Is there a function to get the caption for an image in wordpress

Question

I\'m trying to get the captions from images in Wordpress but I can\'t find an easy function to grab this bit of information.

Anyone know a way to get this?

T

Answer 1

Put this inside figure tag of your single.php file

$image_caption = get_post(get_post_thumbnail_id())->post_excerpt;
if(!empty($image_caption)) { 
    echo '
' . $image_caption . '
'; 
}