Title: Changing the Content Width
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Changing the Content Width

 *  Resolved [epitoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epitoy/)
 * (@epitoy)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-content-width/)
 * How do I change the content width of the theme? I want to change it between 480
   and 600 pixels or by how much % is that?

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 *  [Bojan Radonic – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support4/)
 * (@wpmudev-support4)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-content-width/#post-7044242)
 * Hey there epitoy,
 * How are you doing today?
 * % in width compared to the actual width in px would depend on the width of the
   screen where you are checking this.
 * Are you looking to increase the width of the whole page on larger resolutions
   or just to increase content width and decrease the sidebar?
 * Please let me know so we can try to apply some custom CSS.
 * Cheers,
    Bojan
 *  Thread Starter [epitoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epitoy/)
 * (@epitoy)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-content-width/#post-7044262)
 * I would like my content width to be at 500px to decrease the characters per line
   in my posts so that it would be a lot easier to read. The sidebar is fine as 
   is.
 *  [Bojan Radonic – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudev-support4/)
 * (@wpmudev-support4)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-content-width/#post-7044291)
 * Hey agian,
 * You should be able to limit content width by setting maximum width to content
   element instead of changing the the actual width in % if that makes sense.
 * To do that please try adding the following CSS code in the style.css file of 
   your [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) or if your theme 
   doesn’t have custom CSS tab add it in your site using the following plugin:
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css](http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css)
 *     ```
       .entry-content {
           max-width: 500px;
       }
       ```
   
 * In case you want to center that content you can add this instead:
 *     ```
       .entry-content {
           max-width: 500px;
           margin: 0 auto;
       }
       ```
   
 * If the code doesn’t work please keep it added and post link to your site so I
   can take a look.
 * Hope this helps 🙂
 * Cheers,
    Bojan
 *  Theme Author [Themonic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themonic/)
 * (@themonic)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-content-width/#post-7044305)
 * Hi epitoy,
 * Please refer how to section of theme page
    [http://themonic.com/iconic-one/](http://themonic.com/iconic-one/)
 *  Thread Starter [epitoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epitoy/)
 * (@epitoy)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-the-content-width/#post-7044405)
 * Hello, just want to say thank you for this. I’ve changed my content width with
   the plugin you suggested. It was so easy to do it. Thanks, again! 🙂
    [http://www.peterlabs.com](http://www.peterlabs.com)

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