Title: Widget Background Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Widget Background * Resolved [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/) * I found a number of solutions to changing the background color of widgets, but how might I change the widget background only when that widget appears on a specific page ID, or page range? * -Scott Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1481944) * Use the classes generated by [body_class()](http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Esmi/body_class). * Thread Starter [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1482064) * Thank you esmi, but I am stuck. * I see in your example: `` * But how would I attach this to a specific widget, and would I place page ID with $class? * -Scott * [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/) * (@t31os_) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1482065) * Widgets all have unique IDs, you should be able to target them specifically without needing the body class (although it could be used to do the same). * Could you link to a page with the widget in question? * Thread Starter [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1482066) * [@t31os_](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/) Here is my test site: [http://test.9001sites.com](http://test.9001sites.com) * We could look at the widget named ‘Recent Titles’ as an example, and have the background color changed only when viewing the VisoDerm post ([http://9001sites.com/test/visoderm/](http://9001sites.com/test/visoderm/)) * -Scott * [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/) * (@t31os_) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1482067) * If you’re using the widget in several places you’ll need a way to differentiate, in which case, back to the body class (as emsi origianlly suggested).. * Open up your theme’s header.php and find the body tag.. * ``` ``` * Update that to.. * ``` > ``` * Which will then provide us with a definitive class and ID we can use to selectively target that page’s recent post widget(although it is in essence the same widget, just on a particular page). * Add that to the body and post back when you’re done, and i’ll help you with writing the css.. 🙂 * Thread Starter [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1482076) * Pardon the delay; my test crashed and had to start over 😉 * I have made the body change as directed. * -Scott * Thread Starter [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * (@cableghost) * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1482087) * I finally figured it out. * -Scott Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Widget Background’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [background](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/background/) * [css](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/css/) * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [cableghost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cableghost/) * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-background-1/#post-1482087) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics