diff --git a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/content/_figures.scss b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/content/_figures.scss
index 05a3fbe00..4f7d6f77a 100644
--- a/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/content/_figures.scss
+++ b/src/pydata_sphinx_theme/assets/styles/content/_figures.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+figure > a,
+figure > a > img,
+figure > img,
+figure > video {
+  display: block;
+  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-right: auto;
+}
+
 figure {
   a.headerlink {
     // So that header link doesn't push caption to be off-center.
@@ -16,12 +25,18 @@ figure {
     margin-left: auto;
     margin-right: auto;
     margin-top: 0.3rem;
+    text-align: center;
 
     & > p:last-child {
       // Don't add extra margin to already existing figure bottom margin
       margin-bottom: 0;
     }
 
+    p {
+      text-align: start;
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
+
     table.table {
       width: fit-content;
       margin-left: auto;