Display caption with the_post_thumbnail

[hd-J]

It seems to me that there could be room for improvement with the_post_thumbnail function. So far, I did not find any way to display the caption below the thumbnail, like we do today with "normal" images.

What do you think of the idea of adding an argument for displaying caption text with the thumbnail?

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Old Ticket wondering where we are with this? This is an important function to ensure that wordpress users comply with copy right laws and provide sources for photos in captions for featured images.
Thank you

Replying to hd-J:

It seems to me that there could be room for improvement with the_post_thumbnail function. So far, I did not find any way to display the caption below the thumbnail, like we do today with "normal" images.

What do you think of the idea of adding an argument for displaying caption text with the thumbnail?

For what it's worth, it's fairly simple to add a function to your theme to get the thumbnail caption:

function get_post_thumbnail_caption() {
	if ( $thumb = get_post_thumbnail_id() )
		return get_post( $thumb )->post_excerpt;
}

Then you can just do something along the lines of:

if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
	the_post_thumbnail( 'medium' );
	echo wpautop( get_post_thumbnail_caption() );
}

HI Added the code you suggested above and nothing happened. I attached my php code from the appearance editor for both the Featured.php and Function.php. Sorry I don't know much about coding. Can you include the code in the attached docs and reattach? Thank you very much and Warm Regards,

Hi I actually already downloaded version 3.3.1 however, I guess these php functions did not update or change when I updated my version from the updates panel. So it says that I am using the latest version and I am utilizing all the new features and taking advantage of the updated security features but, for some reason it's not reflected in the attached files.
Thank you
Kind Regards

The version field is used to indicate the first version in which a problem was identified in, or reproduced in.

High What are next steps? Thank you

Replying to GlobalChange:

Hi What are next steps? Thank you

Hi am wondering what the next step would be. Thank you