# Captions not displaying in published posts

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/captions-not-displaying-in-published-posts/28016>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [January 20, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/captions-not-displaying-in-published-posts/28016 "2022-01-20T15:03:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![DavidStephens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/davidstephens/32/16440_2.png) [@DavidStephens](https://forum.ghost.org/u/DavidStephens)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/captions-not-displaying-in-published-posts/28016/1 "2022-01-20T15:03:08Z")

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**Issue Summary**  
I’ve added captions to the featured images in my posts, but the captions don’t display when viewing the post. I expected the captions to be visible to visitors. When I inspect I see the caption text as alt text, even though when I toggle to alt text in the editor, there’s nothing populated there. Example: [Brain Tomorrow - The future of the human brain](https://www.brainhackernews.com/study-observes-unique-neurological-markers-of-lifelong-musicians-2/)

**Steps to Reproduce**

1. Create a new post
2. Add a featured image
3. Caption the image
4. Publish the post
5. View the published post

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## Setup information

**Ghost Version**  
4.32.3 ([ghost.org](http://ghost.org) hosted)

**Browser & OS version**  
Mac OS 12.1 Chrome Version 97.0.4692.71

**Relevant log / error output**  
N/A

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**Author:** ![Kevin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kevin/32/32_2.png) [@Kevin](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kevin)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/captions-not-displaying-in-published-posts/28016/2 "2022-01-20T15:08:51Z")

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It’s up to themes to make use of feature image alt text and captions rather than a core behaviour. What theme are you using?

You can see how the default Casper theme handles alt text and captions for feature images here [https://github.com/TryGhost/Casper/blob/main/post.hbs#L63-L67](https://github.com/TryGhost/Casper/blob/main/post.hbs#L63-L67)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/b/ba9ce5100b8bb264586f4f572545596b2ce3f081.png) [@system](https://forum.ghost.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/captions-not-displaying-in-published-posts/28016/3 "2022-04-20T15:09:24Z")

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