# How to add captions to images?

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-add-captions-to-images/1335>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 26, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-add-captions-to-images/1335 "2020-04-26T16:26:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaredready](https://discuss.write.as/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jaredready](https://discuss.write.as/u/jaredready)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-add-captions-to-images/1335/1 "2020-04-26T16:26:03Z")

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Coming from other platforms, I use image captions displayed under the image (generally centered, smaller font size and weight) but I can’t find a good way of replicating that here.

Is this something natively supported or will I need to add custom CSS and/or JS to support it?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/cjeller1592/32/128_2.png) [@cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/u/cjeller1592)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-add-captions-to-images/1335/2 "2020-04-27T15:32:13Z")

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Hi there!

There are a couple ways to go about creating image captions. One way is to use the `<small>` html element inside a post. Just type out something under your image like this:

```auto
<small>This is a caption</small>

```

Here is an example of it in a Write.as post from @scott :

> **[Weekly Musings 055](https://weeklymusings.net/weekly-musings-055)**
>
> Welcome to this edition of Weekly Musings, where each week I share some thoughts about what's caught my interest in the last seven days. ...

Another way is to simply use italics under an image. Here’s an example from @Melyanna :

> **[Tools of the trade: finding royalty-free images](https://blog.melyanna.net/tools-of-the-trade-finding-royalty-free-images)**
>
> Useful tools for blogs and websites. Part 3. Photo by Ella Jardim on Unsplash Photo by Ella Jardim on Unsplash. Images are useful tools ...

If you want to make the caption centered and smaller, you can add the following HTML to your post under the image:

```auto
<div style="text-align:center;"><small>This is a caption</small></div>

```

Hope that helps & let me know if you need anything else.

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**Author:** ![bacciotti](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/bacciotti/32/529_2.png) [@bacciotti](https://discuss.write.as/u/bacciotti)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-add-captions-to-images/1335/3 "2020-04-27T22:17:18Z")

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Thanks, it also helped me.

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**Author:** ![moonmehta](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/moonmehta/32/1496_2.png) [@moonmehta](https://discuss.write.as/u/moonmehta)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/how-to-add-captions-to-images/1335/4 "2022-02-03T08:44:52Z")

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Does using `<figcaption>` work or is write.as planning to add support for captions in the future? It would truly be image captions then and not be parts of posts. Also, if people were to move their blogs elsewhere in the future, it would help other platforms read image captions properly as well.