging all work on phones and tablets. Members can browse singles, reply to messages and get match alerts wherever they are. Most dating activity actually happens on a phone.

Yes. A User License covers unlimited installs on dating sites you own, so you can run a niche community, a local singles site and a matchmaking site side by side on one licence. Client and commercial builds need the Developer License.

No. Nulled copies are especially risky here, because a dating site stores members' personal details, private photos and payment activity. That's exactly what malware bundled in a nulled zip targets. The licensed theme is a one-time purchase with 6 months of updates and support and a 14-day money-back guarantee.

No. Profiles, matchmaking, messaging, memberships, payments and verification are all in the theme. The only plugin you're likely to add is the free Elementor for design. The single optional cost is extended updates and support after the first 6 months, at $49 per 6 months. Your site keeps running either way.

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Reviews

What Customers Say About the Dating Theme

Dating site owners rate it 5.0 out of 5.

“Very impressed, I didn't think I could create a website at all, nevermind my own dating website. Thank you!”

John Sophia

“Verry good Template !!!”

Jérémy Jury

Jérémy Jury

“i love the theme and the feedback is awesome!!!”

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Donald Campbell

“Your customer service is amazing, I really enjoy this theme.”

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