Time to join the future of social networking! Welcome to Join Up, a contemporary BuddyPress community theme designed for your new social network, forum or any other type of online community website. Join Up is fully compatible with the Elementor Page Builder plugin, bbPress plugin for creating your forum, and The Events Calendar by Modern Tribe plugin. You also get Youzify (formerly Youzer) & Slider Revolution plugins bundled for free! Pair this with tons of social feed, news feed & social share elements as well as elements & features for followers, social media & more, and you get a true social networking powerhouse!

Here’s a link if you wish to view the Join Up documentation.

If you have any questions or wish to learn more about Join Up theme, we’ve compiled a huge selection of useful articles which you can easily lookup over at our Knowledge Base.

In case you have already purchased Join Up and you happen to have some questions about it, feel free to visit our Help Center where our support team will be more than glad to help you out.

Check out the Qode Video Tutorials where you can find step-by-step guides on how to customize our themes to achieve exactly what your website needs.

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Test User Access

Use the following credentials to sign-in, take a closer look inside and check out how the users will see your new website! Try out and explore all the options and functionalities, edit and manage your account and more.

Theme Features

• Powerful Admin Interface
• Highly Customizable
• No coding knowledge required
• One-Click Demo Content Import
• Large collection of pages and layouts
• BuddyPress compatible
• bbPress compatible
• Elementor Page Builder compatible
• Slider Revolution Responsive WordPress Plugin included ($59 value)
• Youzify BuddyPress Community & WordPress User Profile Plugin included ($49 value)
• The Events Calendar by Modern Tribe plugin compatible
• WooCommerce compatible
• Large collection of practical shortcodes
• Activity Feed shortcode
• Top Members shortcode
• Badge List shortcode
• Advanced Call to Action shortcode
• Forums List shortcode
• Group List shortcode
• Login Form shortcode
• Members List shortcode
• Members Badges shortcode
• Post Categories shortcode
• Pricing Table shortcode
• Comparison Pricing Table shortcode
• Product Categories List shortcode
• Product List shortcode
• Clients List shortcode
• Testimonials List shortcode
• Team List shortcode
• Image With Text shortcode
• Video Button shortcode
• Customizable Google Map shortcode
• Dropcaps shortcode
• Icon List Item shortcode
• Custom Font shortcode
• Call to Action shortcode
• Instagram List shortcode
• Twitter List shortcode
• Various infographic shortcodes
• Progress Bar shortcode
• Counter shortcode
• Countdown shortcode
• Multiple Header types
• Header Standard
• Header Minimal
• Header Centered
• Fullscreen Menu functionality
• Multiple Header Behavior Types (sticky, fixed, sticky only on scroll up)
• Separate Normal, Sticky, and Mobile Header Logo Versions
• Separate Logo versions for dark and light header skin
• Multiple Header & Footer widget areas
• Optional Header Top widget area
• Customizable Mega Menu
• Side Area
• Friend Suggestions Widget
• Activity Feed Widget
• Forums List Widget
• Prominent Groups Widget
• WooCommerce Dropdown Cart Widget
• Wishlist Widget
• Blog List Widget
• Side Area Opener Widget
• Login Opener Widget
• Working Hours List Widget
• Instagram List Widget
• Integrated Search
• Customizable Footer – choose from 1 to 4 column layout
• Variable grid size
• Blog List shortcode
• Custom Post Formats: Standard, Gallery, Link, Quote, Video, Audio
• Testimonials list shortcode
• Fully Responsive
• Retina Ready
• Create Custom Sidebars
• 900+ Google Fonts
• Font Awesome, Font Elegant, Ionicons, Simple Line Icons, Linea Icons, Linear Icons, Material Icons, and Dripicons Icon Packs
• Translation Ready
• Contact Form 7 compatible
• WPML Plugin compatibility
• SEO Optimized
• Child Theme included

Change Log

Version 1.3 – February 3rd, 2026

- Added readme.txt - Added WPML config file - Added WordPress 6.9 compatibility - Added WooCommerce 10.x compatibility - Added Enable/Disable Google Fonts option and functionality - Updated Qode Framework to 1.2.6 - Updated Revolution Slider to 6.7.40 - Updated JoinUp Core to 1.2 - Updated JoinUp Child theme to 1.0.2 - Updated Swiper JS script to 8.4.5 - Updated FontAwesome icons pack to 6.6 - Updated Search template helper functions - Updated Contact Form 7 helper functions - Updated pot files - Updated Youzify plugin to 3.6.1 - Improved theme's security - Improved Google Map API compatibility - Improved PHP 8.3 compatibility - Improved WooCommerce empty cart styles - Improved pagination helper functions - Improved Elementor compatibility - Improved back to top scrolling - Improved cart widgets in WordPress 5.8 - Fixed translation loading - Fixed deprecated _register_controls function issue - Fixed WooCommerce quantity input fields NaN value - Fixed event single deprecated tribe_get_view() function use - Fixed Landing page preloader not working properly on Firefox - Removed material icons packs - Minor fixes 

Version 1.2 – December 29th, 2021

- Added WordPress 5.8.2 compatibility - Added WooCommerce 6.0 compatibility - Added PHP 8 compatibility - Updated Revolution Slider to 6.5.12 - Updated Youzify plugin to 3.2.5 - Updated Qode Framework plugin to 1.1.8 - Updated JoinUp Core plugin to 1.1 - Updated JoinUp Child theme to 1.0.1 - Fixed cart widgets on WP 5.8 - Fixed widgets dependency WP 5.8 - Fixed 'Bulk Select' functionality with Menus - Theme CPT, Options and shortcodes are now blocked if theme is not registered 

Version 1.1 – May 13th, 2021

- Added compatibility with Qi Addons for Elementor plugin - Added WordPress 5.7.2 compatibility - Added WooCommerce 5.2.2 compatibility - Updated Revolution Slider to 6.4.11