Hi. I'm a starter theme called wd_s, or wdunderscores. I'm a theme meant for hacking so don't use me as a Parent Theme. Instead, try turning me into the next, most awesome, WordPress theme out there. That's what I'm here for!

I feature some of the web's most exciting technologies like: Gulp, LibSass, PostCSS, Bourbon, Neat, and BrowserSync to help make your development process fast and efficient. I'm also accessible, passing both WCAG 2.0AA and Section 508 standards out of the box.

Because I'm bundled with Gulp, basic knowledge of the command line and the following dependencies are required: Node and Gulp CLI (npm install -g gulp-cli).

If you want to keep it simple, head over to https://wdunderscores.com and generate your wd_s based theme from there. You just input the name of the theme you want to create, click the "Generate" button, and you get your ready-to-awesomize starter theme.

If you want to set me up manually:

1. Download and extract the zip into your wp-content/themes directory and rename wd_s-master to fit your needs.

2. Find & Replace

You'll need to change all instances of the names: _s.

• Search for: '_s' and replace with: 'project-name' (inside single quotations) to capture the text domain
• Search for: _s_ and replace with: project-name_ to capture all the function names
• Search for: Text Domain: _s and replace with: Text Domain: project-name in style.css
• Search for (and include the leading space):  _s and replace with:  Project Name (with a space before it) to capture DocBlocks
• Search for: _s- and replace with: project-name- to capture prefixed handles
• Search for _s.pot and replace with: project-name.pot to capture translation files
• Search for _s.com and replace with: project-name.dev to match your local development URL
• Edit the theme information in the header of style.scss to meet your needs

After you've installed and activated me. It's time to setup Gulp.

1. From the command line, change directories to your new theme directory

cd /your-project/wordpress/wp-content/themes/your-theme

2. Install Node dependencies

npm install

From the command line, type any of the following to perform an action:

gulp watch - Automatically handle changes to CSS, JS, SVGs, and image sprites. Also kicks off BrowserSync.

gulp icons - Minify, concatenate, and clean SVG icons.

gulp i18n - Scan the theme and create a POT file

gulp sass:lint - Run Sass against WordPress code standards

gulp scripts - Concatenate and minify javascript files

gulp sprites - Generate an image sprite and the associated Sass (sprite.png)

gulp styles - Compile, prefix, combine media queries, and minify CSS files

gulp - Runs the following tasks at the same time: i18n, icons, scripts, styles, sprites

Your contributions and support tickets are welcome. Please see our guidelines before submitting a pull request.