# What's the background image size for the Welcome Banner?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-background-image-size-for-the-welcome-banner/400767
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** welcome-link-banner
**Created:** [April 16, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-background-image-size-for-the-welcome-banner/400767 "2026-04-16T07:19:00Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-background-image-size-for-the-welcome-banner/400767/2 "2026-04-17T14:03:59Z")

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Do you mean this theme component? [Welcome Link Banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/welcome-link-banner/218743)… the background image for that should be at least 1110 x 216px, but it will scale to fit the available space.

Or If you mean the built-in welcome banner feature, found at `/admin/config/welcome-banner` — then this image should be at least 1089 x 177px, this image also scales to fit the available area using `background-size: cover`

> [`cover`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Properties/background-size#cover)
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> Scales the image (while preserving its ratio) to the smallest possible size to fill the container (that is: both its height and width completely _cover_ the container), leaving no empty space. If the proportions of the background differ from the element, the image is cropped either vertically or horizontally.

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