Obviously WordPress themes make up much of the WP ecosystem and have contributed significantly to the crazy-growth that we’ve seen even in the past few years.
They also provide and incredible way to earn money, even part-time if you’d like, giving you ways to profit off client and consulting work or even building a business around one (or two). Heck, stories like this may become more common place as people build success stories around WordPress.
Love it or hate it you have to admit – WordPress theming business is one killer business to be a part of. Oh, and you can get started pretty quickly too – you don’t even have to start from scratch. Take these 10 starter themes/frameworks that could get you plugged in quickly to your own design and development.
*Note: Some of these are considered theme frameworks, some are starter themes, and others are just development frameworks. Choose the one that you need specifically!
1. Underscores
2. Hybrid Core
Don’t forget Hybrid Base as a true base theme for developers.
3. Roots
5. HTML5Reset
6. Bones
9. WP Bootstrap and WP Foundation
10. Twenty Twelve
Some people have suggested to many that just starting with Twenty Twelve (or Twenty Eleven) are the best places to start as well.
Got any others that you use?
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