How to display featured image caption only if exists?

I am a “little late” but this solution worked great for me. It will show the div only if the caption is not empty. <?php $get_description = get_post(get_post_thumbnail_id())->post_excerpt; the_post_thumbnail(); if(!empty($get_description)){//If description is not empty show the div echo ‘<div class=”featured_caption”>’ . $get_description . ‘</div>’; } ?>