Style WordPress image captions and media descriptions directly from the Image block.
Image Caption Style is a lightweight WordPress plugin that adds styling and positioning controls for captions and media descriptions to the standard Image block.
Adjust captions and descriptions directly in the block editor—without writing CSS or replacing the standard Image block with a custom one.
One-time purchase · Single site – $12
Control captions and descriptions together
Image Caption Style adds a “Caption & Description” panel to the standard WordPress Image block.
Adjust the caption size and optionally display the Media Description stored with the image in the WordPress Media Library.
Caption and description sizes can be set independently, while alignment, width, spacing, and text color can be controlled together.
Everything is adjusted directly from the block editor.
Display the Media Description with your image
WordPress lets you store a Description for each image in the Media Library.
Image Caption Style allows you to display this Media Description together with the image caption.
Simply enable “Show Description” in the Image block settings.
Because the description is taken directly from the Media Library, you don’t need to enter the same text again each time you use the image.
Below / Overlay
Captions and descriptions can be displayed below the image or overlaid directly on it.
Choose from three options:
Theme
Below
Overlay
“Theme” leaves the display to your current WordPress theme.
“Below” places the text beneath the image.
“Overlay” lets you position the caption and description anywhere over the image.
Position overlays visually
When “Overlay” is selected, you can visually control the text position using “Overlay Position.”
Move the point to choose where the caption and description appear on the image.
The caption and description share the same anchor point and move together as a group.
This lets you position the text to suit the composition of each image, rather than being limited to a set of predefined overlay positions.
On smaller screens such as smartphones, the horizontal position and text width are adjusted automatically. The text area adapts to the image width with spacing on both sides for a more reliable mobile layout.
Control text width and spacing
Overlay text doesn’t have to span the full width of the image.
Use “Text Width” to control the width of the caption and description area.
“Text Gap” adjusts the spacing between the caption and description while keeping their shared Overlay Position.
Changes can be previewed directly in the block editor as you make them.
Shared alignment and text color
Caption and description alignment can be set to:
Left
Center
Right
In Overlay mode, alignment controls not only the text alignment but also how the text area is anchored to the selected Overlay Position.
Text color is also shared between the caption and description.
Font sizes, however, can be set independently, allowing you to create a clear visual distinction between the caption and description.
Keep using the standard WordPress Image block
Image Caption Style does not add a custom image block.
Instead, it extends the standard WordPress Image block.
This means you can keep using WordPress’s native image functionality while adding only the caption and description controls you need.
There is no separate settings page.
After activating the plugin:
- Add or select an Image block
- Open “Caption & Description” in the block settings
- Adjust the caption and description
- Preview the result directly in the editor
That’s it.
Features
- Works with the standard WordPress Image block
- Caption size control
- Show or hide the Media Description
- Independent caption and description size controls
- Left / Center / Right text alignment
- Below / Overlay positioning
- Visual positioning with Overlay Position
- Shared positioning for caption and description
- Adjustable text width in Overlay mode
- Adjustable spacing between caption and description
- Automatic Overlay layout adjustment on smartphones
- Custom text color
- Theme defaults for text size and alignment
- Live preview in the block editor
- No custom image block required
- No separate settings page
Requirements
- WordPress 6.2 or later
- PHP 7.4 or later
Price
$4.97
One-time purchase · Single site.
Version
Image Caption Style 0.1.0