Title: background image
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# background image

 *  [vardaaberbach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vardaaberbach/)
 * (@vardaaberbach)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-45/)
 * How can I include background image in twenty thirteen?

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 *  [manavkumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manavkumar/)
 * (@manavkumar)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-45/#post-4263264)
 * you can do this by 2 ways:
 * 1. edit css file in your custom theme folder
    2. add custom function in function.
   php file in your theme directory.
 *  [stuffgalore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffgalore/)
 * (@stuffgalore)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-45/#post-4263360)
 * I am useless with html (css etc), but I need to change the background of ALL 
   my WordPress websites from a DRAB WHITE with something else. I would like to 
   play around with quite a few colours.
    Now i am using “Twenty Thirteen” and have
   changed the header etc.but when one logs in, the whole setup looks AWFUL. See
   what I mean. Please log into [http://ourprostateproblems.com](http://ourprostateproblems.com).
   Thank You and Regards Harry (Sydney, Australia).
 *  [manavkumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manavkumar/)
 * (@manavkumar)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-45/#post-4263362)
 * just go to your custom theme folder and open style.css file from wp-content/themes/
   yourtheme/style.css and in your case that is wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/
   style.css but the main problem is this if you do some change in style.css file
   in twentythirteen theme it will be lost when you update the WP so please make
   a child theme of twentythirteen and do your all the work in it.
 * 1. replace body and site class like
 * body {
    color: #141412; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0; }
 * and
 * .site {
    background-color: #fff; border-left: 1px solid #f2f2f2; border-right:
   1px solid #f2f2f2; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 1600px; width: 100%; }
 * with
 * body {
    color: #141412; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0; background: red; }
 * and
 * .site {
    background-color: #fff; border-left: 1px solid #f2f2f2; border-right:
   1px solid #f2f2f2; margin: 0 auto; max-width: 1600px; width: 100%; background:
   red; }
 * i have added “background: red;” in both the code and if you want to change the
   color you can change it with hex code like #c5c5c5 or any other color code available
   on [http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_colorsfull.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_colorsfull.asp).
   And you can also use image in backgound available on [http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp)
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-45/#post-4263363)
 * Do NOT modify theme files in the default theme – Those changes will be lost when
   WP is updated. You should be using a child theme or custom CSS plugin.
 *  [stuffgalore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stuffgalore/)
 * (@stuffgalore)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-45/#post-4263366)
 * To: manavkumar,
    Thank You for the excellent information.I will be keeping this
   very securely. Harry.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-image-45/#post-4263366)
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