[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55535: Pre-populate Image Alt Text field with IPTC Photo Metadata Standard Alt Text

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#55535: Pre-populate Image Alt Text field with IPTC Photo Metadata Standard Alt
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 Reporter:  eatingrules              |       Owner:  rcreators
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Media                    |     Version:
 Severity:  critical                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by Jesterman):

 * severity:  minor => critical


Comment:

 As @mmzeroexpcom points out there needs to be some improvement to how
 creators and publishers can ensure accessibility features in WordPress are
 displayed and utilized by the public. I've been part of the WordPress
 community for a very long time and I still cannot understand why core
 image metadata has not been fully incorporated into the media upload and
 filing tool.

 I'm a professional photojournalist and photo editor and have encouraged
 several newspapers, stations and magazines to switch to WordPress and yet,
 I have never understood why I've had to apologize for WordPress' poor
 adoption of pulling Alt text, Headlines, (True) Description/Caption,
 Creator and Copyright into the correct WordPress image fields. Every
 publisher is forced to copy their info around from field to field or from
 software to website on each photo. It's really poor data filing for the WP
 database and awful for a professional workflow.

 Every professional photographer I know files clear photo information in
 many of the built-in IPTC fields after photo shoots or assignments. That
 info is further edited by other staff when archiving, editing and
 publishing. This professional filing process is as old as the EXIF and
 IPTC format at newsrooms and photography houses.

 My question to @joedolson and @rcreators is:

 When will the WordPress fields "Alternative Text", "Caption" and
 "Description" use the internationally recognized (AND USED) IPTC fields
 "Headline" or "Keywords" (in the WP Caption field) "Description/Capton"
 (in the WP Description field) and the "Alt Text" (in the WP Alternative
 Text field).

 Please take a look how most professional photographers log their raw photo
 shoots, either in Lightroom, Photo Mechanic, and so many other filing
 tools that follow the IPTC fields.
 Here's an example from Photo Mechanic:

 https://camerabits.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/48001252566
 -using-the-metadata-iptc-template

 I implore the WordPress Core developers to fix this longstanding issue
 where the work and effort photographers and publishers face whenever they
 upload an image into WordPress. It's as if WordPress has determined all of
 that work is worthless and they must copy/paste meta data for every single
 image when using WordPress. Thank you.
 -TJ

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