Title: Remove everything except background image
Last modified: August 20, 2016

---

# Remove everything except background image

 *  [evuki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evuki/)
 * (@evuki)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-everything-except-background-image/)
 * I’m completely new to this, so bare with me – I’m using XAMPP to try stuff on
   my own PC before installing and uploading everything to an actual site.
 * I installed the default 2011 theme and uploaded the desired background image,
   but how can I remove absolutely everything else?

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-everything-except-background-image/#post-2957357)
 * > remove absolutely everything else
 * not really _remove_, more like _hide_:
    try:
 * `#page, #page * { visibility: hidden; }`
    or alternatively, use `display:none;`
 * you can have that much easier with a basic html web site.
 *  Thread Starter [evuki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evuki/)
 * (@evuki)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-everything-except-background-image/#post-2957366)
 * Yeah, I know, but I need to have this image until I finish the wordpress template,
   so…
 * Thanks
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-everything-except-background-image/#post-2957369)
 * then even better, so that visitors see only the background, but you as looged-
   in admin can see it all:
 * replace the earlier suggestion with:
 *     ```
       #page { display: none; }
       .logged-in #page { display: block; }
       ```
   
 * **PS**:
    _**important**_: create a child theme to work with: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * do not edit the default theme Twenty Eleven directly.
 * you can add those styles into style.css of the child theme, directly after the
   line with `@import..`

Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)

The topic ‘Remove everything except background image’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [background](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/background/)
 * [delete](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/delete/)
 * [empty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/empty/)
 * [image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image/)
 * [nothing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/nothing/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-everything-except-background-image/#post-2957369)
 * Status: not resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics