# Why does \`hugo new\` ignore the theme's archetypes/default.md when creating content?

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-does-hugo-new-ignore-the-themes-archetypes-default-md-when-creating-content/43383>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [March 10, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-does-hugo-new-ignore-the-themes-archetypes-default-md-when-creating-content/43383 "2023-03-10T21:32:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael\_henderson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/michael_henderson/32/10490_2.png) [@michael\_henderson](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/michael_henderson)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-does-hugo-new-ignore-the-themes-archetypes-default-md-when-creating-content/43383/1 "2023-03-10T21:32:40Z")

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I’m trying to understand the `default.md` for themes. When I generate content using `hugo new` for an unknown kind it seems to pull from the site’s archetypes, not my theme’s. If I use a known kind, it works as expected (meaning it uses the archetype from my theme).

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**Author:** ![jmooring](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/jmooring/32/4214_2.png) [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-does-hugo-new-ignore-the-themes-archetypes-default-md-when-creating-content/43383/2 "2023-03-10T21:57:35Z")

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Site will always override theme, as it should. If you don’t want that, remove or rename the site archetype.

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**Author:** ![michael\_henderson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/michael_henderson/32/10490_2.png) [@michael\_henderson](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/michael_henderson)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-does-hugo-new-ignore-the-themes-archetypes-default-md-when-creating-content/43383/3 "2023-03-10T22:02:16Z")

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Thanks. I’ve been away too long and flipped that in my mind!

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/why-does-hugo-new-ignore-the-themes-archetypes-default-md-when-creating-content/43383/4 "2023-03-12T22:02:36Z")

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