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title: Introduction to Captions in MetaSlider
description: "MetaSlider allows you to show text captions with your slideshow images. Captions are available for [Image Slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/image-slides/) and [External URL Slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/external-url-slides/). --- ## How to Choose Captions for Image Slides There are three ways to add captions to image slides,…"
url: "https://www.metaslider.com/docs/captions/"
updated: "2025-12-16"
category: "Slideshow: Captions"
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# Introduction to Captions in MetaSlider

MetaSlider allows you to show text captions with your slideshow images. Captions are available for [Image Slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/image-slides/) and [External URL Slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/external-url-slides/).

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## How to Choose Captions for Image Slides

There are three ways to add captions to image slides, as you can see in this screenshot below:

- **Manual entry**: You can choose your own caption from this image.
- **Media caption**: This will automatically fill in the caption using the default WordPress "Caption" field for the image.
- **Media description**: This will automatically fill in the caption using the default WordPress "Description" field for the image.

![MetaSlider caption](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/caption-improvements-1024x501.png)

This screenshot below shows where you will find the default WordPress "Caption" and "Description" fields.

![Image captions in Media Library](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/description-caption-1024x585.png)

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## How to Choose Captions for External Image Slides

There is one way to add captions to [External Image slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/external-url-slides/), as you can see in this screenshot below. There is a "Caption" tab for you to manually create images.

![External image caption](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/external-image-caption-1024x461.png)

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## How to Choose Captions for Video Slides

It is possible to add captions to [Local Video](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/introduction-to-local-video-slides/) and [External Video slides](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/intro-external-video-slides/), as you can see in this screenshot below. There is a "Caption" tab for you to manually create images.

![Local video caption](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/video-caption-1024x529.png)

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## How to Display Captions

The style of the captions is controlled by the slideshow theme. [Click here for details on all the themes in MetaSlider](https://www.metaslider.com/docs/more-themes/). If you’re using MetaSlider Pro, you can also [create your own themes](https://www.metaslider.com/theme-editor/). This screenshot below shows how captions appear in the default MetaSlider theme.

![MetaSlider frontend captions](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/default-captions-wide-1024x563.png)

If you're using a Carousel effect and showing multiple slides at the same time, this screenshot shows how longer captions will display over two lines.

![MetaSlider captions on new theme](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/default-captions-1024x596.png)

This next screenshot uses the "Highway" theme. The caption is placed on the left and also half-way up the image.

![MetaSldier captions with Highway theme](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/highway-caption-1024x522.png)

This next screenshot uses the "Radix" theme. The caption is placed on the right and bottom of the image.

![MetaSlider captions Radix theme](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/radix-caption-1024x523.png)