Title: Backgournd image
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Backgournd image

 *  [skeates](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeates/)
 * (@skeates)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgournd-image/)
 * When applying a background image it only seems to appear in the header section
   of the page. Is this correct behavior? If so would the best way be to use css
   to apply the background image to the whole page?

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 *  [thezedt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thezedt/)
 * (@thezedt)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backgournd-image/#post-5631977)
 * Set it from Appearance > Background. It will appear on the background of the 
   entire document, but will be overlapped by all areas that have a background colour
   set (such as the main content).

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