Custom Content Width
Adds a 'Custom Content Width' setting to the Settings > Media screen, to let users override their theme's content width.
4.8(8 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 11 years agoAs of April 2026, Custom Content Width is a WordPress theme plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 27K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 77% this week. Top alternative: Kirki Customizer Framework.
4.8/58 reviews
1.0K+active installs
27K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Occasionally, themes forget to set the $content_width variable in functions.php. If they forgot, or if you’d like to change the value that they’ve set, this will let you in your Settings > Media screen.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Thank you
by nicolee3·7 years ago
This is a very helpful plugin. My galleries were only 500 px wide and my theme said it was not their problem. My only question is…will there be an update? Wordfence is going to email me every day now to tell me this plugin has been abandoned. It works perfectly though…and I don’t know how to update the php file on my own.
- This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by nicolee3.
Yesssssssssssssss
by theographics·10 years ago
My mosaic galleries were being displayed at the default 500px width because of my theme, and I couldn’t figure out how to fix it. This plugin did the trick.
Thanks1
Beware with thumb sizes
by d.·10 years ago
While the basics work well, it has a side-effect impacting the generation of custom thumb sizes.
Overrides my theme as desired.
by EricJohnsonGuru·10 years ago
I have a theme not designed for child themes and this plugin just works for changing the content width so i can have my Large image size the size i want.
Works!
by victormontesdeo·11 years ago
Works!
Download Trends
Today: 3Yesterday: 17This week: 80Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.7+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.1
- Validate width values to avoid unlikely security vulnerabilities.
Contributors
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