The Image Uploader — Now With Captions
WordPress bloggers love to share their photos and images with each other, so perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that when we removed the boring, old image icon that you wrote to us lamenting its disappearance.
But if you haven’t noticed already, there’s nothing to fear, for in its place is the Add an Image button in the Media Toolbar, which has been around for a bit but is now more robust than ever — making it the only thing you’ll need to add and organize photos.
Among its newest features is an easy-to-add caption tool. Just write your caption in the caption field before inserting an image and, voila, the caption displays below the photo inside a tasteful frame.
Adding an Image and Caption
Image as it Appears in the Post
To add captions to an image you’ve already uploaded, select the image in the Visual Editor and click the landscape icon for Edit Image. You’ll be presented with the Image Editor, which lets you resize, realign, edit the title, add a caption, and change the image link URL.
The Image Editor
Prefer the HTML editor? There’s a shortcode* for it, too.
*(Check out this page of the FAQ for a definition of “shortcode” and a list of more handy embeds.)
Jul 25th at 5:57 am
Nice feature.
Can we adjust the background color, width/ thick of the caption?
Please put extra little dot or character x after [/caption] so we do not to switch between Visual or HTML mode to continue writing the article.
Two thumbs up.
Warmest Regards,
Sur
Jul 25th at 6:09 am
Please bring back the tree as well – this new method is too slow, complicated and frustration for the simple linking of pictures from flickr/photobucket etc..
Jul 25th at 6:18 am
The Photo caption facility indeed is a great need. Thanks to the innovative team and minds at the WordPress.
Jul 25th at 6:36 am
loading multiple images in a post with captions seems to mess up things in the post… just check it out…
try all possibilities of messing up…
Jul 25th at 6:38 am
AWESOME!! been waiting for this!!!!!
Jul 25th at 6:47 am
For me, a beginner at any of this, I am encouraged by all that wordpress does to make our blogs look great! Thanks for this explanation of the “caption” line. I had seen it, but just didn’t know what to do with it! You can bet that TODAY’s pictures will have a caption!!
Jul 25th at 7:02 am
very usefull.
Jul 25th at 7:14 am
i like it!
Jul 25th at 7:33 am
nice..
Jul 25th at 7:40 am
Wooo Hooooo! Resizing right in the upload process? Wooo HOOOOO! Love it!
Jul 25th at 7:48 am
Interesting feature. I’ve got a system for adding captions to images that I’ve been using for a couple years now, so we’ll see if this feature is worthwhile or not.
Jul 25th at 7:53 am
I really like this addition. Thanks
Jul 25th at 8:25 am
hello i wants to upload the image how i do?
Jul 25th at 8:44 am
Very nice and usefull, thank’s.
Jul 25th at 9:12 am
this is great, thanx
Jul 25th at 9:49 am
GUYS! Finally! I’ve been waiting for this. Wondering when you we’re going to put it up.
Jul 25th at 9:53 am
You’re champions, WordPress folks. Thank you.
Jul 25th at 9:58 am
It’s awesome updates and I like it. Thanks
Jul 25th at 10:40 am
Thanks for the update….
Jul 25th at 10:42 am
way cool. thanks… this will be more useful for directly uploading photos to WP
Jul 25th at 11:57 am
great!
Jul 25th at 11:59 am
Thanks heaps for this. I always like to add atleast one image for all my posts. And adding captions can be a tedious task at times, trying to get the font size right to be uniform with previous posts, and so forth. This enhancement really is a huge help.
Once again thanks!
Jul 25th at 12:19 pm
hey I cant see that edit button in my blog
think with Caption works fine!!! thanks!
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Jul 25th at 12:25 pm
Thank you!!
Jul 25th at 12:57 pm
Very nice. Saves a lot of messing with align when adding descriptive text.
Although robust, the media manager is still pretty slow to load, and it would be great if we could select what items to put in the one-click-Gallery-insert instead of only the items uploaded in one particular batch.
Jul 25th at 1:11 pm
Thank you soo much! I have already used this feature and love it!!
Jul 25th at 1:13 pm
Yeah, actually I saw it, and seems like a Polaroid pic!! It’s really cool, thanks!
Jul 25th at 1:18 pm
Is there any way to resize photos you put in your blog?
Jul 25th at 1:30 pm
ok
Jul 25th at 1:52 pm
cool..!
