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Book Review

Build custom WordPress themes from a minimal, clean starter.

A minimal starter theme for WordPress developers. Lean, well-commented code and modern HTML5 templates speed up theme creation.

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Underscores (also known as _s) is a starter theme designed for WordPress developers who want to build custom themes from scratch. It provides a minimal, clean codebase that you can modify extensively rather than using as a parent theme.

  • Modern HTML5 templates: A set of lean, well-commented templates following current HTML5 standards, making your base code clean and semantic.
  • Custom template tags: Functions in inc/template-tags.php keep templates tidy and prevent code duplication, improving maintainability.
  • Responsive navigation: A JavaScript navigation script creates a collapsible dropdown menu on small screens, ready for custom CSS styling.
  • Sample CSS layouts: Two sample layouts in the layouts/ folder add a sidebar on either side of your content, giving you a starting point for your design.
  • Organized starter CSS: The style.css file is structured to help you quickly build out your theme's look, with minimal distractions.

Underscores also includes a helpful 404 template, optional custom header implementation, and small tweaks in inc/template-functions.php to improve the theming experience. It is licensed under GPLv2 or later, so you can use it to create anything. Perfect for developers who want full control over their theme code without starting from zero.

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A minimal starter theme for WordPress developers. Lean, well-commented code and modern HTML5 templates speed up theme creation.

  • Book Review
  • v1.0.1
  • 4 days ago
  • Apr 25, 2026
  • Access: Silver
  • Johannes Heinemann
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