Title: How do I control caption background?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How do I control caption background?

 *  [socalmacdude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socalmacdude/)
 * (@socalmacdude)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/)
 * I want photos to have a black border when they have a caption.
    When I post a
   photo with no background, I get this: [http://www.modelheather.com/wp-content/uploads/NoCaption.png](http://www.modelheather.com/wp-content/uploads/NoCaption.png)
   When I post a photo with a caption, I get this: [http://www.modelheather.com/wp-content/uploads/Caption.png](http://www.modelheather.com/wp-content/uploads/Caption.png)
   Where can I go to control the color of the background of an image when it has
   a caption?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/#post-1791325)
 * Screenshots are of no use. What might help is a link to a page demonstrating 
   the problem.
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/#post-1791347)
 * Oh, boy … I feel like one of the Hardy Boys!! 🙂
 * ( But I’ll feel like a schmuck, if this doesn’t work )
 * Try this… find this in your style sheet:
 * >  .wp-caption
   >  { border: 1px solid #ddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-
   > top: 4px; margin: 10px; }
 * Try changing it to this:
 * >  .wp-caption
   >  { ** border: 1px solid #000; background-color: #000; padding-
   > top: 4px; margin: 10px; }
 * See if that pushes it in the right direction for you.
 *  Thread Starter [socalmacdude](https://wordpress.org/support/users/socalmacdude/)
 * (@socalmacdude)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/#post-1791565)
 * Thanks! It worked perfectly!
 * Sorry for the newbieness, but the key for me was to look in the
    Appearance -
   > Editor-> Stylesheet (style.css).
 * Thanks for the timely help!
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/#post-1791587)
 * You’re welcome.
 *  [presseroo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/presseroo/)
 * (@presseroo)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/#post-1791713)
 * no wp-caption
    in any style sheet of my Theme, where could i alternatively find
   something that makes the caption or thumbs background?? P.S. my Theme uses something
   called “prettyPhoto” but i have no clue if this applies to any of the posts images
   at all nor can i find anything related to my issue in that style sheet either
   Example page; [http://presseroo.co.cc/blog/wordpress-applications/](http://presseroo.co.cc/blog/wordpress-applications/)
 *  [WP Hosting Australia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wphaustralia/)
 * (@wphaustralia)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/#post-1791714)
 * Already answered your other post presseroo 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 5 participants
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 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-control-caption-background/#post-1791714)
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