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Every week dozens upon dozens of new WordPress themes are released, some of these are well designed, without being too original, and disappointingly, most of the others seem to be replicas of existing popular themes or they use tried and tested layout formulas with no use or thought for originality.

And sometimes, just sometimes, you will find a little golden nugget of a theme, that resonates quality, originality and offers something unique to the user. It is those themes that this article focuses on.

Cumulus

Cumulus

Smooth

Smooth

SimpleFolio

SimpleFolio

I Like Content WP Theme

I Like Content WP Theme

Monokrome

Monokrome

Simplicious

Simplicious

Rostar Theme

Rostar Theme

UpSide

UpSide

ThrillingTheme

ThrillingTheme

zSofa

zSofa

96Degree

96Degree

Vermillon

Vermillon

Zexee

Zexee

Notepad Theme

Notepad Theme

Designpile

Designpile

Inuitypes Starter Edition

Inuitypes Starter Edition

Sketch Ace

Sketch Ace

Rockie

Rockie

Katana

Katana

iZen

iZen

WPCount

WPCount

Perfect

Perfect

Aparatus

Aparatus

Maparaan

Maparaan

Kodzilla

Kodzilla

INSIC

INSIC

GuruQ

GuruQ

Driftwood Contact Manager

Driftwood Contact Manager
Driftwood is a free simple and intuitive contact manager theme. This easy to use theme provides you with an effortless way of tracking interactions with your customers, clients, and contacts.

e-Commerce Theme: Kelontong

e-Commerce Theme: Kelontong

Ready2Launch!

Ready2Launch!

Under Construction

Under Construction

‘Starter’ Theme for WordPress

Starter Theme for WordPress
With the ET-Starter Theme you can easily choose between a 3 column, 2 column, and single column layout. Built in theme options, which allows you to choose whether you want a header image, then with the ‘Custom Image Header API’ built right in and easily disable the credit link within the footer. It also supports WP-PageNavi, Twitter Tools, and Contact Form 7 plugins. It also includes a built-in jQuery drop down menu.

Elastic Theme Editor

Elastic is a visual theme editor and theme engine for WordPress that takes a new approach to WordPress theme develoment. Sit back and be prepared to be blown away by the Eleastic screencast below. WOW!

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31 Comments Leave yours

  1. Waheed Akhtar
    15 Apr, 2010

    Excellent roundup of quality themes. Thanks

    Reply

  2. Beau
    15 Apr, 2010

    Nice collection, I’m a fan of Aparatus

    Reply

  3. michael soriano
    15 Apr, 2010

    thank you for including aparatus!

    Reply

  4. Milwaukee bank law
    15 Apr, 2010

    Great set of themes. Thanks for the post. I really enjoy Rostar Theme due to it’s very clean nature and simple style.

    Reply

  5. Dulce
    15 Apr, 2010

    Thank you for including our Maparaan WordPress theme in your collection, Paul.

    Reply

  6. Daniel
    15 Apr, 2010

    Excellent selection of themes, my fav is Katana

    Reply

  7. sean farrell
    15 Apr, 2010

    Hey thanks for the list. These are ok, I really only liked Zexee and Aparatus! Good work!

    Reply

  8. designfollow
    15 Apr, 2010

    great collection, thank you.

    Reply

  9. Brie
    15 Apr, 2010

    I *love*love*love Vermillon! It’s so well-done and classy! (I’m sure the others are lovely as well!)


    Brie

    Reply

  10. Kevin Tristram
    15 Apr, 2010

    Brilliant selection there, really like the 96Degree theme.

    Keep up the great work SpeckyBoy.

    Reply

  11. Matt
    15 Apr, 2010

    Really gorgeous themes. I love how simple everything is becoming. Simplicity as a “trend” is a great thing for web design. Really could have used this post the other day though =/ haha.

    Reply

  12. Albert Lie
    15 Apr, 2010

    Very nice list! Under construction is a little bit weird IMO

    Reply

  13. Anggi@icreativelabs
    15 Apr, 2010

    Hi Guys, thanks for featured our Kelontong WP-ecommerce theme :) , and 2 weeks ago we released the other WordPress Ecommerce. it is suitable mostly for major/indie music recording companies, bands, musicians, music products affiliates, music event organizers or simply online music stores.

    of-course its for free, check it out
    http://portfolio.icreativelabs.com/free-wordpress-e-commerce-theme-dangdoot/

    Reply

  14. insic
    15 Apr, 2010

    Thanks for including my theme (96Degree and INSIC) in these great round-up.

    Reply

  15. Tocki
    16 Apr, 2010

    Nice collection! I like the Kelontong Theme – didn’t know that.

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

  16. Karim
    16 Apr, 2010

    Great list!
    What about a Ajax WordPress Template?

    http://bit.ly/aCb5OR :)

    Reply

  17. Martin Thompson
    16 Apr, 2010

    Excellent. Sorting the wheat from the chaff with WordPress themes is a constant chore for me and you do a brilliant job of showcasing quality themes – thankyou.

    Martin

    Reply

  18. Inspirationfeed
    16 Apr, 2010

    Nice, roundup. I don’t wanna be a downer, but I’ve already seen all of these.

    Reply

  19. natasha
    16 Apr, 2010

    thnx for sharing..very good round up

    Reply

  20. WebTechWise
    16 Apr, 2010

    Great collection of themes. I like Cumulus and SimpleFolio.

    Reply

  21. Karen
    16 Apr, 2010

    Do blogs need to be self-hosted to use these themes? I’m set up at wordpress.com .

    Thanks.

    Reply

  22. Web Design Soul
    16 Apr, 2010

    Great collection. I like the 96Degree theme. Thanks!

    Reply

  23. bunda
    16 Apr, 2010

    some themes have great design
    thank you

    Reply

  24. To be honest. Most of the themes follow the same style as lot’s of others.

    But there are some nice ones in the mix.

    Reply

  25. Espreson
    17 Apr, 2010

    All are fresh!

    Reply

  26. Wow.., nice collection.. love it!
    Thanks,

    Reply

  27. themebaker
    18 Apr, 2010

    Hi fellas, thanks for putting us on the list.

    We’ve freshly released the successor of Monokrome. It’s called MonokromePlus. Please, have a look at : http://themebaker.com/monokromeplus/

    Thanks again ツ

    Reply

  28. aravind ajith
    19 Apr, 2010

    Nice roundup..
    BTW, thanks for featuring Zexee.. :)

    Reply

  29. Sid
    19 Apr, 2010

    Lovely Collection :)

    Reply

  30. Juli.S
    20 Apr, 2010

    Beautiful designs! Some take a note. I like minimalism! ) Thank you.

    Reply

  31. David
    1 Jul, 2010

    Thanks for the designs. I think Maparaan might be perfect for our new real estate client focused on social media.

    Reply