Title: header
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# header

 *  [shatarsky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shatarsky/)
 * (@shatarsky)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-43/)
 * Can anyone tell me in simple English why I can’t change the size of my header
   jpeg photo?
    No matter what pixel dimension I choose, the photo on my site is
   gigantic. I’ve erased all previous attempts and tried to start over again but
   the results never change. Please point me to wherever I need to go to make this
   work. Keep it simple because I no nothing about these complicated codes. _[Email
   redacted – That kind of support is beyond the level of support provided by these
   forums]_

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 *  [stevek82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevek82/)
 * (@stevek82)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-43/#post-3515369)
 * whats the site link?
 *  Thread Starter [shatarsky](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shatarsky/)
 * (@shatarsky)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-43/#post-3515376)
 * keitheats.com
 *  [stevek82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevek82/)
 * (@stevek82)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-43/#post-3515383)
 * It looks like its adding the image as a banner, but stretching it to full width,
   however keeping proportions. This is a good thing, but not with the height/shape
   of the image you have!
 * Are you hoping it crops and only shows part of the image? eg:
 * [http://cl.ly/image/2U0l46330Z3m](http://cl.ly/image/2U0l46330Z3m)
 * The theme you are using wants to use your image as a banner, so will always stretch
   it.
    Ideally, you need to upload an image that is a letterbox shape…

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [stevek82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevek82/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-43/#post-3515383)
 * Status: not resolved

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