Title: WP_Customize_Background_Image_Setting
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# class WP_Customize_Background_Image_Setting {}

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#methods)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Customizer Background Image Setting class.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [WP_Customize_Setting](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_setting/)

## 󠀁[Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Background_Image_Setting::update](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/update/) | – |

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    final class WP_Customize_Background_Image_Setting extends WP_Customize_Setting {

    	/**
    	 * Unique string identifier for the setting.
    	 *
    	 * @since 3.4.0
    	 * @var string
    	 */
    	public $id = 'background_image_thumb';

    	/**
    	 * @since 3.4.0
    	 *
    	 * @param mixed $value The value to update. Not used.
    	 */
    	public function update( $value ) {
    		remove_theme_mod( 'background_image_thumb' );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-background-image-setting.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-background-image-setting.php#L17)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/customize/class-wp-customize-background-image-setting.php#L17-L35)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Setting](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_setting/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-setting.php` |  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_background_image_setting/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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