Tutorial – How To Change WordPress Background Image?

Last Updated: October 1, 2019

All WordPress theme should support Custom Background feature which allows theme users to set their own Background Image and Color. In this tutorial I will explain how to enable and use WordPress Background Image feature.

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Just follow the below 2 steps for enabling and making use of this feature in your WordPress theme.

1. Enable WordPress Custom Background

Enable it by adding the following code in your theme functions.php file.

/*Custom background*/
$args = array(
  'default-color' => '000000',
  'default-image' => get_template_directory_uri().'/Images/background.jpg',
);
add_theme_support( 'custom-background', $args );
/*End*/

Note that I have provided the default color and image to our theme from the $args argument. You can simple remove the argument (if you don’t want to provide default values) and just add – add_theme_support( ‘custom-background’);.

Check this related tutorial here – Tutorial – How To Change WordPress Header Image?

2. Show WordPress Background In The Site

Update your theme HTML body tag to provide body_class like this –

<body <?php body_class(); ?>>

It will give the body element different CSS classes including custom-background class through which the custom background image and color are applied.

Changing WordPress Background Image and Color

To change the Background Image go to Appearance > Background in the dashboard. Then
Under the heading Background Image click Select Image.

Next, select the image or upload a new image, then click Save & Publish button to save the background image.

Changing Custom Background Color in WordPress

To change the Background Color – in the same place under the heading ‘Colors’, you will see ‘Background Color’. Click Select Color button to select the background color of your choice and finally click Save & Publish button.

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