Title: Setting a Header Image
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Setting a Header Image

 *  [tfindlay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tfindlay/)
 * (@tfindlay)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-a-header-image/)
 * How do I set a header image like the one shown behind the title and tagline here:
   [http://wordpress.org/themes/padhang](http://wordpress.org/themes/padhang)

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 *  Theme Author [Rizqy Hidayat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hirizh/)
 * (@hirizh)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-a-header-image/#post-5218381)
 * Hi,
    that wasn’t a header image, but background. Try that from the theme customizer.
 * Regards.
 *  Thread Starter [tfindlay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tfindlay/)
 * (@tfindlay)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-a-header-image/#post-5218391)
 * What if I don’t want a background picture but just a header? I tried using my
   header image as a background image but it gets sort of greyed out.
 *  Theme Author [Rizqy Hidayat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hirizh/)
 * (@hirizh)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-a-header-image/#post-5218458)
 * Currently I have no plan to re-implement custom header. But if you still want
   to, you can use custom CSS to apply an image as a background for the header.
 * If you have Jetpack installed, you’re good to go. Otherwise, you can install 
   [Simple Custom CSS](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-css/) plugin.
   Next, use this base CSS to start styling your header:
 *     ```
       .site-header {
           background: url(url/to/image.jpg);
       }
       ```
   
 * [This page](http://www.cssbasics.com/css-backgrounds/) has a good explanation
   about CSS backgrounds. Have fun! 🙂
 *  [stmochtas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stmochtas/)
 * (@stmochtas)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-a-header-image/#post-5218648)
 * Is it possible to change the font on the header?

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