How can I get the title attribute from get_the_post_thumbnail()?

Question

In my theme I want to display the featured image, but I also want to display the title attribute (of the image, not of the post/page) beside the image itself.

Is there a simple way to do this? Where should I be looking?

Thanks, John.

Answer 1

Easy!

<?php the_post_thumbnail();
echo get_post(get_post_thumbnail_id())->post_excerpt; ?>

Taken from: http://www.billerickson.net/wordpress-featured-image-captions/