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, removing unnecessary styling and features so you can focus on implementing your own design and functionality from the ground up.

Key aspects include:

• Lean HTML5 Templates: Well-commented, modern templates offer a solid structural foundation without imposing design decisions.
• Organized Starter CSS: The included style.css is smartly organized with common selectors and clear comments, providing a helpful starting point for your own styles.
• Custom Template Tags: Functions in template-tags.php help keep template files clean and prevent code duplication for common tasks.
• Responsive Navigation: A JavaScript file handles toggling menu navigation for small screens, ready for you to style with CSS.
• Sample Layouts & Code: It includes optional sample code for features like custom headers and two basic CSS layout examples (sidebars left and right) to illustrate common patterns.