Title: Decrease body content width
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Decrease body content width

 *  Resolved [Lance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lancetosborne/)
 * (@lancetosborne)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-body-content-width/)
 * I’m trying to make my posts more readable. At the moment I feel like they’re 
   too ‘wide,’ and the line length (width) is just too long.
 * Here’s an example: [http://aboveaverageshow.com/2015/12/32-confession/](http://aboveaverageshow.com/2015/12/32-confession/)
 * In a perfect world, it would look more like the content here: [http://thefederalist.com/2015/12/09/the-real-cost-of-raising-children-isnt-245000/](http://thefederalist.com/2015/12/09/the-real-cost-of-raising-children-isnt-245000/)
 * I tweaked some padding settings in my theme, but this changed the entire page(
   including the header) instead of just the post.
 * Suggestions? Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-body-content-width/#post-6864371)
 * What theme are you using? Where did you download it from?
 *  Thread Starter [Lance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lancetosborne/)
 * (@lancetosborne)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-body-content-width/#post-6864373)
 * Divi: [http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/](http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-body-content-width/#post-6864375)
 * I’m sorry but as you appear to be using a commercial theme, you need to seek 
   support from the theme’s developer/vendor. We do not have access to, nor do we
   support, [commercial products](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products)
   here. Try [http://www.elegantthemes.com/forum/](http://www.elegantthemes.com/forum/)
 *  Thread Starter [Lance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lancetosborne/)
 * (@lancetosborne)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-body-content-width/#post-6864376)
 * Oh, thought it was general help. (I’ve gotten some other tips just by lurking/
   searching here!)
    Thanks!

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 * [margin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/margin/)
 * [padding](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/padding/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/decrease-body-content-width/#post-6864376)
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