WordPress has stepped into its 9th years of being the content management system that most website owners love, and its design has since been evolved from really simple piece into extremely impressive work with all kinds of unique styles implemented.

Sensing that most designers nowadays prefer more to use corporate and minimalistic design, we decided to turn to the road not taken, showcasing you the unusual WordPress theme design which either defied the law of grid, or implemented essential levels of graphics into the design.

These designs are not your average Joe. Some of them may maintain the balance between beauty and user-friendliness, but most of them have sacrificed user-friendliness and design theory for beauty. Can they be called successful design? I’m not sure, but these designs have one similarity – beauty, the element that does a great first impression for visitor. And now, they are showcased here for you to enjoy.

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Vector Stories

An elegant and inspiring design that’s perfect to express the craftsmanship.

Pin Up Girl Lip Balm

A retro but very interesting design, suits perfectly for the particular product.

Transformology

An original theme with warm color scheme that makes the visitor feels friendly when browsing it.

6 Wunderkinder

A minimalistic theme that outlines important content with the design that doesn’t look awkward at all.

Cat Rabbit

A cute and very interesting theme that increases the viewer’s curiosity to discover more about the site.

Eyebridge

A great mix of raw art and personal style to create this unique theme.

Round Robin Studios

Simple but pleasant. This design has a vibrant color scheme that motivates the visitor to check out the site.

Michelle Macedo Music

Wild mix of fonts and colors to create an absolutely artistic atmosphere, looks good an artist’s site.

Racket

This theme looks strange at first, but it is skillfully done and has a unique style that’s different to others.

Red Bull BC One All Stars

A powerful and impressive theme that suits the event very much.

Barszcz

A simple yet expressive design, short but nice presentation of the designer himself.

2fresh’ Studio

It’s a dark theme yet it looks so energetic! Loved the vibrant color scheme used on the header.

Alexandre Rudalov

A design with great lighting that greatly improves the overall feeling of the site, beautiful work.

Sheena Oosten

Attractive design which embraces the beautiful and artistic font.

Who is Leon?

A classic work of art illustrated on a website, simply nice.

Van Coke Kartel

Really awesome combination of color scheme, typography, graphics and white space, great work!

Marketing Profesional

Nice layout positioning that makes the entire site unique but not too messy.

Calobee Doodles

A charming design that creates a friendly atmosphere that makes visitors feel cosier.

Outlinez

Interesting introduction has given a great head start for this personal website.

Every Time I Die

A design which is done in the rock’n roll style, having a lot of uncontrollable power and, it’s cool!

Hugs for Monsters

Strange looking but very cool. This design has showcased the marvelous and creative imagination of the designer himself.

Wawa Coffeetopia

Great for coffee lovers, as this design and its color scheme really encourages me to have a nice coffee!

GamerPrint

Creative and fun design created to attract gamers!

Watersports Guru

Awesome combination of retro graphics, that’s how a website makes its offered event looks fun and attractive!

2am Media

Elegant design with perfectly positioned elements, it’s modern web design!

DesignWise

Good design is a good head start for good business, this design proved it.

Spout Creative

Minimalistic yet properly designed website. Simple and young, I’m feeling good.

Acosmin

Extremely unique design that really tempts visitors to check out what this great site offers.