Jul 25th at 2:15 pm
This is such a wonderful improvement. Photo essays now are possible without chasing down captions.
Jul 25th at 2:21 pm
okay, now give us the old button.
Jul 25th at 2:22 pm
Personally, I find the captions annoying.
Jul 25th at 2:23 pm
why is the caption text used for alt text? it would be nice to have those separate.
Jul 25th at 2:35 pm
Heather is cute.
Jul 25th at 3:25 pm
I love this new feature! I discovered it a couple of days ago. I use a lot of images on my site, and this really makes things look classy. thank you.
Jul 25th at 3:27 pm
Ya, it should b wonderful but I have been inserting the caption for ma images. However, when there is a caption carrying more than 8 words, caption appears as null. I wish your newer addition can handle a caption for more than 8 words, because for portraits a short one word caption does suffice, but landscapes, mountains and other photographs do demand a detailed caption by the viewers so that they can then find the background of the picture standing in relation to the text of the story presented.
Jul 25th at 3:30 pm
First off, I feel this post should have come out when the actual changes did. It took me 10 minutes to figure out how to post a photo after you took away that button! lol
Secondly, I do have one complaint about the captions function itself. Personally when I try to put in another photo after the one I put in with the caption it will lump them both together with that caption. It’s pretty annoying. I have experimented with the caption function but decided not to use it. For some reason my format always gets messed up and it’s more trouble than it’s worth.
If you have any suggestions for something I may be doing wrong please throw it my way! Thanks!
Jul 25th at 3:31 pm
I’ve tried it
Jul 25th at 3:52 pm
Great advance!
Jul 25th at 4:11 pm
Hooray! Thanks so much!!!
Jul 25th at 4:12 pm
Brilliant.
Jul 25th at 4:22 pm
When composing my post the day the image button disappeared I had about two seconds of freak! Then I thought, there is no way they removed it. They’ve just moved it! So I looked — and found — and fell in love. I have added captions, borders and links to my photos. The new improved button is truly new and improved. Thank you!
Jul 25th at 4:25 pm
Uploader for me has broken since 2.6 booooo
Jul 25th at 5:07 pm
Ugh I think this might have messed up all of my blog’s pictures. They were fine until I checked today. Now my blog’s image header has dissapeared and the pictures in my post are, for the most part, not showing up in the post. Is there a quick fix or do I have to go back in and redo all the pictures? I was able to reupload my site header and now it’s fine but I’d really rather not have to redo all the post’s pictures.
Jul 25th at 5:23 pm
I can’t wait for a photo album feature (so you can post multiple pics/slide show in a post).
Jul 25th at 6:00 pm
I really like this feature, although when I insert an image and left align it, I have to make sure that it’s after I’ve written my text, otherwise my text is entered into the caption.
Jul 25th at 7:39 pm
You guys are the bomb! I cannot wait to try out this feature.
Jul 25th at 7:56 pm
Nice! but I’m still waiting for the HTML Edit?
Jul 25th at 8:14 pm
Awsome!
Jul 25th at 8:22 pm
cool
Jul 25th at 9:03 pm
I noticed the new “captions” feature a couple days ago — LOOOOVE it!
Jul 25th at 9:49 pm
HOW VERY COOL!
Jul 25th at 11:26 pm
Great! Thanks, WP.
Jul 26th at 1:14 am
A bit late explanation. I struggled with this at first (error and stuff) but it’s alright now.
I haven’t thought if it’s better or worse than the older feature, because it’s working fine as it is. I’ll check out the caption thing though…
Thanks
Jul 26th at 1:19 am
oh, I used to think it’s an old feature. apparently it’s new.
great job!!
Jul 26th at 1:40 am
Great!
Thanks for the feature..
Jul 26th at 2:29 am
Great job! Really appreciate it!
Jul 26th at 3:39 am
it is much time this feature is on
Jul 26th at 3:53 am
i’m gonna prove it… thanks…
Jul 26th at 3:53 am
i mean… i’m gonna try it…
Jul 26th at 5:06 am
The feature is really cool! My only question is…. can you make it so that when you go in to edit pictures menu, the caption doesn’t default to “null”….. because sometimes I don’t WANT a caption, and I have to manually delete the word “null” every time I go into the menu to resize a picture or add a border or change the alignment………….
