Captions hidden on old posts not yet converted to Blocks from Classic Editor

We are experiencing an issue where captions are not appearing on the frontend.

This issue occurs for our older posts that were written in Classic Editor and have not yet been converted to Blocks in Block Editor.

This is leaving us open to litigation for not fulfilling image license obligations.

All captions appear perfectly on posts written natively in Block Editor and for posts that were written in Classic Editor but have since been converted to blocks. We have thousands of articles and cannot enter each one to manually convert it to blocks.

The issue occurs on our default post template which is set to show captions. There is no need to change the template to make the captions appear, only the conversion to blocks.

Example: https://dutchreview.com/news/crime/hand-grenades-in-amsterdam-whats-up-with-that/

Can you please assist with either: a way to ensure the captions appear or a way to bulk convert to Blocks?

Thanks for your help!

Hi Anamaria,

That is unforunately not possible. As the post you linked notes: “Note: Unfortunately, at this time, there isn’t a way to bulk convert your old posts to blocks, and you will have to migrate your existing posts to the new blocks system one at a time.”

As I mentioned in my original post, we have thousands of posts and cannot convert them all manually. Is there another solution?

Thanks!

Hi Anamaria,

Again, this is bulk converting blocks not posts. I did extensive research before posting on this forum and could not find a way. It appears to be a theme issue, so if you can support us there that would be really appreciated.

Thanks!