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, avoiding the bloat and assumptions of pre-built themes.

• Lean, Modern Codebase: Offers a just-right amount of well-commented, modern HTML5 templates and starter CSS. This organized structure helps you start your design quickly without stripping out unnecessary default styles.
• Development-Focused Features: Includes custom template tags to keep code clean and prevent duplication, along with small helper functions to improve the theming workflow. An optional sample custom header implementation is provided for reference.
• Responsive & Accessible Foundation: Comes with a script that converts the menu into a toggled dropdown on small screens, providing a ready-made responsive behavior for CSS customization. It also includes a helpful 404 template.
• Flexible Layout Options: Provides two sample CSS layouts in a dedicated folder for a sidebar on either side of your content, giving a starting point for common design structures.
• Hackable by Design: Explicitly intended to be modified directly, not used as a parent theme. The ultra-minimal presentation ensures little gets in your way while you create a unique theme.