img_caption_shortcode( array $attr, string $content = null )

Builds the Caption shortcode output.

Description

Allows a plugin to replace the content that would otherwise be returned. The filter is ‘img_caption_shortcode’ and passes an empty string, the attr parameter and the content parameter values.

The supported attributes for the shortcode are ‘id’, ‘caption_id’, ‘align’, ‘width’, ‘caption’, and ‘class’.

Parameters

$attr

(array) (Required) Attributes of the caption shortcode.

  • 'id'
    (string) ID of the image and caption container element, i.e. <figure> or <div>.
  • 'caption_id'
    (string) ID of the caption element, i.e. <figcaption> or <p>.
  • 'align'
    (string) Class name that aligns the caption. Default 'alignnone'. Accepts 'alignleft', 'aligncenter', alignright', 'alignnone'.
  • 'width'
    (int) The width of the caption, in pixels.
  • 'caption'
    (string) The caption text.
  • 'class'
    (string) Additional class name(s) added to the caption container.

$content

(string) (Optional) Shortcode content.

Default value: null

Return

(string) HTML content to display the caption.

Source

File: wp-includes/media.php

function img_caption_shortcode( $attr, $content = null ) {
	// New-style shortcode with the caption inside the shortcode with the link and image tags.
	if ( ! isset( $attr['caption'] ) ) {
		if ( preg_match( '#((?:<a [^>]+>\s*)?<img [^>]+>(?:\s*</a>)?)(.*)#is', $content, $matches ) ) {
			$content         = $matches[1];
			$attr['caption'] = trim( $matches[2] );
		}
	} elseif ( strpos( $attr['caption'], '<' ) !== false ) {
		$attr['caption'] = wp_kses( $attr['caption'], 'post' );
	}

	/**
	 * Filters the default caption shortcode output.
	 *
	 * If the filtered output isn't empty, it will be used instead of generating
	 * the default caption template.
	 *
	 * @since 2.6.0
	 *
	 * @see img_caption_shortcode()
	 *
	 * @param string $output  The caption output. Default empty.
	 * @param array  $attr    Attributes of the caption shortcode.
	 * @param string $content The image element, possibly wrapped in a hyperlink.
	 */
	$output = apply_filters( 'img_caption_shortcode', '', $attr, $content );

	if ( ! empty( $output ) ) {
		return $output;
	}

	$atts = shortcode_atts(
		array(
			'id'         => '',
			'caption_id' => '',
			'align'      => 'alignnone',
			'width'      => '',
			'caption'    => '',
			'class'      => '',
		),
		$attr,
		'caption'
	);

	$atts['width'] = (int) $atts['width'];

	if ( $atts['width'] < 1 || empty( $atts['caption'] ) ) {
		return $content;
	}

	$id          = '';
	$caption_id  = '';
	$describedby = '';

	if ( $atts['id'] ) {
		$atts['id'] = sanitize_html_class( $atts['id'] );
		$id         = 'id="' . esc_attr( $atts['id'] ) . '" ';
	}

	if ( $atts['caption_id'] ) {
		$atts['caption_id'] = sanitize_html_class( $atts['caption_id'] );
	} elseif ( $atts['id'] ) {
		$atts['caption_id'] = 'caption-' . str_replace( '_', '-', $atts['id'] );
	}

	if ( $atts['caption_id'] ) {
		$caption_id  = 'id="' . esc_attr( $atts['caption_id'] ) . '" ';
		$describedby = 'aria-describedby="' . esc_attr( $atts['caption_id'] ) . '" ';
	}

	$class = trim( 'wp-caption ' . $atts['align'] . ' ' . $atts['class'] );

	$html5 = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'caption' );
	// HTML5 captions never added the extra 10px to the image width.
	$width = $html5 ? $atts['width'] : ( 10 + $atts['width'] );

	/**
	 * Filters the width of an image's caption.
	 *
	 * By default, the caption is 10 pixels greater than the width of the image,
	 * to prevent post content from running up against a floated image.
	 *
	 * @since 3.7.0
	 *
	 * @see img_caption_shortcode()
	 *
	 * @param int    $width    Width of the caption in pixels. To remove this inline style,
	 *                         return zero.
	 * @param array  $atts     Attributes of the caption shortcode.
	 * @param string $content  The image element, possibly wrapped in a hyperlink.
	 */
	$caption_width = apply_filters( 'img_caption_shortcode_width', $width, $atts, $content );

	$style = '';

	if ( $caption_width ) {
		$style = 'style="width: ' . (int) $caption_width . 'px" ';
	}

	if ( $html5 ) {
		$html = sprintf(
			'<figure %s%s%sclass="%s">%s%s</figure>',
			$id,
			$describedby,
			$style,
			esc_attr( $class ),
			do_shortcode( $content ),
			sprintf(
				'<figcaption %sclass="wp-caption-text">%s</figcaption>',
				$caption_id,
				$atts['caption']
			)
		);
	} else {
		$html = sprintf(
			'<div %s%sclass="%s">%s%s</div>',
			$id,
			$style,
			esc_attr( $class ),
			str_replace( '<img ', '<img ' . $describedby, do_shortcode( $content ) ),
			sprintf(
				'<p %sclass="wp-caption-text">%s</p>',
				$caption_id,
				$atts['caption']
			)
		);
	}

	return $html;
}

Changelog

Version Description
5.1.0 The caption_id attribute was added.
3.9.0 The class attribute was added.
2.6.0 Introduced.

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