diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0caf4ed..7831d67 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
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index 6fae444..83fca22 100644
--- a/composer.lock
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+                    "email": "roman@code-factory.org"
+                },
+                {
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+                    "email": "kontakt@beberlei.de"
+                },
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+                    "email": "guilhermeblanco@gmail.com"
+                },
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+                    "name": "Jonathan Wage",
+                    "email": "jonwage@gmail.com"
+                },
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+                    "email": "schmittjoh@gmail.com"
+                }
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+                "pluralize",
+                "singularize",
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+                "url": "https://github.com/illuminate/container.git",
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+                "reference": "8047b47e1f731c975d9aa0fe0b269064d3f1346d",
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+            "description": "The Illuminate Container package.",
+            "homepage": "https://laravel.com",
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+        },
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+                "url": "https://github.com/illuminate/contracts.git",
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+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
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+            "authors": [
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+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "The Illuminate Contracts package.",
+            "homepage": "https://laravel.com",
+            "time": "2016-09-26 20:36:27"
+        },
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+                "url": "https://github.com/illuminate/events.git",
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+                }
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+                }
+            ],
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+            "homepage": "https://laravel.com",
+            "time": "2016-08-12 14:24:30"
+        },
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+            "name": "illuminate/filesystem",
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+                "url": "https://github.com/illuminate/filesystem.git",
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+            },
+            "dist": {
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+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/illuminate/filesystem/zipball/82576e0a6193e76929c929c8a2d3e1552ab64e76",
+                "reference": "82576e0a6193e76929c929c8a2d3e1552ab64e76",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
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+                "illuminate/support": "5.3.*",
+                "php": ">=5.6.4",
+                "symfony/finder": "3.1.*"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
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+                "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "Required to use the Flysystem S3 driver (~1.0).",
+                "league/flysystem-rackspace": "Required to use the Flysystem Rackspace driver (~1.0)."
+            },
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+            "extra": {
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+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
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+            ],
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+                    "name": "Taylor Otwell",
+                    "email": "taylor@laravel.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "The Illuminate Filesystem package.",
+            "homepage": "https://laravel.com",
+            "time": "2016-11-07 22:09:46"
+        },
+        {
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+            "source": {
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+                "url": "https://github.com/illuminate/support.git",
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+                "shasum": ""
+            },
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+                "ext-mbstring": "*",
+                "illuminate/contracts": "5.3.*",
+                "paragonie/random_compat": "~1.4|~2.0",
+                "php": ">=5.6.4"
+            },
+            "replace": {
+                "tightenco/collect": "self.version"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "illuminate/filesystem": "Required to use the composer class (5.2.*).",
+                "symfony/process": "Required to use the composer class (3.1.*).",
+                "symfony/var-dumper": "Required to use the dd function (3.1.*)."
+            },
+            "type": "library",
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+                    "email": "taylor@laravel.com"
+                }
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+            "description": "The Illuminate Support package.",
+            "homepage": "https://laravel.com",
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+        },
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+                "illuminate/contracts": "5.3.*",
+                "illuminate/events": "5.3.*",
+                "illuminate/filesystem": "5.3.*",
+                "illuminate/support": "5.3.*",
+                "php": ">=5.6.4",
+                "symfony/debug": "3.1.*"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
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+                }
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+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Illuminate\\View\\": ""
