Title: Slideshow Captions for Jetpack
Author: Michael Beckwith
Published: <strong>June 26, 2013</strong>
Last modified: February 24, 2023

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Slideshow Captions for Jetpack

 By [Michael Beckwith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tw2113/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/jetpack-slideshow-caption.1.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-slideshow-caption/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-slideshow-caption/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-slideshow-caption/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-slideshow-caption/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack-slideshow-caption/)

## Description

Jetpack has a pretty robust Image slideshow feature. (If you don’t know, “Add Media”
button > “Create Gallery” > Choose photos > “Create new gallery” > Change type to
slideshow in “Gallery Settings” > “Insert Gallery”)

Make sure you have “Compose using shortcodes to embed media from popular sites” 
enabled in “Settings” > “Writing” > Composing section of Jetpack settings.

Jetpack’s handling of photo’s captions doesn’t work well with long captions (as 
it overlays the caption above the photo). This plugin modifies the layout so that
the caption is displayed below the photo and the slideshow expands to accommodate.

Contribute on [github](https://github.com/tw2113/Jetpack-Slideshow-Caption).

Slideshow Captions for Jetpack is not maintained by Automattic.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Caption is displayed below the photo.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `jetpack-slideshow-caption` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` 
    directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. While editing an entry: “Add Media” button > “Create Gallery” > Choose photos >“
    Create new gallery” > Add captions to photos > Change type to slideshow in “Gallery
    Settings” > “Insert Gallery”

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6449942ea38ca3296c7fe1af687fdb113d3a02de215c78472b24384815762a6f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Installs, doesn’t really do much](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installs-doesnt-really-do-much/)󠁿

 [pinkeyegraphics](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pinkeyegraphics/) October 30, 
2016

Simple to install and use, but does not actually show the whole caption in my theme
at least. So not really much use.

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack-slideshow-caption/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Slideshow Captions for Jetpack” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Michael Beckwith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tw2113/)

[Translate “Slideshow Captions for Jetpack” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/jetpack-slideshow-caption)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jetpack-slideshow-caption/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/jetpack-slideshow-caption/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/jetpack-slideshow-caption/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/jetpack-slideshow-caption/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1.0

 * Updated: confirmed compatibilty with latest versions of Jetpack and WordPress
 * Updated: matched up javascript and styles to current Jetpack

#### 1.0.3

 * Ownership transfer

#### 1.0.2

 * Fix deprecated jQuery code.

#### 1.0.1

 * Fix slideshow height quirks with smaller images

#### 1.0.0

 * Launch.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **60+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-slideshow-caption/)
 * Tags
 * [caption](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/caption/)[jetpack](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/jetpack/)
   [photos](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/photos/)[slideshow](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/slideshow/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-slideshow-caption/advanced/)

## Ratings

 2.7 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Michael Beckwith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tw2113/)

## Support

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