As you may have noticed, WordPress 3.0 has been officially released, coming with all sorts of updates and upgrades over the previous editions of the popular content management system. Alongside these new features is a completely updated default theme for WordPress, replacing the “Kubrick” theme that has served as the default for five years.

To coincide with this recent launch, a slightly modified theme was released by Web Hosting Help Guy. The aptly named Twenty Ten Inverted WordPress theme takes the new Twenty Ten default theme and flips it on its head. The white background has been swapped out for a black background and the black text has been switched for white text.

This gives the theme a whole new look without changing too many of its core WordPress 3.0 elements. One of the highlights here is author-specific templates. This way, if you own a multi-author WordPress blog, you can have a slightly different look for the posts from each of the different contributors. There’s also a new loop.php file that replaces many of the frequently used loops. This makes it easier to insert it in multiple files without having to copy and paste.

For more information on Twenty Ten Inverted, including a live demo and download link, head on over to WebHostingHelpGuy.com. You can also read this post outlining some key upgrades in the default Twenty Ten theme.