Underscores 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, removing the need to strip out unwanted features from a bloated parent theme.

• Lean, Modern Templates: Offers a just-right amount of well-commented, semantic HTML5 templates that follow best practices, giving you a solid structural foundation.
• Organized Starter CSS: Features smartly organized and commented starter CSS in style.css to help you implement your visual design quickly and efficiently.
• Custom Template Tags: Includes a set of custom template tags in inc/template-tags.php to keep your template files clean, prevent code duplication, and simplify common theming tasks.
• Responsive Navigation: Provides a ready-to-use JavaScript file (js/navigation.js) that converts the main menu into a toggleable dropdown on small screens, making it responsive out of the box.
• Sample Layouts & Code: Comes with practical examples like sample CSS layouts, a 404 template, and optional custom header code, offering guidance without imposing a specific design.