In this post I’ve collected 14 WordPress starter or blank themes to kick start development faster.

_s Underscores

A starter theme called _s, or underscores created by the folks at Automattic.

Seamless

A responsive parent theme built on top of Hybrid Core for developers.

HTML5 Blank WordPress

HTML5 Blank, for WordPress. A Powerful shell for rapidly deploying your WordPress projects.

ToastPress

Toastpress is a starter WordPress theme based on Dan Eden’s original toast.css framework

Roots

Roots is a WordPress starter theme based on HTML5 Boilerplate & Bootstrap from Twitter.

Debut

A solid, sensible starter or parent theme, based on _s by Automattic

Foundation for WordPress

Foundation, for WordPress, is a blank starter theme built on ZURB’s Foundation Framework v4.

required+ Foundation

A responsive parent theme for WordPress, based on the fantastic Foundation framework

Quark

Quark is your basic building block for creating beautiful, responsive custom themes. Itâ€™s not a convoluted or confusing framework thatâ€™s hard to learn.

Reverie

Reverie Framework is an extremely versatile HTML5 WordPress framework based on ZURB’s Foundation, a powerful tool for building prototypes on any kind of devices.

Spine

Theme based on Hybrid Core and Zurb Foundation front end framework

Base

This Base theme is intended to let you build your custom themes using it as a foundation.

BLM Responsive Basic Starter theme

Basic starter theme for responsive WordPress sites. Based on the basic HTML5 starter theme

Bones

Bones is a WordPress Theme for Developers. Built around the HTML5 Boilerplate, Bones is a rock solid foundation to start any WordPress project. Keep what you need, remove what you don’t. It’s totally up to you.