FSM Custom Featured Image Caption

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 66% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ LN-CWM

   1.8y ago

   Simple, easy to use, works well. I’d donate for sure if the Donate link worked!

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2. ★★★★★ steev99

   1.9y ago

   I have checked that the plugin has not been updated for 2 years, we have been using it for a couple of years and the plugin is very good, but we need to know if you plan to release new maintenance updates This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by steev99.

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3. ★★★★★ Martin Sauter

   2.7y ago

   This plug-in did exactly what I expected (display the featured image caption in post single view), without any configuration. Thank you!

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4. ★★★★★ legarsfred

   3.3y ago

   It’s not working on my side. Divi Builder last version and the same for WordPress.

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5. ★★★★★ calaiopee

   4.0y ago

   I had these warnings: Warning: Undefined array key “_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption” Warning: Undefined array key “_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide” Warning: Cannot modify header information The support is after it just one day later. So that’s what the five stars are for. Two days later: Issue resolved, ****** six stars! This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by calaiopee. This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by calaiopee.

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6. ★★★★★ HeleneT

   4.0y ago

   Not working. Tried every settings but the caption is not showing up!!!

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7. ★★★★★ vinayaga

   4.8y ago

   Lovely plugin that works great. But when I use the shortcode to display the caption in a DIVI post template, it does not have the ability to show WPML translated text for the caption. I wish the dev would fix this to make it truly useful in multilingual websites because the translation works in the default divi caption without a shortcode. This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by vinayaga.

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8. ★★★★★ instababa

   5.2y ago

   thank you so much. love this plugin

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.26 Added additional sanitization to the caption box to prevent script injection from admin input 1.26
2. — Version 1.25.1 Rollback: Disabled nested figure filter for now as it created some codification problems 1.25.1
3. — Version 1.25 Added a filter to prevent nested figure tags when using gutenberg themes. Tested compatibility up to wp 6.8 1.25
4. — Version 1.24 Added a global option in the general settings page to ignore the image captions defined for the image in the Media library. Tested compatibility up to wp 6.1 1.24
5. — Version 1.23 Bug fix: removed warnings that appeared in some cases 1.23
6. — Version 1.22 Bug fix: restored accidentally removed class “featured” 1.22

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 6.4 FSM Custom Featured Image Caption <= 1.25.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-02-25 CVE-2026-39693 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.25.1 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more · development strings

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-06-13 6K+ → 5K+ down after 246 days in tier
2. 2023-10-11 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2023-10-10 6K+ → 5K+ down after 28 days in tier
4. 2023-09-12 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-09-11 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2023-09-10 5K+ → 6K+ up after 7 days in tier
7. 2023-09-03 6K+ → 5K+ down after 27 days in tier
8. 2023-08-07 5K+ → 6K+ up after 3 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• R Require Featured Image 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• Autoptimize 800K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• WebP Express 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
• Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Modern Image Formats 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B

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FSM Custom Featured Image Caption: 5K+ active installs, 4.6★ (22 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fsm-custom-featured-image-caption