# Automattic/_s

Inactive project – please visit https://themeshaper.com/block-themes/ to learn more about the future of WordPress themes with Block Themes.

Repository: https://github.com/Automattic/_s
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/s
Homepage: https://underscores.me/
Language: CSS
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-09-05T23:48:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 40, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5327, "days_push": 362, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10970, forks 3009 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.915780+00:00)

## What it is
_s (Underscores) is a minimal WordPress starter theme meant to be hacked into a custom theme rather than used as a parent theme. It provides lean HTML5 templates, organized starter CSS/Sass, template tags, and a CLI-based development workflow. The project is now archived in favor of WordPress Block Themes.

## Use cases
- create a custom WordPress theme from scratch
- bootstrap a WordPress theme with clean HTML5 templates
- generate a WordPress starter theme with my branding
- build a WooCommerce-ready WordPress theme
- get a Sass-based WordPress theme boilerplate
- replace a child theme with a standalone custom theme

## When to choose
- building a classic PHP-based WordPress theme you fully control
- you want a minimal, well-commented theme foundation to hack on
- you need WooCommerce integration hooks in a custom theme

## When to avoid
- building modern WordPress block themes (use Block Themes / full-site editing instead)
- you want a ready-made parent theme or finished design
- you need an actively maintained project

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating, css-framework, cli
- domain: web-development, cms, frontend
- platform: php
- tags: wordpress, starter-theme, underscores, theme-development, html5, sass, woocommerce, boilerplate, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- Automattic/_s (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.915780+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 2026-08-30T08:31:02.095537+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Automattic/_s (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.915780+00:00, sha d42d460f22cd)
  - homepage: https://underscores.me/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:15:53.958150+00:00, sha 533221b0a47e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.