Best caption plugins for WordPress
The most popular caption plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. FSM Custom Featured Image Caption leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of Exif Caption (600+) and Autobute (200+). All 18 plugins tagged “caption” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 caption plugins
- 1.
FSM Custom Featured Image CaptionThe most installed caption plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 22 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Exif Caption600+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 days ago.
- 3.
Autobute200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Slideshow Captions for Jetpack60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 5.
Caption Linker50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 6.
Niso Carousel40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 7.
Image Formatr40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 8.
FoA Featured Image30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 9.
Descriptions as Captions in Galleries20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.
LMDM Lightbox Image Caption20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 18 plugins tagged “caption”
FSM Custom Featured Image Caption
Up in the last 7 days:14#3,175by Fesomia6 months ago
Allows adding custom captions to the featured images of the posts.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.6(22)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Exif Caption
Down in the last 7 days:26#8,206by Katsushi Kawamori5 days ago
Insert the Exif data to the caption of the media. Also replaced caption of content.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Autobute
Up in the last 7 days:38#12,610by Dominopress7 months ago
Boost image SEO with auto Title, Alt Text, Caption, and bulk updates for better rankings and accessibility.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Slideshow Captions for Jetpack
Up in the last 7 days:311#19,563by Michael Beckwith3 years ago
Modifies Jetpack's default slideshow caption feature.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 2.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Caption Linker
Down in the last 7 days:188#21,345by weissmike11 years ago
Adds a very simple link button near the caption field of the media uploader.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Niso Carousel
Down in the last 7 days:29#22,367by Noor Alam6 years ago
Niso carousel is nice image and video carousel wordpress plugin. You can use this plugin any wordpress site for create carousel.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
Image Formatr
Down in the last 7 days:297#22,596by huntermaster11 years ago
Formats all content images on a page / post giving them captions and popups.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FoA Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:15#23,623by ivans3m1 year ago
Adds caption functionality to Featured Image blocks with a simple checkbox setting.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Descriptions as Captions in Galleries
Down in the last 7 days:85#26,748by Milan Dinić10 years ago
Show image descriptions as captions in galleries.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LMDM Lightbox Image Caption
Up in the last 7 days:471#28,647by Nic4 months ago
Adds a lightbox-only image caption toggle for core Image and Gallery blocks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Caption Fixer
Up in the last 7 days:93#36,692by dandomains15 years ago
Customise (or remove) the margin WordPress automatically applies to captions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Credit2Caption
Up in the last 7 days:6,034#39,062by Marco Buttarini16 years ago
Add IPTC credit to the caption of the image after have uploaded it.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Responsive Modern Slider
Down in the last 7 days:5,651#43,537by watson-778 months ago
Modern responsive slider with Bootstrap 5, captions, and flexible shortcode options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Caption on Featured
Down in the last 7 days:2,233#47,865by Jens Hunt11 years ago
Image Caption on Featured adds the caption on the featured image.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Home animation slider
Up in the last 7 days:18,558#53,137by Noor Alam6 years ago
Home animation slider is nice image and text animation slider wordpress plugin. You can use this plugin any wordpress site for create slider.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Caption for WP
Up in the last 7 days:6,269#62,908by duoduo2 years ago
Automatically sets the caption of all images to your site's title.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day