UnderStrap combines the Underscores starter theme (by Automattic) and the mobile-first, responsive grid framework
Bootstrap 4 (by Twitter) into a perfect open source foundation for your next WordPress theme project.
"I´am a Frontend Dev and UX Designer working with WordPress and responsive frameworks daily. Instead of starting again and again from scratch I decide to combine my two most used tools into one:"
Based on the "best-practices" starter theme Underscores, or just "_s" - Made by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.
Uses Bootstrap 3 Bootstrap 4 for markup and CSS styles - THE industry standard for responsive and mobile friendly websites.
Utilizes the SASS sources from all assets as well as own SASS files. Makes it easy to replace colors, fonts, stylings etc.
Comes with npm support to manage all the dependencies. Just one command in your terminal is needed to update all assets.
Comes with Gulp as task runner and one pre-made gulpfile.js with some default tasks. For example to compile SASS to CSS.
Let you add custom code right from your WordPress customization panel. You can also control the slider settings. More options coming soon.
Comes with Font Awesome 4.6+ font icon kit as dependency. A huge and free (MIT License) set with over 600 icons.
Comes with basic theme support for the famous plugin bundle by Automattic. No extra styles or settings but you can use both in combination.
UnderStrap supports WooCommerce plugin. WooCommerce is the #1 e-commerce system for WordPress (more than 1.000.000 active installs).
UnderStrap is made as solid Parent theme with Child Themes in mind. A basic Child Theme is already available here.
Uses the WordPress best-practices to keep theme text´s translatable. Comes with english and german language file by default.
Released under GNU General Public License v2 ( Details here ) UnderStrap is free to use for personal and commercial projects which are compatible with this license.
Comes with build-in widget slider and basic settings for it. Based on Owl Carousel 2 by Bartosz Wojciechowski.
Some of the fine peoples (from all around the world) who contribute to this open source project:
A separate Child Theme is available on GitHub. It is build on top of UnderStrap and use it´s PHP files but comes with it´s own styling possibilities and dependencies. A blank canvas for your styling.
Download Child Theme