[Plugin: Meteor Slides] Captions for slide show images

Hey, I would try to use the title of the slide post as the caption instead. It is easier to add and easier to manage since you can edit the title right from the slide post and you don’t need to dig in and edit the image metadata.

Check out the documentation on using a custom slideshow template for more information on how to use the titles.

Thanks! I will give this a try today.

No problem, hopefully that works better!

In case you want to display the caption instead of just displaying the title, I found this code to be useful:

<?php $excerpt = get_post( get_post_thumbnail_id() )->post_excerpt; echo $excerpt; ?>

Add it to the custom slide template file you create in your theme, prior to the closing </div><!-- .mslide --> so that it’s the last thing loaded in each loop.

Hat tpp to https://www.billerickson.net/wordpress-featured-image-captions/ for this snippet.

P.S> Jleuze – Great plugin. Please add this to the documentation. I spent some time looking for it.

Thanks for sharing, I’ll add it to the documentation so it’s easier to find.