Title: Header image
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Header image

 *  Resolved [vincat1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincat1/)
 * (@vincat1)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-image-89/)
 * Hi
 * I am trying to get the header image to 300px height.
 * I have created a child theme. and added the following
 *     ```
       /* make the header higher  */
       #custom-header {
       background-color: #337FDA;
       height: 300px;
       width: 940px;
       }
       ```
   
 * The background color got higher, but the image didn’t. I have added the image
   after the code.
 * Any ideas ?
 * [http://www.vincat.com.au](http://vincat.com.au)

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 *  [Kevin Sinfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevsinfield/)
 * (@kevsinfield)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-image-89/#post-4736487)
 * Hi,
    I think you need to upload a larger image, the one you have at the moment
   is only 200px high. Add an image 940x300px otherwise it will distort.
 *  Thread Starter [vincat1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincat1/)
 * (@vincat1)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-image-89/#post-4736517)
 * I have just checked the image in Gimp, it says
    2032 x 902px
 *  Thread Starter [vincat1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincat1/)
 * (@vincat1)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-image-89/#post-4736519)
 * perhaps, when you go to the page to insert the image, the re-scaling part limits
   it to 200px height ?
 *  [Kevin Sinfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevsinfield/)
 * (@kevsinfield)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-image-89/#post-4736521)
 * Hi,
 * Try adding this to your css.
 *     ```
       #custom-header a,
       #custom-header img {
         height: 300px;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [vincat1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincat1/)
 * (@vincat1)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-image-89/#post-4736529)
 * Perfect, thank you.
 * I don’t think I would have been able to solve that one by myself.
 *  [Kevin Sinfield](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevsinfield/)
 * (@kevsinfield)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/header-image-89/#post-4736530)
 * You are welcome

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