Not sure how to put a caption on an image in WordPress? Not to worry – it’s about as simple as it gets.
You’ve probably overlooked the solution countless times. It’s built right into WordPress. No plugin needed.
The simplest way is probably to do it when you upload your photo in your media uploader. In the image editing screen that pops up when the image is uploaded, you will notice a text box for your caption about midway down the page. Just pop your caption in there, and you’re all set.
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And here’s the result.
Although this can vary with your theme, you’ll typcially notice that WordPress automatically puts you image in a nice frame with space at the bottom for the caption. And if you put a long caption in the box, the system will automatically expand to contain it.
You can also access captions for your images via the Media Library.
If you’d like to play around with the style of your captions, then search your theme’s stylesheet for .wp-caption. (Appearance > Editor > Stylesheet – style.css) You’re likely to come across a number of different instances.
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yea it’s easy but the themes never look like what you have. How do we make sure the cool shading and border around the pic shows?
Craig – That can be controlled in your stylesheet. The borders show up in the default WordPress themes (TwentyTen and TwentyEleven), so you might look at what they’re doing there.
Thanks for such an important part of wordpress. I am a wordpress learner and i think it will help me to learn wordpress more effectively.
How do you add a caption once you have already placed the picture in the blog text? Thnks
WhoDat – You may have to delete the image and then just do it again from scratch.