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Add Custom Backgrounds to WordPress 3

This month’s .net magazine arrived with a great section on WordPress 3 features. One of the features is the ability to change your background image on your theme. The code is really simple. In your theme functions.php file, add the following line:

add_custom_background();

If your theme doesn’t have a theme functions.php file, just add one! It’s a default theme file that WordPress will automatically include. The finished result is that you now have a background menu option in the Appearance section of the administration:

custom background wp s

Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr is a fractional Chief Marketing Officer specializing in SaaS and AI companies, where he helps scale marketing operations, drive demand generation, and implement AI-powered strategies. He is the founder and publisher of Martech Zone, a leading publication in marketing technology, and a trusted advisor to startups and enterprises… More »
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