Underscores is a minimalist starter theme designed for developers who want to build custom website themes from the ground up. It provides a clean, standards-compliant codebase that serves as an ideal foundation, avoiding the bloat and rigid structures of pre-built themes. This tool is specifically for those who prefer to write their own CSS and PHP, offering a 'blank slate' optimized for customization and learning.

• Lean, Modern Templates: The theme offers a just-right amount of well-commented, modern HTML5 templates. This includes a helpful 404 template and clean template tags to prevent code duplication, keeping your project organized.
• Mobile-Ready Navigation: Includes a JavaScript file that automatically converts the main menu into a toggled dropdown on small screens, providing a solid starting point for responsive design without imposing styling decisions.
• Organized Starter CSS: The core style.css file is smartly organized with common selectors and logical sections. This provides a helpful guide and starting structure for your own styles, accelerating the initial design phase.
• Layout Flexibility: Comes with two sample CSS layout files for creating sidebars on either side of the main content area, offering a straightforward way to experiment with basic page structures.
• Extensible Code Structure: The codebase includes separate files for custom template functions and an optional sample custom header implementation. This modular approach encourages best practices and makes the theme easy to extend and modify.