Title: Adding Background Image
Last modified: February 13, 2018

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# Adding Background Image

 *  Resolved [ethanmcp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethanmcp/)
 * (@ethanmcp)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-background-image-7/)
 * Greetings
 * I would like to add an image as the background for the whole website. How would
   I go about this? I would appreciate any assistance you have to offer.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fadding-background-image-7%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jx-3p/)
 * (@jx-3p)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-background-image-7/#post-9970425)
 * Hey,
 * You should be able to do this by going to Theme Options> Advanced Styling, and
   setting the image for your “Main Content Background.”
 * Let me know if that works for you!
 * -Kevin
 *  Thread Starter [ethanmcp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethanmcp/)
 * (@ethanmcp)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-background-image-7/#post-9982068)
 * Hi Kevin
 * Worked like a bomb thanks!
 *  [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jx-3p/)
 * (@jx-3p)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-background-image-7/#post-9982715)
 * Great! Let me know if you need any further assistance with this.
 * -Kevin

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 * Last reply from: [Kevin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jx-3p/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-background-image-7/#post-9982715)
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