Title: $content_width ??
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# $content_width ??

 *  [olddocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/olddocks/)
 * (@olddocks)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content_width-1/)
 * What exactly does this do? it seems all themes require to set this variable like
   this
 *     ```
       if ( ! isset( $content_width ) )
       	$content_width = 600;
       ```
   
 * I am creating a theme, where in the options panel, people can disable sidebar.
   If the sidebar is off, the theme shows posts and pages full width (1000px) else
   700px with sidebar.
 * How do i set $content_width accordingly to this?

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 *  Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/)
 * (@jcastaneda)
 * THEME COFFEE MONKEY
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/content_width-1/#post-4590736)
 * That variable is used in Distraction Free Writing mode. I believe it is also 
   for media related usage. If you check out how 2013 and 2014 change that it may
   help you out a little.

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