Captions are text titles and descriptions that add information and context to your images. Image Blocks, Gallery Blocks, and many templates’ Gallery Pages have built-in caption options.
Captions don’t have their own style tweaks. Instead, they follow the font and color tweaks for the body text and headers on your site. For example, if you set your body text to green, captions below Grid Gallery Blocks will be green.
How you can style an image’s caption depends on where it is and how it’s set to display:
- Caption below - The text displays on the page, below the image.
- Caption overlay - The text displays over the image. It either always displays or only displays on hover.
- Lightbox caption overlay - When you click an image that is lightbox-enabled, it appears in a popup. The caption appears over the image. It either always displays or only displays on hover.
In most templates, blocks and Gallery Pages follow the same general style rules for image captions. This guide covers these rules and exceptions.
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Before you begin
- Inline Image Block captions typically match the font and color tweaks for the body text and headers on your site. Other Image Block layouts have their own style settings.
- Each template has its own tweak names. For example, in Adirondack, the tweak that controls the body text font is called Text. In Skye, it’s called Body.
- Some templates only have one tweak that controls all header colors or all header fonts. In those cases, captions that follow specific header styles (like Heading 3) will follow the general header tweak.
- Image captions don't support line breaks in titles.
- Fonts and colors have separate tweaks.
- We recommend keeping captions short. Longer captions may get cut off in certain devices and browsers.
If you’re having difficulty, we recommend experimenting on a test page:
- Create a Layout Page in the Not Linked section of your navigation.
- Add a Text Block that contains Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, and body text (You’ll need at least four lines of text).
- Use Site Styles to give each of these a distinct font and color.
- Then look at your caption to see how it’s changed.
Image Block
Most Image Block layouts support a title and subtitle with their own style settings. These are the same across all templates.
For the Inline layout, captions can display below the image, as an overlay, or as a lightbox overlay. See the sections below for style rules for each.
Caption below
In most templates, for captions that display below the Inline Image Block:
- Font: Follows body text
- Color: Follows body text
- Size: Not adjustable
There are exceptions in these template families:
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Bedford |
Size: Follows body text |
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Five |
Font is always black and uppercase |
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Pacific |
Size: Follows body text |
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Skye |
Font, color, and size: Follows the Image & Gallery Block Captions tweak |
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York |
Size: Follows body text |
Caption overlay
In most templates, for captions that display over the Inline Image Block when it's displaying on the page:
- Font: Follows body text
- Color: Always gray
- Size: Not adjustable
There are exceptions in these template families:
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Five |
Font is always uppercase |
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Skye |
Font: Follows the Image & Gallery Block Captions tweak |
Lightbox overlay
In most templates, for captions that display over the Inline Image Block while in a lightbox pop-up:
- Font: Follows body text
- Color: Always white
- Size: Not adjustable
There are exceptions in these template families:
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Adirondack |
Font: Not adjustable |
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Bedford |
Font: Not adjustable |
| Five | Size: Follows body text |
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Flatiron |
Color: Follows body text |
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Pacific |
Font: Not adjustable |
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Skye |
Font: Follows the Excerpt tweak |
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Tremont |
Font: Not adjustable |
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Wexley |
Size: Follows body text |
Grid Gallery Block
Grid Gallery Block titles can display below the image. Titles and descriptions display in the lightbox overlay.
Title below
In all templates, for titles that display below Grid Gallery Block images:
- Font: Follows body text
- Color: Follows body text
- Size: Not adjustable
Lightbox overlay
In most templates, for captions that display over Grid Gallery Block images while in a lightbox popup:
- Title font: Follows Heading 1
- Title color: Always white
- Title size: Follows body text
- Description font: Follows body text
- Description color: Always white
- Description size: Follows body text
There are exceptions in these template families:
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Adirondack |
Title size: Not adjustable |
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Bedford |
Title size: Not adjustable |
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Five |
Title size: Follows Heading 1 |
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Flatiron |
Description color: Follows body text |
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Galapagos |
Title color: Follows Heading 1 Note: Enable Custom Headings in Site Styles |
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Pacific |
Title color: Follows Heading 1 |
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Skye |
Title font: Follows the List Title tweak Note: List Title and Title Color tweaks are only available when viewing a Blog Page. |
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Tremont |
Description font: Not adjustable |
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York |
Title color: Follows Heading 1 |
Tip: In some templates, the Title Color tweak also affects blog post titles. To ensure visibility, your Title Color should be different than your site's background color.
Slideshow Gallery Block
Slideshow Gallery Block captions can only display as an overlay.
Caption overlay
In most templates, for captions that display over the Slideshow Gallery Block:
- Title font: Follows body text
- Title color: Always white
- Title size: Not adjustable
- Description font: Follows body text
- Description color: Always white
- Description size: Not adjustable
In the Skye family:
- Title font: Follows body text
- Description font: Follows the Image & Gallery Block Captions tweak
Stack Gallery Block
Stack Gallery Block captions can only display below the image. In most templates:
- Title font: Follows Heading 3
- Title color: Follows Heading 3
- Title size: Follows Heading 3
- Description font: Follows body text
- Description color: Follows body text
- Description size: Follows body text
Tip: Enable Custom Headings in Site Styles to style Galapagos headers.
