Title: Change Background Color Problems Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Change Background Color Problems * [katiebuglove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiebuglove/) * (@katiebuglove) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-background-color-problems/) * I followed some advice to be able to add a custom background color by changing function.php and header.php * When I went to the dashboard to edit these, I found this: * [Blank!](http://www.katiebuglove.com/001ex.jpg) I deleted the changes to the files and tried something else. * I added this to the stylesheet: * [Code](http://www.katiebuglove.com/001exa.jpg) * This is probably the wrong place but I can’t seem to find another place to change the bg color. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [Kye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmax21/) * (@gmax21) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-background-color-problems/#post-5235557) * Hey there, * If there is not a theme option for this then you could try something like: * ``` body { background-color:#f5f9e5; } ``` * You could do this in the parent theme (not advised), through a child theme: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) [http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/create-wordpress-child-theme/](http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/create-wordpress-child-theme/) * Or you can instead use a plugin if you like: * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-manager-plugin/screenshots/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-manager-plugin/screenshots/) * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-custom-css/screenshots/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-custom-css/screenshots/) * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/pc-custom-css/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/pc-custom-css/) * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/imporved-simpler-css/screenshots/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/imporved-simpler-css/screenshots/) * Have a fantastic day! 🙂 * Thread Starter [katiebuglove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiebuglove/) * (@katiebuglove) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-background-color-problems/#post-5235564) * I added to the header.php. * Are you saying I should add: * body { background-color:#f5f9e5; } * to the header.php or to the stylesheet? * [Kye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gmax21/) * (@gmax21) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-background-color-problems/#post-5235566) * You don’t need to edit any PHP, you can can do CSS in a stylesheet. * As I mentioned before this should be a child theme or through one of those plugins to ensure your changes are retained when you upgrade the theme. * Take care. * Thread Starter [katiebuglove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiebuglove/) * (@katiebuglove) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-background-color-problems/#post-5235571) * I added this to the stylesheet and it’s working great–thanks for your help! * /* =Background ——————————————————————*/ body { background-color:#f5f9e5; } Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Change Background Color Problems’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [background, color](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/background-color/) * [body color](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/body-color/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [katiebuglove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katiebuglove/) * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-background-color-problems/#post-5235571) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics