underscoretw/scaffold

Generates starter themes from underscoretw.com via WP-CLI.

v0.9.0 2026-03-26 08:11 UTC

Requires

• wp-cli/wp-cli: ^2.12

Requires (Dev)

• wp-cli/extension-command: ^2
• wp-cli/wp-cli-tests: ^5

MIT

• Greg Sullivan

README

A WP-CLI package that generates starter themes from underscoretw.com.

Installation

wp package install underscoretw/scaffold:@stable

Usage

wp scaffold _tw [<slug>] [--theme_name=<title>] [--prefix=<prefix>]
    [--theme_uri=<uri>] [--author=<full-name>] [--author_uri=<uri>]
    [--description=<text>] [--activate] [--enable-network] [--force]

wp scaffold underscoretw is also available as an alias.

Interactive Wizard

Run the command without any arguments to launch an interactive wizard that walks you through the theme setup:

wp scaffold _tw

The wizard will prompt you for:

1. Theme name (required)
2. Theme slug (derived from the name by default)
3. Function prefix (derived from the slug by default)
4. Author, author URI, theme URI, and description (all optional)

After collecting your inputs, the wizard displays a summary and asks for confirmation before generating the theme.

Options

Option	Description
<slug>	The slug for the new theme. If omitted, the interactive wizard is launched.
--theme_name=<title>	Theme name. Defaults to the slug with the first letter capitalized.
--prefix=<prefix>	Function prefix for the theme. Derived from the slug by default.
--theme_uri=<uri>	Theme URI header value.
--author=<full-name>	Author header value.
--author_uri=<uri>	Author URI header value.
--description=<text>	Description header value.
--activate	Activate the theme after generating it.
--enable-network	Network-enable the theme after generating it.
--force	Overwrite the theme directory if it already exists.

Examples

Generate a theme using the interactive wizard:

wp scaffold _tw

Generate a theme with default settings:

wp scaffold _tw my-theme

Generate a theme with custom options:

wp scaffold _tw my-theme --theme_name="My Theme" --author="Jane Doe" --description="A custom theme"

Generate and activate:

wp scaffold _tw my-theme --theme_name="My Theme" --activate

Overwrite an existing theme:

wp scaffold _tw my-theme --force

Credits

This package began as a fork of wp-cli/scaffold-command. Its wizard was inspired by npm init.