Image Captions With New Blocks Editor

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  benjaminsboardgameblog · Member · Jul 9, 2019 at 7:13 pm

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  I recently switched to the new Blocks Editor, and when I add a caption underneath an image, it looks perfect in Editor mode (centered and small font), but when I Preview it, the caption is left-aligned and as big as the Paragraph body text – looks terrible.

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  supernovia · Staff · Jul 9, 2019 at 9:06 pm

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  Hi @benjaminsboardgameblog, could you link us to an affected post? It seems there’s a bug about this, but you can work around it using a classic block.

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  benjaminsboardgameblog · Member · Jul 9, 2019 at 11:22 pm

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  Thanks for your reply.
  Well, I was hesitant, didn’t want to actually post my draft until I could resolve this. How do I change to classic block?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 9, 2019 at 11:23 pm

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  We can take a look at the draft too, what’s the title?

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  benjaminsboardgameblog · Member · Jul 10, 2019 at 12:06 am

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  Cool. It is “Gaming the Globe – 10 Days in Africa”

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 10, 2019 at 3:12 am

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  Ah yes, that is definitely the bug my colleague referred to.

  You can work-around it by using a Classic Block instead for now: https://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/

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  benjaminsboardgameblog · Member · Jul 10, 2019 at 4:22 pm

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  I tried the Classic Block, but when adding my image, I did not see where you could add a caption, and adding centered text underneath the image did not look enough like a caption for me. BUT, I found a way that suited me at least. Either creating a single image “Gallery” or a “Slideshow” will work well for now.