Coywolf Starter Theme for WordPress
Download Coywolf’s barebones WordPress theme that is mobile-first, uses no JavaScript, and is incredibly fast.

I get a surprising amount of requests from people wanting a copy of Coywolf’s WordPress theme. That’s because the recommendations I made in the WordPress Speed and Performance Guide were also made to Coywolf’s theme. Since the theme was never meant to be shared – it has hard-coded HTML, PHP functions, and styles specific to Coywolf – I’ve never made it available to anyone.
I decided it was finally time to create a starter theme. The first thing I did was remove all Coywolf-specific code. I then consolidated and optimized the CSS, HTML, PHP functions, and pages. I also wrote comments throughout the code to explain what certain styles and functions do. The result is the Coywolf Starter Theme for WordPress.
Table of Contents
- Key features of the Starter Theme
- Excluded features of the Starter Theme
- Theme details and customizations
- Fallback images
- Navigation Menus
- Adding a logo
- Adjusting the logo and main menu sizes
- Changing thumbnail sizes
- Changing colors
- Change the top nav colors
- Change the intro colors
- Change link colors
- Adding category descriptions
- Publishing tips
- Always add an excerpt
- Recommended plugins
- Yoast SEO
- WP Rocket
- Download the Coywolf Starter Theme
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