+                }
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+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
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+                    "name": "Taylor Otwell",
+                    "email": "taylor@laravel.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "The Illuminate View package.",
+            "homepage": "https://laravel.com",
+            "time": "2016-10-24 18:18:15"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "paragonie/random_compat",
+            "version": "v2.0.4",
+            "source": {
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+                "url": "https://github.com/paragonie/random_compat.git",
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+            },
+            "suggest": {
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+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "files": [
+                    "lib/random.php"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Paragon Initiative Enterprises",
+                    "email": "security@paragonie.com",
+                    "homepage": "https://paragonie.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "PHP 5.x polyfill for random_bytes() and random_int() from PHP 7",
+            "keywords": [
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+                "pseudorandom",
+                "random"
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+            "time": "2016-11-07 23:38:38"
+        },
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+            "version": "1.0.2",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/php-fig/log.git",
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+                    "Psr\\Log\\": "Psr/Log/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "PHP-FIG",
+                    "homepage": "http://www.php-fig.org/"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Common interface for logging libraries",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/php-fig/log",
+            "keywords": [
+                "log",
+                "psr",
+                "psr-3"
+            ],
+            "time": "2016-10-10 12:19:37"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/debug",
+            "version": "v3.1.7",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/debug.git",
+                "reference": "c058661c32f5b462722e36d120905940089cbd9a"
+            },
+            "dist": {
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+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/debug/zipball/c058661c32f5b462722e36d120905940089cbd9a",
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+            },
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+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "symfony/class-loader": "~2.8|~3.0",
+                "symfony/http-kernel": "~2.8|~3.0"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
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+                }
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+            "autoload": {
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+                    "Symfony\\Component\\Debug\\": ""
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+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
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+                },
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+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Symfony Debug Component",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
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+        },
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+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/symfony/finder.git",
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+                "reference": "9925935bf7144f9e4d2b976905881b4face036fb",
+                "shasum": ""
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+            "extra": {
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+                    "dev-master": "3.1-dev"
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Symfony\\Component\\Finder\\": ""
+                },
+                "exclude-from-classmap": [
+                    "/Tests/"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Fabien Potencier",
+                    "email": "fabien@symfony.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Symfony Community",
+                    "homepage": "https://symfony.com/contributors"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Symfony Finder Component",
+            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
+            "time": "2016-11-03 08:04:31"
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diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 04501c1..1ae695e 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <?php
 
-include __DIR__ . '/templates/index.php';
+include __DIR__ . '/templates/index.blade.php';
diff --git a/src/filters.php b/src/filters.php
index 0a0bf0a..6a9b42d 100644
--- a/src/filters.php
+++ b/src/filters.php
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ namespace App;
 
 use Roots\Sage\Template;
 use Roots\Sage\Template\Wrapper;
+use Illuminate\Container\Container;
+use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Roots\Sage\Template\ViewServiceProvider;
 
 /**
  * Add <body> classes
@@ -32,11 +35,62 @@ add_filter('excerpt_more', function () {
 });
 
 /**
- * Use theme wrapper
+ * Use Blade template engine
  */
-add_filter('template_include', function ($main) {
-    if (!is_string($main) && !(is_object($main) && method_exists($main, '__toString'))) {
-        return $main;
+foreach(['index', '404', 'archive', 'author', 'category', 'tag', 'taxonomy', 'date', 'home', 'front_page', 'page', 'paged', 'search', 'single', 'singular', 'attachment'] as $type) {
+    add_filter("{$type}_template_hierarchy", function($templates) {
+       foreach ($templates as $template) {
+           $templates[] = str_replace('.php', '.blade.php', $template);
+       }
