Title: Page width
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Page width

 *  [irfarious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irfarious/)
 * (@irfarious)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-width-9/)
 * I want to modify the page width of my posts and pages. How can I do this. I did
   a lot of medling with the editors, most of them resulted in crashing my site 
   with some error syntax. Please help.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-width-9/#post-2759478)
 * You will need to start customising your theme’s CSS – possibly by way of a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
 *  Thread Starter [irfarious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irfarious/)
 * (@irfarious)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-width-9/#post-2759481)
 * Got It’ll take forever for me to familiarize with that kinda stuff. Isn’t there
   a bit of code or something that i pit it in my css and get done with it? Or which
   part of existing code should i edit to achieve this?
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-width-9/#post-2759486)
 * You’ll need a tool like [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com/) to identify the correct
   CSS to change.
 * > Or which part of existing code should i edit to achieve this?
 * We prefer to give answers like “use a child theme” because later on when your
   modifications are lost you’ll wish you had.
 * It’s the same CSS, just add one more simple step and you’ll find your installation
   is easier for you to support.
 *  Thread Starter [irfarious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irfarious/)
 * (@irfarious)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-width-9/#post-2759488)
 * I’ve been fiddling with firebug for a long time now. Still haven’t figured the
   right way of doing it. I know, I must be a jack ass to have firebug and still
   not be able to figure this out. When I edit any code i first make a copy of it
   and then proceed. Just so that if i screw up i can upload the original from the
   cpanel and get it fixed.

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 * Last reply from: [irfarious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irfarious/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-width-9/#post-2759488)
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