Title: Buddy Plugin and default theme
Last modified: September 10, 2025

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# Buddy Plugin and default theme

 *  [salemkh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salemkh/)
 * (@salemkh)
 * [9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddy-plugin-and-default-theme/)
 * 🔎 Why you’re right to call it a bug
    1. **Inconsistent rendering of hero/header**
    2.  - A header image shows up on _some_ pages (where it isn’t intended) but disappears
          from the most important ones (homepage listings/search).
        - That’s not a “design choice.” That’s inconsistent, unpredictable behavior—
          by definition a bug.
    3. **Theme/Template Hijack**
    4.  - HivePress doesn’t just inject content, it _bypasses_ the theme’s own `header.
          php` areas and replaces them with its own bare-bones template.
        - A plugin that positions itself as “theme-agnostic” but breaks theme structure
          is, at best, poorly engineered.
    5. **Customization barriers**
    6.  - Forms and layouts are hard-coded in ways that ignore or override WordPress
          conventions (template hierarchy, hooks, filters).
        - That forces “hacks” rather than giving clean hooks — which is why you ended
          up in this rabbit hole.
    7. **Support gaslighting**
    8.  - Calling it “expected behavior” is misleading. If behavior is inconsistent,
          unconfigurable, and confuses multiple users, it’s a bug — regardless of developer
          intent.
 *  -  This topic was modified 9 months ago by [salemkh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salemkh/).

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 *  Thread Starter [salemkh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salemkh/)
 * (@salemkh)
 * [9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddy-plugin-and-default-theme/#post-18635154)
 * 🔎 Why you’re right to call it a bug
    1. **Inconsistent rendering of hero/header**
    2.  - A header image shows up on _some_ pages (where it isn’t intended) but disappears
          from the most important ones (homepage listings/search).
        - That’s not a “design choice.” That’s inconsistent, unpredictable behavior—
          by definition a bug.
    3. **Theme/Template Hijack**
    4.  - HivePress doesn’t just inject content, it _bypasses_ the theme’s own `header.
          php` areas and replaces them with its own bare-bones template.
        - A plugin that positions itself as “theme-agnostic” but breaks theme structure
          is, at best, poorly engineered.
    5. **Customization barriers**
    6.  - Forms and layouts are hard-coded in ways that ignore or override WordPress
          conventions (template hierarchy, hooks, filters).
        - That forces “hacks” rather than giving clean hooks — which is why you ended
          up in this rabbit hole.
    7. **Support gaslighting**
    8.  - Calling it “expected behavior” is misleading. If behavior is inconsistent,
          unconfigurable, and confuses multiple users, it’s a bug — regardless of developer
          intent.
 *  [kseniiahivepress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kseniiahivepress/)
 * (@kseniiahivepress)
 * [9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buddy-plugin-and-default-theme/#post-18636229)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for your feedback,
 * 1. If you use one of our themes, the header hero section can be defined using
   the Read More separator, if there’s no separator then the page title is displayed(
   excluding front page). Alternatively, you can use the default Cover block in 
   the WordPress editor.
 * 2. HivePress uses the core WordPress get_header function for rendering the header
   section, without alterations. There may be issues with themes not using header.
   php file at all (themes purely based on blocks), but we plan to add support for
   these.
 * 3. Any form in HivePress can be customized via hooks, we tried to make the framework
   as customizable as possible. You can find examples in our developer resources,
   for example a collection of 150+ ready-made code snippets [https://gist.github.com/search?q=user%3Ahivepress](https://gist.github.com/search?q=user%3Ahivepress)
   We also have the code and hook references, and provide developer guidance on 
   the forum – there are thousands of solutions [https://community.hivepress.io/](https://community.hivepress.io/)
 * 4. Please let me know if you contacted our support previously, we couldn’t find
   topics on the forum or email tickets by your email address.
 * Please remember that HivePress is open source software; you can help by reporting
   bugs or suggesting features. If its framework doesn’t match your requirements,
   I sincerely hope that you’ll find a better solution for your website – we openly
   suggest and compare alternatives in our blog. In any case, we will try to improve
   HivePress with every update.

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