+       return $templates;
+    });
+}
+add_filter('template_include', function ($template) {
+    $blade_template = (!strpos($template, '.blade.php')) ? str_replace('.php', '.blade.php', $template) : $template;
+    $blade_template = locate_template(basename($blade_template));
+
+    if (!file_exists($blade_template)) {
+        return $template;
     }
-    return ((new Template(new Wrapper($main)))->layout());
-}, 109);
+
+    $container = Container::getInstance();
+
+    $container->singleton('files', function () {
+        return new Filesystem;
+    });
+
+    $provider = new ViewServiceProvider($container);
+    $provider->register();
+
+    $template_engine = $container->make('view');
+
+    $template_name = basename(str_replace('.blade', '', $blade_template));
+    $template_name = str_replace('.php', '', $template_name);
+    $html = $template_engine->make($template_name, apply_filters('laravel/blade/template_data', []))->render();
+
+    if (!$html) {
+        return $template;
+    }
+
+    echo $html;
+
+    return false;
+}, 1000);
+
+add_filter('comments_template', function ($theme_template) {
+    $container = Container::getInstance();
+    $template_engine = $container->make('view');
+
+    $template_name = basename(str_replace('.blade.php', '', $theme_template));
+    $html = $template_engine->make('partials/'.$template_name, []);
+    var_dump($template_engine->exists('partials/'.$template_name));
+    $engine = $html->getEngine();
+    $compiler = $engine->getCompiler();
+    $template = $compiler->getCompiledPath($compiler->getPath());
+
+    if ($compiler->isExpired($template)) {
+        $compiler->compile($theme_template);
+    }
+
+    return $template;
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/Sage/Template/ViewServiceProvider.php b/src/lib/Sage/Template/ViewServiceProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ecc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/Sage/Template/ViewServiceProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Roots\Sage\Template;
+
+use Illuminate\View\Factory;
+use Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher;
+use Illuminate\View\FileViewFinder;
+use Illuminate\View\Engines\PhpEngine;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Illuminate\View\Engines\CompilerEngine;
+use Illuminate\View\Engines\EngineResolver;
+use Illuminate\View\Compilers\BladeCompiler;
+
+class ViewServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Register the service provider.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        $this->registerEngineResolver();
+
+        $this->registerViewFinder();
+
+        $this->registerFactory();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the engine resolver instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function registerEngineResolver()
+    {
+        $this->app->singleton('view.engine.resolver', function () {
+            $resolver = new EngineResolver;
+
+            // Next we will register the various engines with the resolver so that the
+            // environment can resolve the engines it needs for various views based
+            // on the extension of view files. We call a method for each engines.
+            foreach (['php', 'blade'] as $engine) {
+                $this->{'register'.ucfirst($engine).'Engine'}($resolver);
+            }
+
+            return $resolver;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the PHP engine implementation.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\View\Engines\EngineResolver  $resolver
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function registerPhpEngine($resolver)
+    {
+        $resolver->register('php', function () {
+            return new PhpEngine;
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the Blade engine implementation.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\View\Engines\EngineResolver  $resolver
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function registerBladeEngine($resolver)
+    {
+        $app = $this->app;
+
+        // The Compiler engine requires an instance of the CompilerInterface, which in
+        // this case will be the Blade compiler, so we'll first create the compiler
+        // instance to pass into the engine so it can compile the views properly.
+        $app->singleton('blade.compiler', function ($app) {
+            $cache = apply_filters('roots/views/blade/compiled_path', wp_upload_dir()['basedir'] . '/cache/compiled');
+            if (!file_exists($cache)) {
+                wp_mkdir_p($cache);
+            }
+
+            return new BladeCompiler($app->make('Illuminate\\Filesystem\\Filesystem'), $cache);
+        });
+
+        $resolver->register('blade', function () use ($app) {
+            return new CompilerEngine($app['blade.compiler']);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the view finder implementation.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function registerViewFinder()
+    {
+        $this->app->bind('view.finder', function ($app) {
+            $paths = apply_filters('roots/views/blade/template_directories', [TEMPLATEPATH]);
+
+            return new FileViewFinder($app['files'], $paths);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the view environment.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function registerFactory()
+    {
+        $this->app->singleton('view', function ($app) {
+            // Next we need to grab the engine resolver instance that will be used by the
+            // environment. The resolver will be used by an environment to get each of
+            // the various engine implementations such as plain PHP or Blade engine.
+            $resolver = $app['view.engine.resolver'];
+
+            $finder = $app['view.finder'];
+
+            $env = new Factory($resolver, $finder, new Dispatcher($app));
+
+            // We will also set the container instance on this view environment since the
+            // view composers may be classes registered in the container, which allows
+            // for great testable, flexible composers for the application developer.
