How to turn off auto display captions

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  thehomme · Member · Jul 25, 2008 at 10:42 am

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  I don’t know if this is a stupid question but I want to keep adding text to the caption field (for accessibility) but turn off the default automatic display of the caption. How do I do this? Currently I have to delete the caption tag in the html view everytime.

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  blackheathbugle · Member · Jul 25, 2008 at 11:51 am

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  Me too!

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  vivianpaige · Member · Jul 25, 2008 at 3:13 pm

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  AFAIK, there is no way to turn off the caption as long as there is text in that field.

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  membracid · Member · Jul 25, 2008 at 3:15 pm

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  Yeah, this is a major accessibility problem. I have to go in and manually edit the code to remove the caption part each time, and leave the alt text only.

  It can be done, it’s just a pain.
  BTW, a week after this feature was introduced, there is a new WP blog post about it.

  The Image Uploader — Now With Captions

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  vivianpaige · Member · Jul 25, 2008 at 3:23 pm

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  I just don’t fill in the caption part. I do complete the Alt text, though.

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  wiidude · Member · Jul 25, 2008 at 5:47 pm

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  Mine always keeps saying “null” but I don’t mind.