Title: Widen image
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Widen image

 *  Resolved [vaingloriousme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaingloriousme/)
 * (@vaingloriousme)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widen-image/)
 * Hello, I would like images to appear they way they do in the demo, taking up 
   the whole width of the page. When I downloaded the template, images are only 
   centered. Please help!
 * Thanks very much,
 * V

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 *  [mcapybara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcapybara/)
 * (@mcapybara)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widen-image/#post-5305772)
 * It appears that you’ll need to make sure that your post’s featured image has 
   a width of 1200px.
 *  Thread Starter [vaingloriousme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaingloriousme/)
 * (@vaingloriousme)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widen-image/#post-5305808)
 * Does this mean that I can only upload images with a width of 1200px or is there
   something I can adjust somewhere int he CSS file? I’m a complete novice to this
   stuff, but ideally I wanted post images to appear as they do under the ‘Radcliffe’
   theme ([https://wordpress.org/themes/radcliffe](https://wordpress.org/themes/radcliffe)),
   where no adjustment is necessary to images to make them take up the whole width
   of the page. The only downside to that, however, is that only images show up 
   in the home page, and no text. A wide image and a little bit of text in the Hoffman
   theme, as it appears in the demo, would be ideal. Would you have any ideas on
   how to fix? Thanks so much!
 *  [mcapybara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcapybara/)
 * (@mcapybara)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widen-image/#post-5305839)
 * The following CSS will work. I encourage you to create your own Child Theme (
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes))
   based on Hoffman. It will only take a few extra steps, but can save you a lot
   of time moving forward, especially if you intend to make any additional changes:
 *     ```
       .featured-media img {
       width:100%;
       }
       ```
   
 * A few caveats: This will enlarge your images to fit the width of the content 
   area (1200px). If you use a very small, low-resolution image to begin with, it
   probably won’t look the greatest when enlarged. There may also be a specific 
   reason the theme’s author did not choose to do this, so make sure you do some
   testing to ensure that everything still functions as expected.
 * Let me know if you need help getting the child theme set up. I’m happy to walk
   you through it.
 *  Thread Starter [vaingloriousme](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaingloriousme/)
 * (@vaingloriousme)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widen-image/#post-5305920)
 * Ah, you are right the image gets all stretched out! Everything you said worked,
   thanks very much for your help!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widen-image/#post-5305920)
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