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  2seetheglobe · Member · Feb 21, 2015 at 6:53 am

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  I’m trying to set a different header image on the “About” page of my blog. I’ve followed the directions: On the About page I set the featured image, I can see its thumbnail under “Featured Image,” and I update. But the default image still appears. Am I forgetting something?

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  pmciano · Member · Feb 21, 2015 at 3:00 pm

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  @2seetheglobe

  The Header Image is a site-wide setting and can be adjusted here:

  https://2seetheglobe.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=custom-header

  Custom Header Image

  If you have questions about configuring your theme, please refer to its page:

  https://wordpress.com/themes/twentyeleven/

  Let us know if you have any more questions.

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  2seetheglobe · Member · Feb 21, 2015 at 4:12 pm

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  Hi again,

  Hmmmm, not sure if we are talking about the same thing. The header image was definitely not a site wide image for me. For a few years now I’ve had different header images on each page of my blog.

  But when I deleted a header image on my About page this morning to put in a different photo, I couldn’t get the new image to appear.

  There’s even a YouTube video on inserting different header images within the same blog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xplkc-auxtY

  I followed those directions (the same I used in the past):
  – go to “Pages,”
  – click on the page you want (in my case, “About Me”)
  – go to the image shown at bottom right, click on it
  – select a new image
  – press “Set selected image”
  – I see the new image’s thumbnail at the right
  – I select “Update”

  But the new image just doesn’t appear. This has worked many times in the past. Just not sure why it’s not working now.

  Any help would be appreciated.

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  pmciano · Member · Feb 21, 2015 at 8:22 pm

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  @2seetheglobe

  You’re referring to the Featured Image:

  Featured Images

  For this image to appear for your theme, it needs to adhere to certain specifications:

  To have a big featured image you need to use an image that is at least as big as the header image (1000px x 288px). Also, make sure you have a set size for Large image under Settings → Media that allows for such sizes.

  https://wordpress.com/themes/twentyeleven/

  It seems like your image is too small.

  Try using a larger image, and you should be good to go.

  If you have additional questions, please let us know.

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  2seetheglobe · Member · Feb 21, 2015 at 10:23 pm

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  Making it higher resolution was the trick–thanks!