Underscores is a minimal starter theme designed for developers who build custom themes for content management systems. It provides a clean, well-structured codebase as a foundation, eliminating unnecessary styling and features so developers can focus on implementing unique designs.

Lean, Modern Templates: Offers a just-right amount of lean, well-commented HTML5 templates that serve as a solid starting point without imposing design decisions. Organized Starter CSS: Features smartly organized starter CSS in style.css that helps developers quickly get their visual design off the ground. Custom Template Tags: Includes custom template tags in inc/template-tags.php to keep template files clean and prevent code duplication. Responsive Navigation: Provides a JavaScript file (js/navigation.js) that converts menus into toggled dropdowns on small screens, ready for custom CSS styling. Sample Layouts & Functions: Comes with two sample CSS layouts and optional helper functions in inc/template-functions.php to improve the theming workflow.