We love WordPress because it’s especially versatile. Strictly speaking it’s a blogging tool but we’ve seen many websites that have taken it to the next level: tumblelogs, newspapers, magazines, CSS galleries, shopping carts, even link directories!

Now most of the time those customizations are achieved with plugins, but did you know themes can do that as well? Okay maybe you knew that anyway, but these themes below are as unique as unique gets!

Prologue Theme: Localizing Twitter

Prologue Theme

Most bloggers have gone pretty crazy about the SMS/chat/microblogging application called Twitter, and the makers of WordPress have realized the value of typing up 140-character messages for an isolated group. And the Prologue Theme was born.

Automattic’s Prologue Demo Blog lets its employees send updates amongst themselves and keeps them a productive little bunch. Sometimes you don’t need to broadcast what you’re doing to the whole world, just to a few number of people. Prologue does that for you.

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WP Contact Manager

Contact Manager

The WP Contact Manager is a method of turning a WordPress blog into a list of contacts. How? With the help of a custom theme and several plugins, you can create detailed contact information just as you would write a blog post.

I’m sure many people (including myself) have been looking for a good members’ list plugin for WordPress, and they all seem to come up short. This is a pretty weird idea, but it actually makes sense!

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LaunchPad, The WordPress Domain Parking Theme

LaunchPad, The WordPress Domain Parking Theme

“Coming Soon” and “Under Construction” pages have been considered web design faux pas simply because there is no excuse for an empty website. You can install WordPress in five minutes, for crying out loud! Keep your web host or domain registrar from making money off a website or domain you already paid for with LaunchPad.

This theme, with the help of Feedburner’s email subscription feature, lets all those excited visitors of yours know that your website will arrive shortly, and that they can be notified by email when that happens. Your site will definitely look more professional than forgettable.

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