Related with these threads: http://www.inkthemes.com/community/threads/post-titles-on-home-page.8792/ http://www.inkthemes.com/community/threads/center-post-title-on-home-page-thumbnail-image.8969/ I found this solution: In front-page.php added this code within <div class="thumbnail"> tag: HTML: <div class="thumbnail"> <?php if ((function_exists('has_post_thumbnail')) && (has_post_thumbnail())) { ?> <?php inkthemes_get_thumbnail(198, 175); ?> <?php } else { ?> <?php inkthemes_get_image(198, 175); ?> <?php } ?> <!--adding post-title as a caption--> <div class="caption-title"> <h6> <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> </h6> </div> </div> and then in the styling options in theme options this custom CSS: Code: .caption-title { position:absolute; bottom:0%; height:175px; width: 198px; background:#000; filter:alpha(opacity=50); opacity:0.50; -moz-opacity:0.50; visibility:hidden; } .caption-title h6 a{ color:#fff; font-size:18px; } .caption-title h6{ text-align:center; } .thumbnail:hover > div{ visibility:visible; } The result can be checked in pinedayturrero.com What you get with this is that post title only appears in a transparent layer when you move the mouse over the thumbnails on the posts carrousel. I think this is a more elegant solution but as I am not a programmer and my coding knowledge is very limited I am open to any suggestion for improvement