Title: Seamless patterns in background
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Seamless patterns in background

 *  [Berion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berion/)
 * (@berion)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seamless-patterns-in-background/)
 * Hi all,
 * For customizing background I loaded up a seamless pattern tile and chose the 
   repetition (vertically and horizontally) option from the menu. Although it was
   displayed as repeated in the preview it doesn’t get repeated in the original 
   view. Background pattern always gets fit to the whole screen and covers it completely.
 * How to solve this? I am using it wrongly? I know how to fix it with CSS but I
   think this is not developer’s intention.
 * Thanks in advance,
 * Berion.

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 *  [EmielH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emielh/)
 * (@emielh)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seamless-patterns-in-background/#post-4864897)
 * It is possible without altering CSS. The following steps solve this problem:
 * 1. Go to Appearance > Customize
    2. Select “Background image” 3. Under “Background
   size”, select Initial
 * Unfortunately, this option is not available on the Appearance > Background screen.

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