+            $env->setContainer($app);
+
+            $env->share('app', $app);
+
+            return $env;
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/templates/404.blade.php b/templates/404.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a61aebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/404.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+@extends('layouts.base')
+
+@section('content')
+  @include('partials.page-header')
+
+  @if(!have_posts())
+    <div class="alert alert-warning">
+      {{  __('Sorry, but the page you were trying to view does not exist.', 'sage') }}
+    </div>
+    {!! get_search_form(false) !!}
+  @endif
+
+  {!! get_the_posts_navigation() !!}
+@endsection
diff --git a/templates/404.php b/templates/404.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ef0100..0000000
--- a/templates/404.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?php get_template_part('partials/page-header'); ?>
-
-<div class="alert alert-warning">
-  <?php _e('Sorry, but the page you were trying to view does not exist.', 'sage'); ?>
-</div>
-
-<?php get_search_form(); ?>
diff --git a/templates/index.blade.php b/templates/index.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98e220d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/index.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+@extends('layouts.base')
+
+@section('content')
+  @include('partials.page-header')
+
+  @if(!have_posts())
+    <div class="alert alert-warning">
+      {{  __('Sorry, no results were found.', 'sage') }}
+    </div>
+    {{ get_search_form(false) }}
+  @endif
+
+  @while(have_posts())
+    {!! the_post() !!}
+    @include('partials.content')
+  @endwhile
+
+  {{ get_the_posts_navigation() }}
+@endsection
diff --git a/templates/index.php b/templates/index.php
deleted file mode 100644
index bb39ccc..0000000
--- a/templates/index.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php get_template_part('partials/page-header'); ?>
-
-<?php if (!have_posts()) : ?>
-  <div class="alert alert-warning">
-    <?php _e('Sorry, no results were found.', 'sage'); ?>
-  </div>
-  <?php get_search_form(); ?>
-<?php endif; ?>
-
-<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/content', get_post_type() != 'post' ? get_post_type() : get_post_format()); ?>
-<?php endwhile; ?>
-
-<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
diff --git a/templates/layouts/base.blade.php b/templates/layouts/base.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b88d998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/layouts/base.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html {!! language_attributes() !!}>
+  @include('partials.head')
+  <body {!! body_class() !!}>
+    <!--[if IE]>
+      <div class="alert alert-warning">
+        {!! _e('You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. Please <a href="http://browsehappy.com/">upgrade your browser</a> to improve your experience.', 'sage') !!}
+      </div>
+    <![endif]-->
+    {!! do_action('get_header') !!}
+    @include('partials.header')
+    <div class="wrap container" role="document">
+      <div class="content row">
+        <main class="main">
+          @yield('content')
+        </main>
+        {{--@if(App\display_sidebar())--}}
+          {{--<aside class="sidebar">--}}
+            {{--{!! App\template_part('partials/sidebar') !!}--}}
+          {{--</aside>--}}
+        {{--@endif--}}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    {!! do_action('get_footer') !!}
+    @include('partials.footer')
+    {!! wp_footer() !!}
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/templates/layouts/base.php b/templates/layouts/base.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e37279..0000000
--- a/templates/layouts/base.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/head'); ?>
-  <body <?php body_class(); ?>>
-    <!--[if IE]>
-      <div class="alert alert-warning">
-        <?php _e('You are using an <strong>outdated</strong> browser. Please <a href="http://browsehappy.com/">upgrade your browser</a> to improve your experience.', 'sage'); ?>
-      </div>
-    <![endif]-->
-    <?php
-      do_action('get_header');
-      get_template_part('partials/header');
-    ?>
-    <div class="wrap container" role="document">
-      <div class="content row">
-        <main class="main">
-          <?php include App\template()->main(); ?>
-        </main>
-        <?php if (App\display_sidebar()) : ?>
-          <aside class="sidebar">
-            <?php App\template_part('partials/sidebar'); ?>
-          </aside>
-        <?php endif; ?>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <?php
-      do_action('get_footer');
-      get_template_part('partials/footer');
-      wp_footer();
-    ?>
-  </body>
-</html>
diff --git a/templates/page.blade.php b/templates/page.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0599920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/page.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@extends('layouts.base')
+
+@section('content')
+  @while(have_posts())
+    {!! the_post() !!}
