How to Add, Edit or Remove Individual Image Captions in WordPress

Individual image caption controls let you add, edit, or remove text for each image in WordPress galleries. They help explain image details clearly. Proper caption management improves content clarity and gives better context to gallery viewers.

Let’s see how to add, edit, or remove individual image captions in WordPress.

Adding Captions to the Images #

Like any other block, add the Galleryberg block to the editor.

Add the Galleryberg block

Upload images to your local drive or from the media library. Click the suitable button for that.

Upload images to the gallery

Once uploaded, choose the images you finally want to display in the gallery. After they are selected, hit the Create a new gallery button.

Choose images for the gallery

In the next screen, you’ll get the option to write a caption for each image. You can see that we have written captions for the images, one by one. Once done, hit the Insert gallery button.

Write captions for the images

The gallery will be created right away, displaying their captions.

Gallery created with captions

Editing Captions #

To edit captions, place your cursor on the caption of any image. You’ll be able to edit them.

Editing captions in Image gallery

The process has been shown in the short video clip attached below. Thus, you can edit captions in the image gallery.

Removing Captions from the Gallery #

To remove all captions from the gallery at once, select the entire gallery by clicking the Galleryberg icon on the toolbar.

Go to the Settings tab. Find and toggle off the Show Captions option.

Removing captions from the gallery

You’ll see that all captions have been removed from the image gallery at once.

All captions are removed from the image gallery

Conclusion #

Use captions only when they add clear value. Keep text short and meaningful. Avoid repeating the same caption on many images. Check spelling and clarity. Hope you have found this documentation post helpful enough.

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Updated on December 16, 2025