[Resolved] Show ‘Description’ instead of ‘Caption’ for Featured Image

[Yolanda]

Hello great support 🙂

Is it possible to show the Description of an image below the featured image, instead of the Caption?

I’ve added the PHP code as mentioned in a previous topic, and it’s working well. But I’d like to show the text which is in de Description of the images.

Thank you!
Yolanda, NL

https://www.yory.nl/

[David]

Hi there,

which PHP did you use to add the caption ? As we should be able to change that to display the description instead.

[Yolanda]

Hello David!

This is the code I’ve pasted. I’m anxious to change the word Caption into Description, as I don’t want to break my site.

add_filter( ‘post_thumbnail_html’, ‘custom_add_post_thumbnail_caption’,10,5 );

function custom_add_post_thumbnail_caption($html, $post_id, $post_thumbnail_id, $size, $attr) {

if( $html == ” ) {

return $html;

} else {

$out = ”;

$thumbnail_image = get_posts(array(‘p’ => $post_thumbnail_id, ‘post_type’ => ‘attachment’));

if ($thumbnail_image && isset($thumbnail_image[0])) {

$image = wp_get_attachment_image_src($post_thumbnail_id, $size);

if($thumbnail_image[0]->post_excerpt)
$out .= ‘

‘;

$out .= $html;

if($thumbnail_image[0]->post_excerpt)
$out .= ‘<p class=”wp-caption-text thumb-caption-text”>’.$thumbnail_image[0]->post_excerpt.'</p>

‘;

}

return $out;

}
}

[David]

In this line:

if($thumbnail_image[0]->post_excerpt)

replace: post_excerpt with post_content

[Yolanda]

Oh no, that broke down a part of my site!

Any other suggestions?

[David]

Try replacing your current snippet with the one here:

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/featured-image-doesnt-show-description/#post-1689541

[Yolanda]

Thank you again, that worked!!

[David]

Glad to hear that!

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