Underscores (_s) is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who build custom themes from the ground up. It provides a clean, standards-compliant codebase that serves as a blank canvas, avoiding pre-built design decisions that can get in the way of custom development.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Offers a just-right amount of well-commented, modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized foundation helps you start coding your design immediately without stripping out unwanted features.
• Development-Focused Features: Includes custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, along with helpful template functions to improve the theming workflow. An optional sample custom header implementation is provided for reference.
• Mobile-Ready Foundation: Comes with a JavaScript file that makes menus into toggled dropdowns on small screens, providing a ready base for responsive CSS styling. It also includes two sample CSS layouts for sidebars.
• Minimal, Hackable Design: The ultra-minimal default styling is intentionally basic ('theme tartare'), ensuring nothing gets in your way. It's meant to be transformed into a unique theme, not used as a parent theme.
• Helpful Templates: Includes a useful 404 template and is licensed under GPLv2+, allowing for free use and modification in any project.