Title: Why doesn't register_default_backgrounds exist?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Why doesn't register_default_backgrounds exist?

 *  [Ellis Benus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glaxton/)
 * (@glaxton)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-doesnt-register_default_backgrounds-exist/)
 * I am working on setting up a website for a client and I wanted to provide them
   with several custom backgrounds they could use without having to upload their
   own, just like you can define custom headers to load automatically…
 * I guess I could make this into a plug, but I don’t understand why it doesn’t 
   already exist.
 * Thoughts?
 * Should I just write my own plugin to add this functionality?

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 *  [ethanhackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ethanhackett/)
 * (@ethanhackett)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-doesnt-register_default_backgrounds-exist/#post-1717040)
 * I agree I think this is a common enough desire that it should be in the core.
   However I ended up editing the functions.php in my theme and added some custom
   fields and used a radio button to choose the image.
 * here’s the tutorial that I followed then modified.
 * [http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-integrate-an-options-page-into-your-wordpress-theme/](http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-integrate-an-options-page-into-your-wordpress-theme/)

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