Title: Starter Theme
Last modified: September 18, 2018

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# Starter Theme

 *  [net9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/net9/)
 * (@net9)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starter-theme-2/)
 * Hi Guys
    Been doing few basic WP setups and now I like to get more into it, maybe
   you guys could point me to a right direction. I like to create a child theme 
   based on a reasonable parent “Starter Theme” I looked into “understrap”, but 
   I got very confused and i think not a good starting point as it was telling me
   about dependencies ans I am working on cPanel most of the time and do not have
   that much options. I also looked at “underscores” and it is telling me not for
   Parent Theme use not sure.
 * So if someone has a starter theme that is live and gets updated now and then 
   and stable, I appreciate your help in advance.
    Ben
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by [net9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/net9/).

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 *  [danthefan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danthefan/)
 * (@danthefan)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starter-theme-2/#post-10699669)
 * A good starting point for learning are the default themes, twenty($something)
   et al.
    Take a look at these.
 *  [HudsonValleyWebDesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaycbrf/)
 * (@jaycbrf)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starter-theme-2/#post-10699892)
 * By starter theme are you looking to create a blank theme for development? A child
   theme is usually created to make a few modifications to a theme that will be 
   updated by the developers.
 * If you want to create your own theme to use on sites I suggest using a blank 
   theme like [Bones](https://themble.com/bones/) or [_s](http://underscores.me/)(
   underscores) or even [BlankSlate](https://wordpress.org/themes/blankslate/)
 * Then you do not need a child theme. You just name the theme for your website 
   and start creating.
 * The main reason to start with a blank theme is they usually only include some
   basic functions.
 * The theme I use for all of my websites was created from Bones but has been customized
   so much over the years of use and updating that it is pretty much completely 
   from scratch now. I have a Bootstrap 3 and 4 version with many custom options
   and features.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starter-theme-2/#post-10699989)
 * Here’s a bunch of starter themes. [https://wp-root.org/develop-debug/free-wordpress-starter-themes/](https://wp-root.org/develop-debug/free-wordpress-starter-themes/)
 * I always start with [underscores](http://underscores.me).

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