How to Add Different Backgrounds to WordPress Pages and Posts

Want to add unique backgrounds to your WordPress pages and posts? It can be done quite easily with CSS. But if you feel like you’re in over your head when you look at your theme’s stylesheet, don’t worry – there’s help!

Background Per Page is a new plugin that lets you give unique backgrounds to your posts or page without having to touch the CSS. It adds a new meta box to your post/page screens where you can easily select your custom background.

Background Per Page also has some unique options for customizing the display of your backgrounds:

  • Add a background image
  • Options for vertical & horizontal repeating
  • Fade out the bottom edge of your background image
  • Choose background color

If you’re having trouble wrangling your theme’s CSS file for different backgrounds, give this plugin a try. It provides an easy-to-use interface that anyone can manage. Download Background Per Page from the WordPress plugin repository.

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