Title: Changing page width?
Last modified: June 29, 2017

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# Changing page width?

 *  [rhinocan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhinocan/)
 * (@rhinocan)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-width-6/)
 * I’ve tried searching previous posts to find out how to change page width – which
   must have been asked many times before – but I never fully understand the context
   of those questions so I’m asking again. For example, one discussion I found talked
   about “pinnacle” but I’m not sure if that’s a plug-in, theme, or something else.
 * How do I change the width of my pages in WordPress? I’m guessing that page width
   depends a great deal on the theme being used and what the CSS for that theme 
   says. I’ve looked in the code and there are *dozens* of CSS files there. I certainly
   don’t know which CSS file to change in order to change my page width. I also 
   don’t know what my change will do to the rest of the things displayed on the 
   page: they may mangle the appearance badly. Or not.
 * Or maybe I *should* simply find a theme that features wider pages. I’m new to
   the WordPress world but I’ve already checked and there really don’t see to be
   very many themes available, which I find surprising for such a widely-used system.
   Or would it be more correct to say that there are only a few *free* themes and
   the rest need to be paid for (or built yourself)?
 * As a start, I’d like to know how to change page width on my existing theme, twenty
   seventeen, but if someone can point me to a tutorial on creating my own theme,
   that would be great.
 * For what it’s worth, I’m pretty technical and have hand-built several websites.
   I’m just exploring WordPress as a quick way to build a Member Area for my book
   club.
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by [rhinocan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhinocan/).

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 *  Thread Starter [rhinocan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rhinocan/)
 * (@rhinocan)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-page-width-6/#post-9274462)
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