+    @include('partials.page-header')
+    @include('partials.content-page')
+  @endwhile
+@endsection
diff --git a/templates/page.php b/templates/page.php
deleted file mode 100644
index dc2adff..0000000
--- a/templates/page.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/page-header'); ?>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/content-page'); ?>
-<?php endwhile; ?>
diff --git a/templates/partials/comments.blade.php b/templates/partials/comments.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb5c832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/comments.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+if (post_password_required()) {
+  return;
+}
+?>
+
+<section id="comments" class="comments">
+  @if(have_comments())
+    <h2>
+      {!! sprintf(_nx('One response to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;', '%1$s responses to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;', get_comments_number(), 'comments title', 'sage'), number_format_i18n(get_comments_number()), '<span>' . get_the_title() . '</span>') !!}
+    </h2>
+
+    <ol class="comment-list">
+      {!! wp_list_comments(['style' => 'ol', 'short_ping' => true]) !!}
+    </ol>
+
+    @if(get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option('page_comments'))
+      <nav>
+        <ul class="pager">
+          @if(get_previous_comments_link())
+            <li class="previous">{!! previous_comments_link(__('&larr; Older comments', 'sage')) !!}</li>
+          @endif
+          @if(get_next_comments_link())
+            <li class="next">{!! next_comments_link(__('Newer comments &rarr;', 'sage')) !!}</li>
+          @endif
+        </ul>
+      </nav>
+    @endif
+  @endif
+
+  @if(!comments_open() && get_comments_number() != '0' && post_type_supports(get_post_type(), 'comments'))
+    <div class="alert alert-warning">
+      {{ __('Comments are closed.', 'sage') }}
+    </div>
+  @endif
+
+  {!! comment_form() !!}
+</section>
diff --git a/templates/partials/comments.php b/templates/partials/comments.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 167a4d1..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/comments.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-if (post_password_required()) {
-  return;
-}
-?>
-
-<section id="comments" class="comments">
-  <?php if (have_comments()) : ?>
-    <h2><?php printf(_nx('One response to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;', '%1$s responses to &ldquo;%2$s&rdquo;', get_comments_number(), 'comments title', 'sage'), number_format_i18n(get_comments_number()), '<span>' . get_the_title() . '</span>'); ?></h2>
-
-    <ol class="comment-list">
-      <?php wp_list_comments(['style' => 'ol', 'short_ping' => true]); ?>
-    </ol>
-
-    <?php if (get_comment_pages_count() > 1 && get_option('page_comments')) : ?>
-      <nav>
-        <ul class="pager">
-          <?php if (get_previous_comments_link()) : ?>
-            <li class="previous"><?php previous_comments_link(__('&larr; Older comments', 'sage')); ?></li>
-          <?php endif; ?>
-          <?php if (get_next_comments_link()) : ?>
-            <li class="next"><?php next_comments_link(__('Newer comments &rarr;', 'sage')); ?></li>
-          <?php endif; ?>
-        </ul>
-      </nav>
-    <?php endif; ?>
-  <?php endif; // have_comments() ?>
-
-  <?php if (!comments_open() && get_comments_number() != '0' && post_type_supports(get_post_type(), 'comments')) : ?>
-    <div class="alert alert-warning">
-      <?php _e('Comments are closed.', 'sage'); ?>
-    </div>
-  <?php endif; ?>
-
-  <?php comment_form(); ?>
-</section>
diff --git a/templates/partials/content-page.blade.php b/templates/partials/content-page.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c590d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/content-page.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{!! the_content() !!}
+{!! wp_link_pages(['before' => '<nav class="page-nav"><p>' . __('Pages:', 'sage'), 'after' => '</p></nav>']) !!}
diff --git a/templates/partials/content-page.php b/templates/partials/content-page.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f98362..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/content-page.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<?php the_content(); ?>
-<?php wp_link_pages(['before' => '<nav class="page-nav"><p>' . __('Pages:', 'sage'), 'after' => '</p></nav>']); ?>
diff --git a/templates/partials/content-search.blade.php b/templates/partials/content-search.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7265ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/content-search.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<article {!! post_class() !!}>
+  <header>
+    <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ get_permalink() }}">{{ get_the_title() }}</a></h2>
+    @if(get_post_type() === 'post')
+      @include('partials/entry-meta')
+    @endif
+  </header>
+  <div class="entry-summary">
+    {!! the_excerpt() !!}
+  </div>
+</article>
