Cycle image caption doesn't work

Question

I've cycle slideshow gallery and I put a caption on my images but there is something wrong why I don't understand..Only my attribute name showing on my caption I don't want to attribute name I want to get attribute value what's wrong with me ?

$(document).ready(function() {

  $('.mySlideShow').cycle({
    log: false,
    fx: 'fade',
    slides: ">a",
    caption: '.cycle-caption',
    captionTemplate: "{{data-caption}}",
    pauseOnHover: true,
  });
})

.slide-gallery {
  position: relative;
  width: 790px;
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 500px;
}

.slide-gallery img {
  max-width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.cycle-caption {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
  padding: 10px;
  color: #FFF;
  z-index: 1000;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.cycle2/2.1.6/jquery.cycle2.min.js"></script>

<div class="slide-gallery">
  <div class="mySlideShow">

    <a>
      <img src="https://amazingcarousel.com/wp-content/uploads/amazingcarousel/7/images/lightbox/dandelion-lightbox.jpg" data-caption="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..">
    </a>
    <a>
      <img src="https://amazingcarousel.com/wp-content/uploads/amazingcarousel/7/images/lightbox/daffodil-flowers-lightbox.jpg" data-caption="This is my caption....">
    </a>
    <a>
      <img src="https://amazingcarousel.com/wp-content/uploads/amazingcarousel/7/images/lightbox/tulips-lightbox.jpg" data-caption="bla.....">
    </a>
  </div>

  <div class="cycle-caption"></div>
</div>

Answer 1

There were few bugs in the way you were defining your caption.

Mistake 1-

First of all the data-caption attribute in not supported to display caption . After reading the documentation despite of data-caption you can use data-cycle-title for the captions.

Mistake 2-

Since the selector is anchor tag slides: "> a" in your jquery code, the captions will work on anchor tag not on the < img > . So I have added the data-cycle-title="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.." on the anchors. Also changes the captiontemplate jquery to this:

captionTemplate: "' {{cycleTitle}}'",

Below is the working example . Happy Coding :)

$(document).ready(function() {

  $('.mySlideShow').cycle({
    log: false,
    fx: 'fade',
    slides: "> a",
    caption: '.cycle-caption',
    captionTemplate: "' {{cycleTitle}}'",
    pauseOnHover: true,
  });
})

.slide-gallery {
  position: relative;
  width: 790px;
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 500px;
}

.slide-gallery img {
  max-width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.cycle-caption {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .8);
  padding: 10px;
  color: #FFF;
  z-index: 1000;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery.cycle2/2.1.6/jquery.cycle2.min.js"></script>

<div class="slide-gallery">
  <div class="mySlideShow">

    <a data-cycle-title="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..">
      <img src="https://amazingcarousel.com/wp-content/uploads/amazingcarousel/7/images/lightbox/dandelion-lightbox.jpg" >
    </a>
    <a data-cycle-title="This is my caption....">
      <img src="https://amazingcarousel.com/wp-content/uploads/amazingcarousel/7/images/lightbox/daffodil-flowers-lightbox.jpg" >
    </a>
    <a data-cycle-title="bla.....">
      <img src="https://amazingcarousel.com/wp-content/uploads/amazingcarousel/7/images/lightbox/tulips-lightbox.jpg" >
    </a>
  </div>

  <div class="cycle-caption"></div>
</div>