HTML5 Blank

An open source boilerplate theme for WordPress

Download v1.5

What others say:


HTML5 Blank: A promising, well-documented WordPress shell for deploying your next WordPress project.

— Smashing Magazine (link)

This theme helps you start off with a right track towards developing an appropriately coded and structured HTML theme.

— Torque (link)

HTML5 Blank is a good choice for you if you are already adept at CSS, and want complete control over every single element.

— Design Bombs (link)

Built With Code You Can Trust

The HTML5 Blank WordPress theme offers annotated support throughout the code, basic & advanced functions, very minimal mark-up and extremely neat & easy to read code.


Convert HTML/CSS to WordPress

Watch this video tutorial by Chris Lam for converting your HTML/CSS to WordPress with HTML5 Blank.

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