diff --git a/templates/partials/content-search.php b/templates/partials/content-search.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2eac1e4..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/content-search.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<article <?php post_class(); ?>>
-  <header>
-    <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
-    <?php if (get_post_type() === 'post') { get_template_part('partials/entry-meta'); } ?>
-  </header>
-  <div class="entry-summary">
-    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
-  </div>
-</article>
diff --git a/templates/partials/content-single.blade.php b/templates/partials/content-single.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b247ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/content-single.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<article {!! post_class() !!}>
+  <header>
+    <h1 class="entry-title">{{ get_the_title() }}</h1>
+    @include('partials/entry-meta')
+  </header>
+  <div class="entry-content">
+    {!! the_content() !!}
+  </div>
+  <footer>
+    {!! wp_link_pages(['before' => '<nav class="page-nav"><p>' . __('Pages:', 'sage'), 'after' => '</p></nav>']) !!}
+  </footer>
+  {!! comments_template('/templates/partials/comments.blade.php') !!}
+</article>
diff --git a/templates/partials/content-single.php b/templates/partials/content-single.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dda4e1..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/content-single.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<article <?php post_class(); ?>>
-  <header>
-    <h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
-    <?php get_template_part('partials/entry-meta'); ?>
-  </header>
-  <div class="entry-content">
-    <?php the_content(); ?>
-  </div>
-  <footer>
-    <?php wp_link_pages(['before' => '<nav class="page-nav"><p>' . __('Pages:', 'sage'), 'after' => '</p></nav>']); ?>
-  </footer>
-  <?php comments_template('/templates/partials/comments.php'); ?>
-</article>
diff --git a/templates/partials/content.blade.php b/templates/partials/content.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caad3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/content.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<article {!! post_class() !!}>
+  <header>
+    <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="{{ get_permalink() }}">{{ get_the_title() }}</a></h2>
+    @include('partials/entry-meta')
+  </header>
+  <div class="entry-summary">
+    {!! the_excerpt() !!}
+  </div>
+</article>
diff --git a/templates/partials/content.php b/templates/partials/content.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2246a63..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/content.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<article <?php post_class(); ?>>
-  <header>
-    <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
-    <?php get_template_part('partials/entry-meta'); ?>
-  </header>
-  <div class="entry-summary">
-    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
-  </div>
-</article>
diff --git a/templates/partials/entry-meta.blade.php b/templates/partials/entry-meta.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..301e9b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/entry-meta.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<time class="updated" datetime="{{ get_post_time('c', true) }}">{{ get_the_date() }}</time>
+<p class="byline author vcard">
+  {{ __('By', 'sage') }} <a href="{{ get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')) }}" rel="author" class="fn">
+    {{ get_the_author() }}
+  </a>
+</p>
diff --git a/templates/partials/entry-meta.php b/templates/partials/entry-meta.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 95bd3b1..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/entry-meta.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<time class="updated" datetime="<?= get_post_time('c', true); ?>"><?= get_the_date(); ?></time>
-<p class="byline author vcard"><?= __('By', 'sage'); ?> <a href="<?= get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')); ?>" rel="author" class="fn"><?= get_the_author(); ?></a></p>
diff --git a/templates/partials/footer.php b/templates/partials/footer.blade.php
similarity index 60%
rename from templates/partials/footer.php
rename to templates/partials/footer.blade.php
index 050d688..72c31f7 100644
--- a/templates/partials/footer.php
+++ b/templates/partials/footer.blade.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <footer class="content-info">
   <div class="container">
-    <?php dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-footer'); ?>
+    {{ dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-footer') }}
   </div>
 </footer>
diff --git a/templates/partials/head.php b/templates/partials/head.blade.php
similarity index 89%
rename from templates/partials/head.php
rename to templates/partials/head.blade.php
index 9028b7d..8303e90 100644
--- a/templates/partials/head.php
+++ b/templates/partials/head.blade.php
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
-  <?php wp_head(); ?>
+  {!! wp_head() !!}
 </head>
