Underscores is a starter framework designed for developers who want to create custom themes efficiently on popular content management systems. It serves as a clean, minimal base that you can modify and extend, avoiding the constraints of pre-built themes. This tool is ideal for those with coding experience who prefer to build from scratch but want to save time on foundational setup.

• Lean, modern templates: Offers just enough HTML5 structure with clear comments, reducing clutter and making customization straightforward.
• Organized starter CSS: Provides smartly organized CSS in style.css to help you quickly implement your design ideas without starting from zero.
• Custom template tags: Includes template tags in inc/template-tags.php to keep code clean and prevent duplication across your theme files.
• Responsive navigation: Features a script at js/navigation.js that enables toggled dropdown menus on small screens, ready for styling to match your design.
• Sample layouts and tools: Comes with optional samples like a 404 template, custom header implementation, and two CSS layouts for sidebars, giving you practical starting points for common theme elements.