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title: "Introducing branch, a starter theme for WordPress · Junaid Qadir"
description: "Ever since I discovered Timber library for WordPress, I’ve become fond of it. It makes developing themes a breeze and cuts development time straight to half. In this article we’ll learn more about bra"
url: "https://junaidqadir.com/blog/introducing-branch"
date: "2015-04-11"
tags: ["bootstrap", "php", "web-development", "wordpress"]
---

# Introducing branch, a starter theme for WordPress

Ever since I discovered [Timber library](https://github.com/jarednova/timber "Timber Library") for WordPress, I’ve become fond of it. It makes developing themes a breeze and cuts development time straight to half. In this article we’ll learn more about branch, a starter theme built using Timber library.

## Enter branch

**branch** is a Bootstrap based responsive starter theme with the goodness of Timber.

## Features

-   Responsive
-   Uses Timber library
-   Uses Less
-   NPM as package manager
-   Integrated with Grunt build tool

## Installation and Usage

To get started

-   Clone the repo into the themes directory of your WordPress installation:`git clone https://github.com/JeyKeu/branch.git your-theme-name`
-   Change to the `your-theme-name` directory
-   Remove the `.git` directory and run `git init` to initialize your own git repo
-   Open up `style.css` and modify theme name and other details to your liking

![branch is a standard WordPress theme. Use style.css to define your theme](https://junaidqadir.com/_astro/style_css.BOq_qcDH_Z28doq0.webp)

-   Edit `grunt/open.js` and replace `http://localhost` to match your WordPress installation URL.
-   Make sure you have `nodejs` installed and run `npm install`
-   `grunt watch`

You write all your css in `less` from `less/site.less` and is already compiled and referenced in your `style.css` out-of-the-box. So as long as `grunt watch` is running and you make any changes, they are compiled, merged and minified into `css/all.min.css`

Do give it a shot and if you like it do star the repository on [GitHub](https://github.com/JeyKeu/branch) and also don’t forget to tell your friends about it.

As Bootstrap 4 was released months ago, an update is due one me and its about of time when I can update it to the latest Bootstrap. If you are willing please send a pull request, I’ll be more than happy to take any help.

[Bootstrap](https://junaidqadir.com/blog/tag/bootstrap)[PHP](https://junaidqadir.com/blog/tag/php)[Web development](https://junaidqadir.com/blog/tag/web-development)[WordPress](https://junaidqadir.com/blog/tag/wordpress)

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