In the Skye family:
- Title color: Follows the Body Gallery Block Title tweak
- Description font: Follows the Image & Gallery Block Captions tweak
- Description color: Follows the Image & Gallery Block Captions tweak
- Description size: Follows the Image & Gallery Block Captions tweak
Carousel Gallery Block
Carousel Gallery Blocks don’t display captions.
Gallery Page
Every template has a built-in Gallery Page. Many templates use a standard Gallery Page, which can display either as a slideshow or grid. Others have unique Gallery Pages.
Unique Gallery Pages
These template families have unique (template-specific) Gallery Pages. Use the links below to learn about each template’s Gallery Page. If your template isn’t listed here, it has a standard Gallery Page.
Standard Gallery Pages
In most templates with standard Gallery Pages:
Grid format:
- Title font: Follows Heading 1
- Title color: Always white
- Title size: Follows body text
- Description font: Follows body text
- Description color: Always white
- Description size: Follows body text
Slideshow format:
- Title font: Follows body text
- Title color: Always white
- Title size: Not adjustable
- Description font: Follows body text
- Description color: Always gray
- Description size: Not adjustable
- Note: The body text tweak adjusts the space between the title and description.
There are exceptions in these template families:
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Template family |
Grid format |
Slideshow format |
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Adirondack |
Title font: Not adjustable |
Title font: Follows Heading 1 Note: Always displays at the top and centered |
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Bedford |
Title size: Not adjustable |
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Five |
Title size: Follows Heading 1 |
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Galapagos |
Title color: Follows Heading 1 Note: Enable Custom Headings in Site Styles |
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|
Marquee (discontinued) |
Title font: Follows body text |
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Native |
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Note: Always displays at the top |
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Pacific |
Title color: Follows Heading 1 |
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Skye |
Title font: Follows the List Title tweak Note: List Title and Title Color tweaks are only available when viewing a Blog Page. |
Title font: Follows the List Title tweak Note: List Title and Title Color tweaks are only available when viewing a Blog Page. |
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York |
Title font: Follows Heading 1 |
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Project Pages
The Project Page is a template-specific portfolio layout, available in the York family (Artesia, Flores, Harris, Jasper, Jones, Lange, Shibori, York). On Project Pages, the image title and description text display on the page beside or below the image.
Use the tweaks in the Project: Fonts section of Site Styles to style the text of your image title and descriptions. You can also scale the fonts to control how they display.
Instagram Block
The Instagram Block supports captions for the Slideshow and Stacked designs, and in the Grid design when viewed in a lightbox.
Stacked
Stacked captions below each image. In all templates:
- Caption font: Follows body text
- Caption color: Follows body text
- Caption size: Follows body text
Slideshow
Slideshow captions display as an overlay, either always or on hover. In all templates:
- Caption font: Follows body text
- Caption color: Always white
- Caption size: Not adjustable
Grid
Grid captions display in the lightbox overlay. In most templates:
- Caption font: Follows body text
- Caption color: Always white
- Caption size: Follows body text
Exceptions
The caption font and caption size aren't adjustable in these template families:
- Adirondack
- Bedford
- Pacificf
Summary Block
The Summary Block supports captions for all its designs (Wall, List, Carousel, Grid).
In all templates:
- Title size, Description size, and Meta size is not adjustable
- Description font: Follows body text
- Description color: Follows body text
- Title color: Varies by template, see the list below
In most templates:
- Meta 1 and 2 font: Follows body text
- Meta 1 and 2 color: Follows body text
- Title font: Follows body text
There are exceptions in these template families:
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Adirondack |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Avenue |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Aviator |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Bedford |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Brine |
Title color: Follows body text |
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Farro |
Title color: Follows body text |
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Five |
Title color: Follows the Body Link tweak Gallery and Blog:
Events:
Products:
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Flatiron |
Title color: Follows the Link Color tweak |
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Forte |
Title color: Follows the Body Link Color tweak |
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Galapagos |
Title color: Follows the Link Color tweak |
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Ishimoto |
Title color: Follows the Body Link Color tweak |
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Marquee (discontinued) |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Momentum |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Montauk |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Native |
Title font: Follows Heading 1 |
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Pacific |
Title font: Follows the Summary Block Title Font tweak |
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Skye |
Title font: Follows the List Title tweak |
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Supply |
Title color: Follows the Link Color tweak |
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Tremont |
Title color: Follows the Body Link Color tweak Gallery and Blog:
Events:
Products
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Wells |
Title color: Follows the Body Link Color tweak |
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Wexley |
Title color: Follows the Body Link Color tweak |
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York |
Title color: Follows the Body Link Color tweak Gallery and Blog:
Event:
Products:
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