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    "body": "## The essentials\n\n- Best for business sites and blogs that want a lightweight theme configured in the Customizer.\n- Main caveat: sticky header, multiple headers and custom layouts with hooks require Neve Pro.\n- Free; Neve Pro costs $139 per year for unlimited sites ($69 for the first year).\n\n## What Neve does on your site\n\nNeve is a classic theme from Themeisle. It provides the header, footer, blog archives, single post pages and WooCommerce templates, and almost everything is set in Appearance > Customize. The header and footer builder works by drag and drop, with free components: logo, menus, button, search, cart icon, custom HTML and a palette switch that toggles between light and dark colors. In the editor, a “Neve Options” panel changes the layout of a single page: full width, or title, header or footer turned off.\n\nThemeisle describes Neve as lightweight (28 KB of files, according to its pricing page) and compatible with the block editor, Elementor, Bricks, Oxygen and WooCommerce. Demo sites are imported with the free Starter Sites & Templates by Neve plugin, which the “Starter Sites” tab of the Neve dashboard offers to install. Since version 4.2.14 (September 2026), the theme also registers “abilities” through the WordPress Abilities API: an AI assistant connected to the site can read and change the theme settings, within the permissions of the account it uses.\n\nThe business model relies on Neve Pro, a paid plugin installed alongside the free theme. Every plan adds sticky and transparent headers, multiple headers, custom layouts with hooks, advanced blog options and a performance module. The Business plan adds advanced WooCommerce features (quick view, wishlist, product comparison) and more than 110 premium starter sites; the Agency plan adds Otter Blocks Pro and white labeling.\n\n![Diagram: Neve works on visitors and bots, wordpress, database and files. Public traces: folder name (hidden with Pro); tag IDs (hidden with Pro); JavaScript variables (still visible); CSS classes (still visible).](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/media/wpm-sheets/neve/diagram-en.svg?v=2cead064)\n\n## Which sites Neve is a good fit for\n\nNeve works well when you want a lightweight base, configured in the Customizer, that you build on with blocks or a page builder:\n\n- **Small business sites and blogs**: the header builder, global palettes and light or dark mode are often enough, with no need to pay for Neve Pro.\n- **Sites built with [Elementor](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/features/camouflaged-plugins/elementor/) or the block editor**: the “Neve Options” panel switches a page to full width and removes its title.\n- **Small WooCommerce stores**: the theme styles the shop, cart and checkout; advanced store options require the Business plan.\n\nIt is not the right choice if you want to build everything in the WordPress Site Editor: Neve is not a block theme. Themeisle publishes a separate theme for that, Neve FSE. If a sticky header or multiple headers are a must and you do not want a subscription, compare other lightweight themes such as [Kadence](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/features/camouflaged-plugins/kadence/) or GeneratePress before you decide.\n\n## Neve strengths and limitations\n\n### Strengths\n\n- **A free header builder.** Header and footer are assembled by drag and drop, with search, cart and custom HTML in the free version.\n- **Light and dark mode included.** The palette switch component lets visitors change color sets without an extra plugin.\n- **Locally hosted Google Fonts.** A free option serves the font files from your own server instead of loading them from Google.\n- **No published vulnerabilities in the theme.** WPScan and Patchstack list no vulnerability in the Neve theme itself.\n- **Unlimited sites from the first plan.** Every Neve Pro license covers unlimited sites, with one year of updates.\n\n### Limitations\n\n- **Sticky header costs extra.** Sticky, transparent and multiple headers are reserved for Neve Pro.\n- **Introductory pricing.** The Personal plan costs $139 per year, the full price charged at every renewal ($69 for the first year only).\n- **Advanced WooCommerce needs Business.** Quick view, wishlist, comparison and premium starter sites are not in the Personal plan.\n- **Not a block theme.** The Site Editor controls neither the header nor the templates; Neve FSE is a different theme.\n- **A plugin ecosystem.** Demos, advanced blocks and Pro options come from separate plugins, each one to update and monitor.