When you use a theme or a template, you have three options. You can get a theme or template that you would use just as is. You may also get a configurable and customizable theme which you can work on and come up with your unique elements. In some cases, the two options are not the best choices. You may need a blank WordPress theme.
With many people, it so happens that they begin to associate a theme or template with the particular images or content that has been presented. The context becomes inseparable from the theme. It is quite possible that the theme or template would only be great in that context and when you try to customize it or configure in your own way and in your own context, the whole thing becomes rather odd. If you have to work on a truly unique website, you may want to use some of the best free blank WordPress themes.
Blank Slate
This theme is one of the finest themes out there that you can work on from scratch. You don’t really need to be an excellent coder because the theme has enough easy ways to go around doing your thing. Blank Slate is obviously clean but it is also minimalist, allowing full freedom to developers or designers. The foundation is there and the designers can weave their magic, either for their own sites or for their clients.
Green Apples
This WordPress theme is one of the simplest blank WordPress themes. It is presently available in HTML5 and its latest version is available as a boilerplate using the BlankSlate platform.
Urban Square
Urban Square ticks all the checkboxes of typical themes but it doesn’t walk that last mile to give you definite sneak peeks at what the site may eventually turn out to be. That is up to you. So you get the layouts, the background image sections, colors, menus, sidebars, headers, footers and widgets among others. But you have to work on each of them to actually display what you want to put up there. The Customizer of Urban Square is a great deal of fun and convenience.
Simon WP Framework
This theme is another simple, clean and minimalist theme with everything you need. From custom icons to footers, sidebars and widgets, being responsive to having a wide array of typography, you can pick and choose whatever you like and make a unique site.
