Title: Changing theme column width
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Changing theme column width

 *  [emilyinchile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilyinchile/)
 * (@emilyinchile)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-column-width/)
 * I have a 3-column layout and would like to make the main column wider to accommodate
   photos that are 500 pixels wide (right now it’s something like 445). I’m very
   much a novice at HTML, and I couldn’t figure it out by looking at my stylesheet.
 * The stylesheet is here: [http://pastebin.com/a59NXi8M](http://pastebin.com/a59NXi8M)
 * And my blog is: [http://www.emilyinchile.com/](http://www.emilyinchile.com/)
 * I would also of course like to keep things centered, not just increase the size
   of the main column and have it all shift to the left. Any ideas? Thanks!

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 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-column-width/#post-2088469)
 * Hi
 * Looks like this could be very simple
 * on line 341 of your theme’s stylesheet style.css is this
 *     ```
       #wrap {
         margin: 0 auto;
         padding: 0;
         text-align: left;
         width: 850px;
       }
       ```
   
 * Try changing the 850px to 960px. I think just that may do what you are after.
   You can use the WordPress theme editor if you have no other way to do it.
 * Under Dashbaord menu, Appearances, pick Edit. Make sure you are editing style.
   css Find the section I mentioned (the inner lines may be in a different order–
   doesn’t matter). Make the change, scroll down and Save or Update, however the
   button is labeled.
 * You can always change it back to 850px if it creates a problem but it looks like
   that may be all you need to change.
 *  Thread Starter [emilyinchile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilyinchile/)
 * (@emilyinchile)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-column-width/#post-2088534)
 * That didn’t change anything – I found that section and changed it to 960px, then
   hit the “update” button with no change. Thanks for the suggestion though.

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 * Last reply from: [emilyinchile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilyinchile/)
 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-theme-column-width/#post-2088534)
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