Title: Header Container Height
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Header Container Height

 *  [somesundrytales](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somesundrytales/)
 * (@somesundrytales)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-container-height/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’m trying to swap out my current header for a new one, but the new one will 
   be taller. How do I change the header height so that when I upload an image to
   Background Images -> Header nothing will be cut off from either the top or the
   bottom of the image?
 * My website is [http://www.somesundrytales.com](http://www.somesundrytales.com)
 * Thanks for the help,
    Amanda

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 *  [Melissa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emdashing/)
 * (@emdashing)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-container-height/#post-5928736)
 * Hi Amanda,
 * Your blog is just delightful! Thank you for sharing the link!
 * There’s no way to specify a header height except to edit the header files or 
   stylesheet of the theme, unfortunately.
 *  Thread Starter [somesundrytales](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somesundrytales/)
 * (@somesundrytales)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-container-height/#post-5928830)
 * Thanks Melissa.
 * Can you tell me how I would go about doing that? Is it really complicated?
 *  [Melissa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emdashing/)
 * (@emdashing)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-container-height/#post-5928833)
 * Hmm. You could try something like this in the CSS of your child theme:
 * `.site-header-main { min-height:200px; }`
 * Or however tall you want it to be. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [somesundrytales](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somesundrytales/)
 * (@somesundrytales)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-container-height/#post-5928838)
 * Hmm, it doesn’t seem to be working.
 * In the Make Theme preview it shows a header image which is quite tall. I don’t
   quite understand how the preview shows a tall image, but the actual theme has
   such a limited size? Am I doing something wrong?
 *  I’m relatively new to CSS, but I’ve tried multiple different codes with nothing
   making a difference. Do you have any other suggestions that make allow the header
   image to be taller?
 * Thanks for your help! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [somesundrytales](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somesundrytales/)
 * (@somesundrytales)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-container-height/#post-5928839)
 * Oh, nevermind! I got it! Melissa, you rock! Thanks 🙂
 *  [Melissa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emdashing/)
 * (@emdashing)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-container-height/#post-5928845)
 * Glad to know it’s working for you!
 * The new blog header looks really lovely!

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