Insert Figure and Caption

Insert Figure + Caption

Productivity ⚡ tab → Snippets group

Wraps the element at the cursor in an HTML5 <figure> element with a <figcaption> — the semantically correct way to caption images and other illustrative content.

To insert a figure

1. Click inside the element you want to wrap — typically an image, or the paragraph containing it.
2. Click Insert Figure + Caption on the Productivity ⚡ tab.
3. The element is wrapped in <figure>...<figcaption>...</figcaption></figure> and the topic reloads in the editor.
4. Type your caption into the figcaption.

Caption seeding

When the element is an image (or a paragraph whose only content is a single image), the caption is pre-filled from the image's alt text, so well-tagged images caption themselves. Otherwise the caption starts empty.

Notes

• A backup of the topic is created before the change (see Backup and Restore).
• Structural elements (html, head, body), existing figures, and anything already inside a figure cannot be wrapped — you get a clear message instead.
• How the figure and caption look is up to your stylesheet — the plugin adds clean markup, no styling.
• Pair with Set ALT Texts: good alt text first, then captions come for free.