Underscores is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who build custom themes for the popular content management system. It provides a clean, standards-compliant codebase as a foundation, eliminating unnecessary design elements so you can focus on creating a unique theme from the ground up.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Built with just the right amount of lean, well-commented, modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This minimal approach means less pre-existing code to override or remove.
• Organized Development Structure: Includes smartly organized starter files like custom template tags and functions. These keep your template files clean and prevent code duplication as you build.
• Responsive Navigation Ready: Comes with a script that makes menus function as toggled dropdowns on small screens, providing a responsive foundation ready for your custom CSS styling.
• Flexible Layout Options: Offers two sample CSS layouts in the /layouts/ directory for positioning a sidebar on either side of your main content, giving you a starting point for common structures.
• Helpful Boilerplate Features: Includes practical starting points like a 404 template and an optional sample implementation for custom headers, saving initial setup time.