diff --git a/templates/partials/header.blade.php b/templates/partials/header.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f5b2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/header.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<header class="banner">
+  <div class="container">
+    <a class="brand" href="{{ esc_url(home_url('/')) }}">{{ get_bloginfo('name', 'display') }}</a>
+    <nav class="nav-primary">
+      @if(has_nav_menu('primary_navigation'))
+        {!! wp_nav_menu(['theme_location' => 'primary_navigation', 'menu_class' => 'nav']) !!}
+      @endif
+    </nav>
+  </div>
+</header>
diff --git a/templates/partials/header.php b/templates/partials/header.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a971013..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/header.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<header class="banner">
-  <div class="container">
-    <a class="brand" href="<?= esc_url(home_url('/')); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a>
-    <nav class="nav-primary">
-      <?php
-      if (has_nav_menu('primary_navigation')) :
-        wp_nav_menu(['theme_location' => 'primary_navigation', 'menu_class' => 'nav']);
-      endif;
-      ?>
-    </nav>
-  </div>
-</header>
diff --git a/templates/partials/page-header.php b/templates/partials/page-header.blade.php
similarity index 51%
rename from templates/partials/page-header.php
rename to templates/partials/page-header.blade.php
index b488560..9e1a4c5 100644
--- a/templates/partials/page-header.php
+++ b/templates/partials/page-header.blade.php
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <div class="page-header">
-  <h1><?= App\title(); ?></h1>
+  <h1>{{ App\title() }}</h1>
 </div>
diff --git a/templates/partials/sidebar.blade.php b/templates/partials/sidebar.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..471740f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/sidebar.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{!! dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-primary') !!}
diff --git a/templates/partials/sidebar.php b/templates/partials/sidebar.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 244f9b7..0000000
--- a/templates/partials/sidebar.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<?php dynamic_sidebar('sidebar-primary'); ?>
diff --git a/templates/search.blade.php b/templates/search.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e1bf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/search.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+@extends('layouts.base')
+
+@section('content')
+  @include('partials.page-header')
+
+  @if(!have_posts())
+    <div class="alert alert-warning">
+      {{  __('Sorry, no results were found.', 'sage') }}
+    </div>
+    {!! get_search_form(false) !!}
+  @endif
+
+  @while(have_posts())
+    {!! the_post() !!}
+    @include('partials.content-search')
+  @endwhile
+
+  {{ get_the_posts_navigation() }}
+
+@endsection
diff --git a/templates/search.php b/templates/search.php
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index 8786fa1..0000000
--- a/templates/search.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?php get_template_part('partials/page-header'); ?>
-
-<?php if (!have_posts()) : ?>
-  <div class="alert alert-warning">
-    <?php _e('Sorry, no results were found.', 'sage'); ?>
-  </div>
-  <?php get_search_form(); ?>
-<?php endif; ?>
-
-<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/content-search'); ?>
-<?php endwhile; ?>
-
-<?php the_posts_navigation(); ?>
diff --git a/templates/single.blade.php b/templates/single.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b818a77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/single.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@extends('layouts.base')
+
+@section('content')
+  @while(have_posts())
+    {!! the_post() !!}
+    @include('partials/content-single')
+  @endwhile
+@endsection
+
diff --git a/templates/single.php b/templates/single.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e65d2e..0000000
--- a/templates/single.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/content-single', get_post_type()); ?>
-<?php endwhile; ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/template-custom.blade.php b/templates/template-custom.blade.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc5f8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/template-custom.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Template Name: Custom Template
+ */
+?>
+
+@extends('layouts.base')
+
+@section('content')
+  @while(have_posts())
+    {!! the_post() !!}
+    @include('partials.page-header')
+    @include('partials.content-page')
+  @endwhile
+@endsection
diff --git a/templates/template-custom.php b/templates/template-custom.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d0bcd12..0000000
--- a/templates/template-custom.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * Template Name: Custom Template
- */
-?>
-
-<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/page-header'); ?>
-  <?php get_template_part('partials/content-page'); ?>
-<?php endwhile; ?>