How to Add Captions to Photo Albums in WordPress

Last updated on Apr 6, 2017 by Waseem Abbas

Do you want to create photo albums with captions? Sometimes you have multiple image galleries in a photo album and you need to add captions to define each gallery. In this tutorial, we will share how to add captions to photo albums in WordPress.

WordPress does not have the ability to add photo albums with captions by default, so you’ll need to use a plugin like Envira Gallery. Envira has lots of different options for creating beautiful image galleries that can be organized into photo albums.

To add captions to photo albums in WordPress, you’ll need to follow these 5 steps:

Step 1. Install and activate Envira Gallery plugin
Step 2. Install and activate the Albums Addon and Gallery Themes Addon
Step 3. Create a photo album in WordPress
Step 4. Go to config settings and select Captioned theme
Step 5. Publish the photo album to your WordPress page/post

By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a photo album with captions that looks something like this: