Title: Changing Sidebar Width
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Changing Sidebar Width

 *  [html333](https://wordpress.org/support/users/html333/)
 * (@html333)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-4/)
 * Hi
 * First time using WordPress. I have done some research on how to change the sidebar
   width, and from what i understand its a case of looking for the width in Style.
   css
 * I can not for the life of me find it, and would like some assistance. I’m also
   looking to change the color but that’s not so _important _for now. (If you look,
   you’ll see it merges in with the background color)
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 *  [Denzel Chia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denzel_chia/)
 * (@denzel_chia)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-4/#post-7103558)
 * It’s not advisable to change the sidebar width, it will affect the content width.
   Sidebar or Content can get displaced.
 * Once you change the sidebar width you will also need to change the width of it’s
   contents.
 * For your information, the sidebar id is named secondary and the width is determined
   by the classes.
 * If you want to change the width, you need to apply your css using the id. You
   cannot change the values of the classes or it will affect other areas of the 
   website……..
 *  Thread Starter [html333](https://wordpress.org/support/users/html333/)
 * (@html333)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-4/#post-7103678)
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * I’m looking to change it too something like this.
 * [http://s29.postimg.org/c33nyo25j/sidebar.png](http://s29.postimg.org/c33nyo25j/sidebar.png)
 * Is it not currently already being defined?
    I’m not familiar with CSS unfortunately
   so not sure how to define it.
 *  Thread Starter [html333](https://wordpress.org/support/users/html333/)
 * (@html333)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-sidebar-width-4/#post-7103743)
 * Bump

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