_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)
understrap
Underscores + Bootstrap = Understrap, the renowned open-source WordPress starter theme. (by understrap)
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| _s | understrap | |
|---|---|---|
| 89 | 21 | |
| 10,877 | 3,016 | |
| 0.3% | 0.2% | |
| 0.0 | 9.2 | |
| 3 months ago | 23 days ago | |
| CSS | CSS | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
_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.
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Your favorite WP theme for mobile speed?
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).
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First site- custom theme or no?
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.
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Is there any way to experiment with selfmade Wordpress themes without getting a subscription?
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
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What is the most absolutely basic, stripped down skeleton WP theme?
Underscores is likely your best bet.
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Starting a new website with a custom child theme. What's a good vanilla parent?
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?
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I made my own WordPress Plugin! ( and I am proud ). Its about publishing markdown posts from a git repository to your blog. [PROMOTION]
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.
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Best themes for WordPress site developers who can code?
Underscrores or GeneratePress.
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How to organize your css so it looks more readable? What does production css look like?
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?
understrap
Posts with mentions or reviews of understrap.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-11.
- Any downside to using Bootstrap in WordPress?
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How can I create a Single Post Template for a blog without paying any theme or builder for their premium features?
A free theme that I like is Understrap (https://understrap.com/). It has single post templates. You can easily customize the templates in a child theme. I believe most themes have single post templates but Understrap's php is easy to modify, along with the html and css.
- Build Elementor Page Using Classes
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is underscores still a good start theme
They got bought out in 2021, not a good idea. e.g. https://github.com/understrap/understrap/issues/1258
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I'm a full stack developer, and I feel stuck with Wordpress/Woocommerce!
I really like Understrap for a starter theme (https://understrap.com/). Using a child theme it's possible to create custom page and post templates, add widget areas, and so forth. It's free, both theme and child theme, and uses Bootstrap 4 framework.
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Best theme for developers who can code?
understrap is an option if you want to Bootstrap things... https://understrap.com/
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How to simply convert any HTML template into a WordPress theme in under 10 minutes
There are out-of-the-box solutions that we can use to create a bare-bones WP theme, that only has a basic skeleton. Some of the places where we can create such themes are Underscores, UnderStrap, and Bones.
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Is there a easier way to add submenu items?
I'm a developer, so I tend to start from a really blank slate. https://understrap.com/ https://underscores.me/ https://www.wordpressify.co/
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I know CSS, Javascript and React, what's the easiest way to build my wordpress site?
I like using Understrap theme as my base (https://understrap.com/). The theme uses Bootstrap 4 as its framework. It's easy to change/add css to get what I want. Creating custom page templates is easy. Adding widget areas is easy. Modifying or adding to the php code isn't hard. The theme is free as is the child theme.
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Wordpress starter/skeleton theme?
I recommend, https://underscores.me/ or https://understrap.com/ Personally I don't like Elementor or any theme that has a bunch of build in editing tools and such.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing _s and understrap you can also consider the following projects:
tailpress - TailPress is a minimal boilerplate theme for WordPress using Tailwind CSS.
sage - WordPress starter theme with Laravel Blade components and templates, Tailwind CSS, and a modern development workflow
wd_s - A starter theme from WebDevStudios.
air-light - 💨 WordPress starter theme - designed to be minimal, ultra-lightweight (< 20 kB) and easy for all kinds of WordPress projects. 7+years/1000+hours of development and still updating daily! We prefer the original WordPress way of doing things so no strange templating languages or frameworks here.
timber - Create WordPress themes with beautiful OOP code and the Twig Template Engine
tailpress - A Tailwind CSS enabled Underscores theme
lazy-blocks - Use Lazy Blocks plugin to rapidly build custom blocks without ever leaving your WordPress editor
gutenberg - The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.