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CHAPTER 9

Tweaking Your Theme

It is very rare for any theme to exactly match your design and functionality requirements. Fortunately, WordPress and its many themes offer ways to tweak the way things look and work. Beyond that, you can also customize themes as much as you want using CSS and PHP.

Understand Options for Tweaking Your Theme

Get to Know the Theme Customizer

Add a Header Image

Change Color Scheme

Change Background Color

Change Text Color

Add a Background Image

Get to Know Theme Options

Use Post Formats

Use Page Templates

Make Your Site Mobile Friendly

Experiment with Your Site’s CSS

Modify Your Site’s CSS ...

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