Featured Background is a lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you set a custom background image for specific posts or pages using the built-in featured image functionality. Now enhanced with expanded options for customization, parallax effects via CSS, overlay colors, custom post type support, Gutenberg sidebar integration, and UI improvements.
Key Features
- Expanded Background Options: Customize position, repeat, size, attachment, and fallback color.
- Parallax Effect: Simple CSS-based parallax (using fixed attachment) with an optional toggle.
- Overlay Color and Opacity: Add a semi-transparent overlay for better text readability.
- Custom Post Type Support: Enable the meta box on any public CPT via a settings page.
- Gutenberg Integration: Dedicated plugin sidebar in the block editor for seamless configuration.
- UI Improvements: Added “Remove Image” button and live preview in the meta box.
- Simple Integration: Easily upload or select an image via the WordPress media library.
- Automatic CSS Injection: Injects inline CSS into the header with options applied to the
body element.
- Admin Preview: Live preview in the editor.
- Secure and Efficient: Nonces, sanitization, conditional enqueuing.
- Clean Uninstall: Removes all data on deletion.
- Modern Compatibility: Tested with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8+.
Ideal for personalizing backgrounds per page. The CSS includes comments for identification.
Report issues on the support forum.