Jul 26th at 8:57 am
Hi Dear, thans for teaching.
Jul 26th at 12:23 pm
I have noticed it earlier when I wanted to upload my images. However I find it very difficult to navigate especially when i want to insert text after uploading images. I think I prefer the previous image insert button – simpler and more convenient. Anyway thanks for adding another cool feature.
Jul 26th at 12:29 pm
Once you get used to it it’s absolutely a nice addition to the Web 2.0 era. I love its ease of use and functionality once I got use to it!
Don’t get mad at me I’m just Tellin’ it Like it T-I-Tiiiz! http://www.tellinitlikeitiz.wordpress.com
Jul 26th at 2:28 pm
Maybe the old icon was simpler, but at least it permitted me to align images in whatever manner i wanted, without the need to modify html code.
Jul 26th at 4:16 pm
great
Jul 26th at 4:53 pm
Thank you! Now I just need to use it!!
Jul 26th at 5:44 pm
great too !! NOW I UNDERSTOOD.
Jul 26th at 10:17 pm
I’ve started to use it, and agree it’s a great feature.
It saves me an FTP to load images to my server and then link.
WordPress continues to get better and better.
Thanks to the team.
Joe
Jul 26th at 10:27 pm
Qué buena idea. It´s good, very good.
Eduardo Sastre
Jul 26th at 11:21 pm
That’s great! Thanks!
Jul 27th at 12:11 am
Thanks wp
Jul 27th at 12:30 am
I have always felt that wordpress is more classy than the rest of the blog softwares in interweave. But I’d really request if you could do something about the Java thing. There are so many widgets that we are not able to put on our website becasue of this constraint.
This was excellent.
Regards,
Scratch Bags
Jul 27th at 2:29 am
Very cool!
Thanks!
‘)
Jul 27th at 7:52 am
Yeah, I used the last time.
Jul 27th at 9:04 am
Thanks for improving WP!
I noticed it last month and found it difficult to use. I was not sure wether that was because of my browser (FF & IE7) or my computer, because some features would not appear on one browser but on the other one and vice-versa.
I hope I have a better luck next time!
Jul 27th at 1:55 pm
I like this. I have been using it for awhile. I am still waiting to have many galleries on one page-like photo albums with themes. I like Matt’s photo blog. Maybe one day!
Jul 27th at 6:46 pm
this looks really classy. Awesome job! I wonder if there is a way to use this nifty feature even when posting pictures hosted on third-party sites, such as Flickr. Regardless, I like.
Jul 27th at 8:04 pm
Good idea but you have to sort the need to fix the image size once its been crunched to death!
Cheers
Bip Mistry
Jul 27th at 11:24 pm
I know I am glad to see it! Thanks so much!
Jul 28th at 12:09 am
excelente
Jul 28th at 2:55 am
nice….
Jul 28th at 7:29 am
woooowww….cooool..
Jul 28th at 7:56 am
Works for me ! Great feature !
Jul 28th at 7:59 am
Great new feature.
Just used it! Makes it easier.
Thanks!
Jul 28th at 10:38 am
That is great. You are making lots of improvements for us. Thank you!
Jul 28th at 11:53 am
That great! Very nice touch.
Jul 28th at 12:57 pm
cool!! This rocks!
Jul 28th at 12:59 pm
I started using this feature by accident about a week ago and love it. My blog is primarily HDR photos and I had been having problems importing them into my posts and keeping them the size I wanted. Since this upgrade photo imports are working perfectly for me. Thanks!
Jul 28th at 3:37 pm
nice…
Jul 28th at 4:57 pm
Thanks a lot. I have been dreaming about this feature since long ago. The wonderful wordpress is fully compatible with right-to-left languages, like Persian (Farsi). This new feature also perfectly works with Farsi
Really cool… Thanks!
Jul 29th at 1:27 am
I have been using this tool a lot more recently… thanks! … the only improvement I would make to the imageupload-majig overall would be to auto remove hyphens from the text pulled from image name and put in the image title text box.
One Love,
Colin
Jul 29th at 2:14 am
Nice,…
And Thanks…
Jul 29th at 3:02 am
I do like this feature, but doesn’t work so great with little tiny pictures.
Jul 29th at 10:05 am
This is exactly what I have looking for-a webpage where I will be free to express myself
Jul 29th at 10:25 am
good job fren! very nice…