Title: Metadata – Description Last modified: January 23, 2020 --- # Metadata – Description * Resolved [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/) * Hi, * I need to display the long description below the Caption in a separate line. The description could be pretty long in some cases. These should be pulled from the database. * Is it possible to achieve this? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fmetadata-description-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * Plugin Author [Arno Welzel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelzel/) * (@awelzel) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12364410) * So far using descriptions in the caption is not implemented yet. But I can add this for the next udpate. * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12364667) * Thanks. That will be very nice. * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12366767) * When you do include this option, please also include a separate option for disabling this on smaller screens (phones). * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12373389) * How about something like this? * [https://www.msn.com/en-in/travel/tripideas/discover-the-worlds-grandest-squares/ss-AAJoGry?ocid=spartandhp&fullscreen=true#image=3](https://www.msn.com/en-in/travel/tripideas/discover-the-worlds-grandest-squares/ss-AAJoGry?ocid=spartandhp&fullscreen=true#image=3) * Plugin Author [Arno Welzel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelzel/) * (@awelzel) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12373423) * What exactly? A box with description next to the picture? * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12373960) * Yes, Title/Caption and Description. * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12598028) * Hi Arno, * Any update on this functionality? * Plugin Author [Arno Welzel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelzel/) * (@awelzel) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12612926) * Sorry for the delay – I still work on that, but I didn’t finish it yet. I try to add this for the next update. * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12612989) * Thanks Arno. * Plugin Author [Arno Welzel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelzel/) * (@awelzel) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12648434) * Descriptions are now supported with Release 2.75. * If you want to style them in a different way or hide them in mobile view, use the CSS class `.pswp__description`. The description is added in the caption area like this: * `
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` * Also note, that you have to enable the use of descriptions in the backend. This is not done by default. * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12649484) * Loads of thanks Arno. * Will have a look and come back if I need further help. * Pl. keep up the good work. * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12652415) * Hi Arno, * The descriptions are working just fine. I have been able to style them for font- size and width of display etc. * However, is there a way to display the caption/description elsewhere, say on the right hand side of the picture, instead of at the bottom? * Plugin Author [Arno Welzel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelzel/) * (@awelzel) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12652433) * This is not possible since this would require changing the whole layout of Photoswipe. * As always – pull requests are welcome: [https://github.com/arnowelzel/lightbox-photoswipe](https://github.com/arnowelzel/lightbox-photoswipe) * Thread Starter [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * (@dhatul) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12652751) * Okay. * Hope that in future if you are doing a major rewrite, you will take this into account. Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘Metadata – Description’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/lightbox-photoswipe/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2906302) * [Lightbox with PhotoSwipe](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lightbox-photoswipe/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lightbox-photoswipe/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightbox-photoswipe/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightbox-photoswipe/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightbox-photoswipe/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightbox-photoswipe/reviews/) ## Tags * [description](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/description/) * [metadata](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/metadata/) * 14 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [dhatul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhatul/) * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/metadata-description-2/#post-12652751) * Status: resolved