[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63895: Accessibility: Alt Text Metadata is not imported but Description is

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#63895: Accessibility: Alt Text Metadata is not imported but Description is
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 Reporter:  jhmonroe      |       Owner:  sajjad67
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  accessibility, administration
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Description changed by sabernhardt:

Old description:

> Originally posted to github:
> https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/71395
>
> Description
> Accessibility issue:
> When you upload an image that has existing metadata for description and
> alt text, the description is automagically added to the image block as
> the caption, but the alt text is ignored.
>
> I am working with clients using assistive technology who know how to add
> metadata to images, and this would save them a step of needing to
> navigate the block editor so much if their metadata is imported correctly
> and more fully!
>
> (Presumably this is some issue with updating content in the right sidebar
> versus in the block you're inserting which requires no refresh)
>
> Only semi-related issue I found was this: #66491
>
> Step-by-step reproduction instructions
> add metadata to an image in both description and alt text fields
> upload image to an image block
> watch the caption populate from description but alt text is not added in
> right sidebar
> Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet
> Metadata for description and alt text added in Adobe Bridge:
>
> SEE SCREENSHOTS on github post (can't figure out how to upload here in
> TRAC)

New description:

 Originally posted to GitHub:
 [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/71395 GB71395]

 Accessibility issue:
 When you upload an image that has existing metadata for description and
 alt text, the description is automagically added to the image block as the
 caption, but the alt text is ignored.

 I am working with clients using assistive technology who know how to add
 metadata to images, and this would save them a step of needing to navigate
 the block editor so much if their metadata is imported correctly and more
 fully!

 (Presumably this is some issue with updating content in the right sidebar
 versus in the block you're inserting which requires no refresh)

 Only semi-related issue I found was this:
 [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/66491 GB66491]

 ==== Step-by-step reproduction instructions

 - add metadata to an image in both description and alt text fields
 - upload image to an image block
 - watch the caption populate from description but alt text is not added in
 right sidebar

 ==== Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

 Metadata for description and alt text added in Adobe Bridge:

 [[Image(https://core.trac.wordpress.org/raw-
 attachment/ticket/63895/Screenshot%202025-08-28%20at%206.55.30%E2%80%AFPM.png,
 alt="metadata placed on file, using the same text for Description and Alt
 Text", title="")]]

 Description appears as caption, nothing shows in metadata:

 [[Image(https://core.trac.wordpress.org/raw-
 attachment/ticket/63895/Screenshot%202025-08-28%20at%206.56.30%E2%80%AFPM.png,
 alt="screenshot showing description coming thru as caption but alt text
 being ignored", title="")]]

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