Underscores is a minimalist starter theme designed for developers who build custom themes for the popular content management system. It provides a clean, standards-compliant foundation, allowing developers to focus on design and functionality rather than boilerplate code.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Offers a just-right amount of lean, well-commented HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized structure helps you start your design quickly without unnecessary bloat.
• Development-Focused Features: Includes custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, along with template functions to improve the theming experience. An optional sample custom header implementation is provided.
• Responsive & Accessible Foundation: Comes with a navigation script that creates a toggled dropdown menu for small screens, ready for styling. It also provides two sample CSS layouts for sidebars.
• Practical Templates: Features a helpful 404 error page template and all essential theme files, giving you a complete starting point rather than an empty slate.
• Open Source License: Licensed under GPLv2 or later, granting the freedom to use, modify, and distribute your creations.