Underscores is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who want to create custom themes from scratch. It serves as a clean, hackable foundation, avoiding pre-built styles and features that can get in the way of unique designs. This tool is ideal for experienced theme builders looking for a lightweight base to speed up development without unnecessary bloat.

• Lean, modern templates: Offers well-commented HTML5 templates with just enough structure to start coding, reducing clutter and complexity.
• Organized starter CSS: Includes smartly organized CSS in style.css to help you quickly implement your design ideas without rewriting everything.
• Custom template tags: Provides template tags in inc/template-tags.php to keep code clean and avoid duplication across theme files.
• Responsive navigation: Features a script at js/navigation.js that enables toggled dropdown menus on small screens, ready for custom styling.
• Sample layouts and tools: Comes with sample CSS layouts for sidebars, a 404 template, and optional custom header implementations to streamline common theming tasks.