# Optimal image size for a category heading

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimal-image-size-for-a-category-heading/57473
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [16 februari 2017 om 11:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimal-image-size-for-a-category-heading/57473 "2017-02-16T11:46:02Z")
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### Author: ![mattdamod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mattdamod/32/65187_2.png) [@mattdamod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdamod)
#### Post date: [16 februari 2017 om 11:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimal-image-size-for-a-category-heading/57473/1 "2017-02-16T11:46:02Z")

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Hi, all 🙂

I am designing a new topic and I want to use an image for the header of the category. There are two questions to this…

1. I’d like to include the name of the category in the image, this would mean that I don’t want anything in the title of the category - is that possible or is not possible?

2. What is the best image size (pixels) to use in the category image header?

Cheers 🙂

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### Author: ![mattdamod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mattdamod/32/65187_2.png) [@mattdamod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdamod)
#### Post date: [16 februari 2017 om 11:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimal-image-size-for-a-category-heading/57473/2 "2017-02-16T11:47:56Z")

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**This is what I mean as in the title in the image…**

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/3/436835bf912dde032b1840221ace62187fcc1e44.png)

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### Author: ![mitchellk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mitchellk/32/120419_2.png) [@mitchellk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mitchellk)
#### Post date: [16 februari 2017 om 12:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimal-image-size-for-a-category-heading/57473/3 "2017-02-16T12:49:46Z")

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I use 550px x 350px for a category that uses a description to the right of it. So I would say 1024 x 350 or so will give you more of a banner type image for the category, otherwise stick with my 550 x 350 for a nice small left aligned and quick loading image.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [24 augustus 2022 om 18:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimal-image-size-for-a-category-heading/57473/6 "2022-08-24T18:45:50Z")

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