Image caption shows up in side bar widget with Gutenberg

[elysianWolf]

Help.

I use the News theme.

For some reason, the sidebar widget shows the image caption as part of excerpt, which I don't want. This didn't happen before, until I started using Gutenberg.

I used to use 'content limit' and set it to 100 words, which worked perfectly...Until Gutenberg. And yes, I added a manual excerpt in the post to see if that would work. It did not.

How can I avoid this? I've tried all of the widget settings. For now, I've selected "no content," but this is not what I want.

See image. Is their a fix?

https://www.chainsawjournal.com/

[AnitaC]

Did you try to hide the caption with CSS in any sort of way?

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[elysianWolf]

Hi,

No. I'm not a coder.

I want it to show on the image in the post, just not in the excerpt in the sidebar.

Not sure if that would solve the problem, even if I knew how to do it. The caption on the image should not be read as part of the main article.

Thank-you.

[AnitaC]

When did you update? I posted your question in a group I am in and they think this related to WordPress and not Genesis or your theme.

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[elysianWolf]

Hi

I'm using the latest : WordPress 5.2.3

Everything is up to date.

This only happens when a post is converted to gutenberg blocks.

[elysianWolf]

so I'm the only one with this issue? I find it hard to believe. Very frustrating.

[Fluentthemes]

Hi, I suggests you disable the Gutenberg editor and use the classic (original) WordPress editor . I also faces this problem so i use this tricks and Gutenberg is no more problem for me. The Classic Editor WordPress plugin isn’t a new plugin, it simply restores the previous WordPress editor you’ve been used to. It’s built by WordPress Contributors and is fully endorsed by the WordPress Core team as the current way to retain the old editor. If you’re having issues with the new Gutenberg block editor, this is the way to go for now.
Download classic editor from here https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/

[AnitaC]

@elysianwolf I see you later explained in another reply that:

This only happens when a post is converted to gutenberg blocks.

Are you using the default Gutenberg (block editor) without any other Gutenberg plugins? That sounds like an issue with Gutenberg and WordPress not with the theme itself. Did you resolve this or is it still an issue?

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[elysianWolf]

Hi,

Yes, I have a workaround. It's a Gutenberg bug which is apparently on the list of things to fix.

My resolution is :
1 . Select "excerpt" in the sidebar widget
2. Add an excerpt in the Gutenberg post itself. There is an entry for that once a post has been converted from the classic-editor to the Gutenberg editor.

This works for me. Initially, I had to do this for all of the sidebar posts on my homepage but now that it's done, it's easy to continue to use this method going forward.

Thank-you. Let me know if you need further clarification.

The support team at Studiopress provided this solution.

[elysianWolf]

I received a message from "healthagil" wanting more info, but I don't see the response in this thread.

If you are this person, contact me directly and I can send you the original email from Studiopress, containing the solution and photos. It's easier to just forward you the info. When I have a little more time I'll update it here.

email me at : [email protected]

Thanks,
Gio

[AnitaC]

@elysianwolf that was spam unfortunately.

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