Title: Change the Content Width
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Change the Content Width

 *  [xbryboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xbryboy/)
 * (@xbryboy)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/)
 * I’m trying to figure out how to change the width
    of my content (excluding any
   signatures, comments, etc.)
 * changing the width of <p> in the stylesheet seems
    to do the trick or #content…
   however it moves all of the other items with it (like signatures, comments, etc.)
 * How do I change the width of only the
    text being written from a blog post?

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 *  [JenR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifer-roberts/)
 * (@jennifer-roberts)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5557919)
 * You need to make your CSS more specific so it only targets the elements you want.
   Need to see an example on a live page to help more specifically.
 *  Thread Starter [xbryboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xbryboy/)
 * (@xbryboy)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5557926)
 * here is my site [http://workwithbrybry.com/blog](http://workwithbrybry.com/blog)
 *  [JenR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifer-roberts/)
 * (@jennifer-roberts)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5557932)
 * Try adding this to the custom CSS:
 *     ```
       .post-entry p {
       whatever styles you want;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [xbryboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xbryboy/)
 * (@xbryboy)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5557967)
 * seems to work but affects the Bio
    as well and doesn’t work for the Page content
   either. Only posts.
 *  Thread Starter [xbryboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xbryboy/)
 * (@xbryboy)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5557970)
 * I’m finding out that this is what’s in my single.php
 *     ```
       <div class="post-entry">
       					<?php the_content( __( 'Read more ›', 'responsive' ) ); ?>
       ```
   
 * Seems like the bio and the post are located within
    the_content. the_content 
   is not editable unless you go into the database tables I believe.
 *  [JenR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifer-roberts/)
 * (@jennifer-roberts)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5557984)
 * If you’re going to want to fuss around with stuff like this, you’ll probably 
   want to learn some CSS – a browser tool like Firebug makes it pretty easy once
   you know the basics. In the case of the bio, ADD CSS to target that part (return
   to how you want it):
 *     ```
       #author-bio-box p {
          styles;
       }
       ```
   
 * Don’t mess with the php files.
 * And similarly, pages have different CSS – is there a page on your site?
 * BTW, from a number of your threads, it seems like you are expecting the text 
   editor to work like a desktop app – webpages really don’t work like that…what
   shows up in the editor isn’t exactly how it shows up in a webpage – it’s the 
   CSS. That’s increasingly true with so many different sizes and types of devices.
 *  Thread Starter [xbryboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xbryboy/)
 * (@xbryboy)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5558029)
 * do you know how to edit what is within the_content?
 * I am familiar with everything you are saying.
    I just don’t want to have to edit
   css everytime I install a plugin or something that is styled with this.

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 * [<p>](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/p/)
 * [text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/text/)
 * [width](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/width/)

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 * Last reply from: [xbryboy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xbryboy/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-the-content-width/#post-5558029)
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