Title: Change coding so that caption box increases
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# Change coding so that caption box increases

 *  Resolved [hollyjennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hollyjennings/)
 * (@hollyjennings)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-coding-so-that-caption-box-increases/)
 * I would like to be able to know how to increase the size of the caption box around
   an image so that that when I increase the size of the image in HTML, the caption
   box matches the size of the image.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-coding-so-that-caption-box-increases/#post-1794534)
 * Unless you provide a link to a page demonstrating the problem, no one will be
   able to offer much in the way of specific help.
 *  Thread Starter [hollyjennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hollyjennings/)
 * (@hollyjennings)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-coding-so-that-caption-box-increases/#post-1794627)
 * Hello,
 * Thanks for your reply. I don’t have an example because when I noticed the problem
   I reverted to the standard size choices offered in the media library when inserting
   an image into a post: small, medium, or large.
 * I can’t use large for my blog (www.dowdycornerscookbookclub.com)because that 
   size is too large for my posting column.
 * So if I want to make an image bigger than just “medium,” but not as large as 
   WP’s “large,” I need to go into HTML mode (pasted below) and increase the width
   and height manually. When I did this, the image size inceased but the box around
   the image and the caption area remained the same size.
 * Thanks!!
 * [caption id="attachment_876" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Tura"]<
   img class=”size-medium wp-image-876″ title=”Turia_resized” src=”[http://dowdycornerscookbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Turia_resized-300×190.jpg&#8221](http://dowdycornerscookbookclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Turia_resized-300×190.jpg&#8221);
   alt=”” width=”300″ height=”190″ />[/caption]
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-coding-so-that-caption-box-increases/#post-1794694)
 * > I need to go into HTML mode (pasted below) and increase the width and height
   > manually.
 * As you’ve seen, that approach rarely works correctly and it still means that 
   your visitors are downloading the original image – not your resized version.
 * Why not reduce the dimensions of your large image in Settings -> Media?
 *  Thread Starter [hollyjennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hollyjennings/)
 * (@hollyjennings)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-coding-so-that-caption-box-increases/#post-1794709)
 * Thank you! Eh, I didn’t know there was such a simple solution. My problem is 
   now solved.

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