{"id":9052,"date":"2020-07-21T16:48:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T20:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/?page_id=9052"},"modified":"2025-11-18T09:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:32:46","slug":"image-captions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/media\/images\/image-captions\/","title":{"rendered":"Image Captions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uncch.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Embed.aspx?id=e0377870-9ec0-46ad-84eb-adf70160f792&#038;autoplay=false&#038;offerviewer=true&#038;showtitle=false&#038;showbrand=false&#038;captions=true&#038;start=0&#038;interactivity=all\" height=\"478\" width=\"850\" style=\"border: 1px solid #464646;\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay\" title=\"How to add image captions.\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h2>Adding Image Captions<\/h2>\n<p>Captions provide helpful context by displaying text directly below an image. They can identify people, places, or events, or briefly explain what\u2019s happening in the photo.<\/p>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>How to Add a Caption<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Place your cursor where you want the image to appear.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Add Media<\/strong> button in the toolbar.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Insert Media<\/strong> window, select an image from your Media Library or upload a new one.<\/li>\n<li>On the right side, locate the <strong>Caption<\/strong> field under <strong>Attachment Details<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Type the text you want to appear below the image.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Insert into Page<\/strong> to add the image and caption.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14771\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 610px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of an image's attachment details with the caption field highlighted.\" width=\"600\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption.png 1730w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption-1024x310.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption-768x232.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption-1536x464.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption-600x181.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/11\/image-caption-560x169.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>How to Edit or Add a Caption After the Image Is Inserted<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Click once on the image in the editor to select it.<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Edit<\/strong> (pencil) icon <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2025\/10\/clear-formatting-icon.png\" alt=\"The clear formatting icon found in the WordPress editor.\" width=\"37\" height=\"29\" \/>.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong>Image Details<\/strong> window, locate the <strong>Caption<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your desired caption text or update the existing one.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Update<\/strong> to apply your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Understanding Caption Storage and Reuse<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Captions are stored as part of an image\u2019s Attachment Details in the Media Library.<\/li>\n<li>Captions added or edited <strong>in the Media Library<\/strong> become the default caption for that image and will appear automatically whenever the image is inserted elsewhere on the site.<\/li>\n<li>Captions edited directly on a page or post apply <strong>only to that instance<\/strong> of the image and do not affect other instances of the same image.<\/li>\n<li>If you plan to use the same image in multiple locations with different captions, add the image to the page\/post first, then edit the caption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding Image Captions Captions provide helpful context by displaying text directly below an image. 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