_s vs tailpress

_s

Hi. I'm a starter theme called _s, or underscores, if you like. I'm a theme meant for hacking so don't use me as a Parent Theme. Instead try turning me into the next, most awesome, WordPress theme out there. That's what I'm here for. (by Automattic)

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tailpress

A Tailwind CSS enabled Underscores theme (by pixeldevsio)

purgecss Tailwindcss JIT Theme WordPress wordpress-theme PostCSS

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_s		tailpress
	Project
89	Mentions	3
10,870	Stars	74
0.2%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
3 months ago	Latest Commit	about 2 years ago
CSS	Language	CSS
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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_s

Posts with mentions or reviews of _s. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-18.

Your favorite WP theme for mobile speed?
1 project | /r/Wordpress | 6 Jul 2023

I tried a lot of themes, in my experience GeneratePress is the fastest, unless you decide to go fully custom and go with _s (but it will be a lot of dev work).
First site- custom theme or no?
1 project | /r/Wordpress | 20 Apr 2023

If you've got dev chops in PHP, then Underscores is a good "starter" theme to build your theme off. It looks after a lot of the WP related stuff, letting you focus on the template/HTML/JS/CSS stuff.
Is there any way to experiment with selfmade Wordpress themes without getting a subscription?
1 project | /r/Wordpress | 18 Apr 2023

Just to add since your new to WordPress and want to save a bunch of time you can use this springboard of a theme that's designed to be turned into what you want and saves hours of time. Underscores
What is the most absolutely basic, stripped down skeleton WP theme?
1 project | /r/Wordpress | 18 Apr 2023

Underscores is likely your best bet.
Starting a new website with a custom child theme. What's a good vanilla parent?
3 projects | /r/Wordpress | 18 Apr 2023

I would say underscores. I believe it’s by the Automattic team https://underscores.me
Can you partially code in HTML/CSS/JS and then use Wordpress?
1 project | /r/Frontend | 15 Apr 2023
I made my own WordPress Plugin! ( and I am proud ). Its about publishing markdown posts from a git repository to your blog. [PROMOTION]
2 projects | /r/WordpressPlugins | 16 Mar 2023

I used PHP, JavaScript, and a little bit of Python. I think themes are pretty easy you should try out _s which is a theme template for WordPress and there are similar things for plugins. I learned from this youtube series which is really good -> Wordpress Plugin Developement.
Best themes for WordPress site developers who can code?
3 projects | /r/Wordpress | 15 Mar 2023

Underscrores or GeneratePress.
How to organize your css so it looks more readable? What does production css look like?
2 projects | /r/css | 9 Mar 2023

I ended up adopting an ITCSS inspired approach as a result of developing wordpress themes with underscores. You can see the current scss structure for starting a project with underscores here.
Recommended bare bone WordPress theme to create your own theme from?
3 projects | /r/Wordpress | 3 Feb 2023

tailpress

Posts with mentions or reviews of tailpress. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-04.