# digitoimistodude/air-light

💨 WordPress starter theme - designed to be dependency-free, minimal, ultra-lightweight (< 20 kB) and easy for all kinds of WordPress projects. We prefer the original WordPress way of doing things - no strange templating languages or frameworks here.

Repository: https://github.com/digitoimistodude/air-light
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/air-light
Homepage: https://airwptheme.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: wordpress-theme, wordpress-development, wordpress-starter-theme, wordpress, lightweight, sass, accessible, navigation, development-theme, accessibility-ready, one-column, gutenberg, gutenberg-blocks
Last push: 2026-08-20T07:10:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 90, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3869, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 71, "gap_med": 24, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1165, forks 169 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:50.047552+00:00)

## What it is
Air-light is a minimalist, dependency-free WordPress starter theme under 20 KB, based on Underscores. It follows the original WordPress way of building themes with PHP templates, Sass, and vanilla JavaScript, with built-in accessibility and Gutenberg/ACF support.

## Use cases
- start a new custom WordPress theme project
- build a lightweight fast-loading WordPress site
- create Gutenberg blocks with ACF in WordPress
- develop an accessible WCAG-compliant WordPress theme
- replace bloated WordPress starter themes
- set up custom post types in a WordPress theme

## When to choose
- you want a minimal, fast WordPress base without heavy frameworks or templating languages
- you value accessibility and tiny CSS/JS payloads
- you work with Gutenberg and ACF regularly
- you prefer vanilla WordPress PHP templating

## When to avoid
- you want a full-featured theme with page builders, widgets, comments, or sidebars out of the box
- you prefer block-based full-site-editing-first themes
- you need a headless WordPress setup with a JS frontend framework

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: templating, ui-components, accessibility, css-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, cms
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: wordpress-theme, starter-theme, gutenberg, acf, lightweight, sass, underscores, web-server

## Member repositories
- digitoimistodude/air-light (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:50.047552+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:29:21.239581+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/digitoimistodude/air-light (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:50.047552+00:00, sha b89ee91ee111)
  - homepage: https://airwptheme.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:35:18.965142+00:00, sha 8c77f73600bc)
  - site_page: https://docs.airwptheme.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:35:18.974888+00:00, sha d8a9a28d11ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.