Title: HTML5 Boilerplate
Author: Aaron T. Grogg
Published: April 22, 2011
Last modified: March 13, 2015
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# HTML5 Boilerplate
By [Aaron T. Grogg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aarontgrogg/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/html5-boilerplate.5.0.1.zip)
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* [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-boilerplate/#installation)
* [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-boilerplate/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-boilerplate/)
## Description
Standing on the foreheads of giants (namely Paul Irish and Divya Manian and
the
good folks that have helped them create and continue the growth of HTML5 Boilerplate,
I present to you my first WordPress plug-in, HTML5 Boilerplate. As a spin-off of
my Boilerplate – Starkers WP Theme, this plug-in can be added to any theme, new,
pre-existing, already customized, whatevs!
The clumsiest part of this is dealing with the Boilerplate CSS and JS files.
To
avoid any changes you make from being overwritten during upgrades, “starter” files
have been created in the `/css` and `/js` directories. I recommend creating copies
of the starter files (removing ‘-starter’ from the new filenames) that you can safely
edit. That way, if the starter files are updated later, you can simply copy/paste
from them into your files again, and all is fine.
Another route would be to add additional links in your pages, but this does increase
your HTTP Requests, which hurts performance… Your call, let me know if you can think
of a better implementation.
More about this plug-in can be found at:
http://aarontgrogg.com/html5boilerplate/
I also built a Boilerplate theme based on Elliot Jay Stocks’ Starkers Theme that
can be found at:
http://aarontgrogg.com/boilerplate/
Please let me know if you have any questions/suggestions/thoughts,
Atg
http://aarontgrogg.com/
aarontgrogg@gmail.com
## Screenshots
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* Admin Screen
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* View Source Before HTML5 Boilerplate
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* View Source After HTML5 Boilerplate
## Installation
1. Download the ZIP
2. Unzip the ZIP
3. Copy/paste the unzipped files into your WP plug-in directory (`/wp-content/plugins/`)
4. From within WP’s Plugin Admin panel, Activate the HTML5 Boilerplate plug-in
5. In the left-nav, within the Settings menu, you should now have an HTML5 Boilerplate
link
6. Click the link to view the HTML5 Boilerplate Admin panel
7. Check and un-check options to add and remove stuff from your site!
## FAQ
What HTML5 Boilerplate options does the plug-in let me manipulate?
* Use HTML5 `DOCTYPE`?
* Add IE Conditional `` Tags?
* Move XFN profile from `` to ``?
* Use HTML5 Character-Encoding `` Tag?
* Kill IE6 Image Toolbar?
* Force IE-edge / Google Chrome?
* Add Google Verification?
* Force iThings to Use Full Zoom?
* Add Favicon?
* Add iThing Favicon?
* Add IE-only CSS file?
* Add Modernizr JS?
* Add Respond JS?
* Add jQuery JS?
* Which jQuery version?
* Put jQuery in `` or at end of ``?
* Add jQuery Plug-ins JS?
* Add Site-specific JS?
* Add Google Analytics?
* Use HTML5 Search `` Type?
* Add Search `placeholder` Text?
* Add Cache Buster to CSS & JS Files?
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“HTML5 Boilerplate” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Aaron T. Grogg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aarontgrogg/)
[Translate “HTML5 Boilerplate” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/html5-boilerplate)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-boilerplate/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/html5-boilerplate/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/html5-boilerplate/)
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## Meta
* Version **5.0.1**
* Last updated **11 years ago**
* Active installations **50+**
* WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
* Tested up to **4.1.42**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-boilerplate/)
* Tags
* [boilerplate](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/boilerplate/)[HTML5](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html5/)
* [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-boilerplate/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.3 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ Aaron T. Grogg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aarontgrogg/)
## Support
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