Essence Pro Remove Background Gradient From Header Hero Image

This tutorial shows you how to remove the background gradient from the Hero image in the header of the Essence Pro child theme by StudioPress.

By default, the gradient adds a darkness to the image. This is added using inline CSS on line 169 of essence-pro > lib > header-functions.php as you can see in the following code :

linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 50%, rgba(0,0,0,0.85) 100%),

This CSS adds the darkness to the image which you can see in this example :

To remove it, remove the CSS from the PHP code so its modified like this :

$output = '<style type="text/css">.header-hero { background-image: url(' . esc_url( $bg_image ) . '); }</style>';

Removing the gradient gives you this :

Which shows you why they added the gradient.