The free to download header backgrounds on this site were created for WordPress themes at the time when WordPress only had a few themes of their own to choose from. Since then, they have added the Twenty-Ten, Twenty-Eleven, Twenty-Twelve, Twenty-Thirteen, Twenty-Sixteen, Twenty-Seventeen and the Twenty-Nineteen.
I have tested the free header images you can find on this site on all of the WordPress themes listed above. Here are my findings:
The Twenty-Ten theme has a header image which measures 940 pixels (px) by 198 pixels (px). On this theme these free to download backgrounds will work with just a little tweaking.
The Twenty-Eleven theme header image measures 1000 px by 288 px. When using any of the downloadable header images, just follow the “select and crop” instruction and crop out the part of the header you choose not to use.
The Twenty-Twelve WordPress header measures 960px by 250px. On this theme, the header image is below the logo and tagline area. Images which measure 960 pixels will fill in, across the page.
For the Twenty-Thirteen theme, the header measures 1600px by 230px. If you download and use any of the images included in the free to download posts, the theme will stretch the image to fill the header area. You may see some distortion.
The Twenty-Sixteen theme has a header images which measures 1200 pixels by 280 pixels. If you use an image from this blog, the theme will stretch the image and ask you to crop accordingly.
The Twenty-Seventeen WordPress theme has a huge image. It measures 2000px by 1200px. If you plan on using this theme, I would suggest finding a large image you can crop. If you try to use one of these smaller downloadable blog header images, they become blurry.
The Twenty-Nineteen WordPress theme uses the power of the block editor. Although more can probably be done with this theme, if you are not experienced in working with blocks, I would suggest using an older WordPress theme, a free theme, or a premium theme which would best suit your experience level on working behind the scenes of WordPress.
Feel free to download any of the header backgrounds you find on this site for your personal or business use. I’ve sized them down for this site, however, if you click on the image, a new window will open and the image will be available in the larger format. From there, just right click and hit “save as”, name the file and download it to your computer. (Most of the headers were sized to fit the WordPress Kubrick default theme header which measured 740pixels x 192 pixels, unless noted)
To add a new header image to your blog, you can follow the instructions in this link which will take you to a video provided by WordPress.com
You are free to use this blog header art to your liking for personal or commercial websites – with the exception of selling them. In fact, if you’re reading this and have purchased any of these images from another site, I suggest you contact them and ask for a refund.
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The free to download header background art you’ll find on this site is either based on my own photos and/or my artistic creativity. Although you may find some photos that are watermarked marked “The Blog Boutique”, attribution to this site is not necessary, however it is appreciated.
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