HTML 1st WordPress theme for WordPress developers to build from..
Bootstrap Grid, Pico minimalist starter kit and Lineicons together in one WordPress theme.
Advantages:
Fast theme deployment
Write pure HTML and CSS
Examples
Functional example code in custom page templates
Trusted web components
Tried and tested code libraries
De-toxtinated code
Clean style.css and functions.php
WordPress source code that looks like a “normal” website
Clear and precise source code indentation control for custom page templates
Add code libraries by writing HTML instead of php functions
Freely use <link rel="stylesheet"> in header.php and <script src=""> in footer.php to add code libraries
Adaptable and easy to use
Requires only a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS to build
Optimised <head> code
Eliminates top heavy pages ensuring body content source code is above the page fold
Control <title> tags
<?php echo $GLOBALS[$__title]; ?> for <title> tag on page templates
Improves page load speed
Reduce web page resource overhead by restricting default WordPress output code
Unique and lightweight
Make your WordPress theme unique from the ground up using our theme
Credit
Current Fruitty HTML 1st WordPress theme made by Ben – WordPress developer London AKA “Mr WordPress” WordPress developer since 2006. Ben is the Founder of Slib Design Limited, worked with over 200 clients since 2006, launching innovative products and services throughout the World. 2025, Ben created childpluginwp.com – A framework for WordPress plugin modification which enabled web developers to modernise WordPress site functionality with WordPress child plugins. Currently the home of 44,591 wordpress.org compatible child plugins advancing WordPress development principals for WordPress developers who select not to customise functions.php files in WordPress themes making WordPress feature code updates transportable across multiple WordPress sites easier and faster. 2019, Ben launched childthemewp.com now known as wpchildtheme.co.uk – A framework for WordPress theme modification one of the largest WordPress child theme libraries in the World stocking 14,071 child themes supporting WordPress developers to create custom website style changes without changing parent themes, futureproofing website integrity. Ben’s platforms have over 1 million downloads so far. Finally, we created an accelerated page speed guiude for Fruitty: 0.116 second page load high speed WordPress guide