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Unlike the default “Twenties” themes, the s (or Underscores) theme is aimed at developers rather than end-users. It is intended to be a starter theme which you can use as a base to speed your development. It has a number of features: Well-commented HTML5 templates, including error templates. Theme development. Ghost themes use the Handlebars templating language which creates a strong separation between templates (the HTML) and any JavaScript logic with the use of helpers. This allows themes to be super fast, with a dynamic client side app, and server side publication content that is sent to the browser as static HTML.

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One of the best ways to understand theme coding standards is to find examples of other themes that have been written with these standards in mind.

Default “Twenty” themes Default “Twenty” themes

Packaged in every version of WordPress since version 3.0 (and named after the year they were released in), the default themes are some of the best to study how themes are built. This is because they are designed with broad use in mind and fully adhere to WordPress coding standards. Cmd for find mac address. You can download and study their theme files, and keep them around as examples to reference while learning how to develop your own themes:

The Underscores theme The Underscores theme

Unlike the default “Twenties” themes, the _s (or Underscores) theme is aimed at developers rather than end-users. It is intended to be a starter theme which you can use as a base to speed your development. It has a number of features:

Well-commented HTML5 templates, including error templates.
A sample custom header implementation in inc/custom-header.php.
Custom template tags in inc/template-tags to keep templates organized and prevent code duplication.
A number of scripts to improve keyboard navigation—found in js/keyboard-image-navigation.js—as well as small screen navigation in js/navigation.js.
Five sample CSS layouts in /layouts as well as starter CSS on which to build your design.
GPL-licensed code.

The features above make Underscores a great theme for a developer wanting to create their own theme. And even if you remove the extras, the base that’s left is a still an excellent example of a well-coded theme, developed with standards and best-practices in mind.

A more detailed overview is available on Underscores’ website.