\n\n## The Neve settings we recommend\n\nThe first five settings are in the current free version; the last one requires Neve Pro. The Settings and Starter Sites tabs are in the Neve menu of the admin area.\n\n| Setting | Recommended value | Why |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| **Auto-updates**  Appearance > Themes > Neve (theme details) | Enabled | Theme fixes arrive without waiting for you to log in. |\n| **Local fonts hosting**  Appearance > Customize > Typography (also in Neve > Settings > Performance) | On if you use a Google font | Your server delivers the font files, so there is no request to Google on each visit. |\n| **Preload fonts**  Appearance > Customize > Typography | Off (default), unless a test shows a gain | Google font stylesheets then load deferred: check that no fallback font shows before the right one. |\n| **Allow Anonymous Tracking**  Neve dashboard, “Contributing” box | Off (default) | Its only purpose is to send anonymous usage data to Themeisle. |\n| **Full Width layout** and **Disable Title**  Editor, “Neve Options” panel | On for pages made with a page builder | The builder gets the full width, with no duplicate page title. |\n| **Emoji Removal** (Neve Pro) Neve > Settings > Performance | On | Removes the WordPress emoji script, which current browsers do not need since they display emoji themselves. |\n\n- After turning on local hosting, click Publish, open a public page and view its source: no `fonts.googleapis.com` address should appear.\n- If the fallback font stays on screen, check that WordPress can write to the `wp-content/fonts/` folder, where Neve saves the font files.\n- Once the site is imported, deactivate and delete Starter Sites & Templates by Neve if you no longer import templates.\n- With Neve Pro, check under Plugins that its updates arrive: they depend on an active license, valid for one year.\n\n## Neve security: no published flaws in the theme, companion plugins to watch\n\nAs of this review, neither WPScan nor Patchstack lists a vulnerability in the Neve theme. The changelog still mentions hardening fixes without a CVE, as in 4.2.17, so keep the theme up to date. The published vulnerabilities affect the Themeisle plugins that often come with it:\n\n- **CVE-2023-47529, fixed in 1.2.3**: the starter sites plugin, then called Cloud Templates & Patterns collection, exposed sensitive information to unauthorized visitors (CVSS 5.3).\n- **CVE-2025-55715, fixed in 3.1.1**: [Otter Blocks](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/features/camouflaged-plugins/otter-blocks/) exposed sensitive data (CVSS 7.5).\n- **CVE-2026-2892, Otter Blocks up to 3.1.4**: on sites selling access through the Stripe payment block, an unsigned cookie that could be forged let visitors view restricted content without paying (CVSS 7.5).\n\nThe full comparison is in our article on [vulnerabilities in popular WordPress themes](https://www.wp-masquerade.com/popular-wordpress-themes-security-vulnerabilities/), and our guide to automatic updates helps you apply fixes without breaking anything. WP Masquerade Pro replaces the `/wp-content/themes/neve/` address of the theme files and the IDs of its scripts, which makes the theme harder for bots to spot without replacing updates; the `nv-*` classes and the `NeveProperties` JavaScript object remain visible in the page code.\n\n## Neve FAQ\n\n**Is the free version of Neve enough?**\n\nFor a business site or a blog, often yes: the header builder, palettes, dark mode and local fonts are free. Neve Pro makes sense for a sticky header, custom layouts with hooks or extra WooCommerce features.\n\n**How much does Neve Pro cost?**\n\nThe pricing page lists $139 per year for Personal, $299 for Business and $519 for Agency, the full price charged at every renewal; the first year costs less ($69, $149 and $259). Every plan covers unlimited sites and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.\n\n**Should you keep Starter Sites & Templates by Neve after importing a template?**\n\nNo, if you no longer import templates: the imported pages and settings stay on the site.\n\n**Does Neve work with the WordPress Site Editor?**\n\nNo: Neve is a classic theme, configured in the Customizer. To edit the header and templates in the Site Editor, Themeisle offers a separate block theme, Neve FSE.\n\n## Key facts\n\n- Category: Builders and themes\n- Vendor: Themeisle\n- Price: Free; Neve Pro from $139 per year ($69 for the first year), unlimited sites\n- Active installations (wordpress.org): 200 000+\n- Version: 4.2.17\n- Official page: https://wordpress.org/themes/neve/\n\n## What WP Masquerade hides\n\n- Handled by WP Masquerade Pro only\n- With Pro: folder name, tag IDs\n- Still visible: JavaScript variables, CSS classes",
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