Gutenberg​: No Caption, Alt Text, Description saved for media uploaded in posts

  • mediabaron

    (@mediabaron)


    5 years, 1 month ago

    Pre-Gutenberg when I uploaded media such as audio files or images into a Post I could add the Caption, Alt Text and Description to it. This would be retained in the WordPress Media Library of the site so the media could be found in the site’s database to be used in the future. I noticed now that I’m using Gutenberg Blocks no such information is being retained making the media files useless as they won’t show-up in searches or have the proper information attached to them.

    I have to either upload all media via the Media Library dashboard first or go back to the Media Library after uploading via a Post to populate the media description fields.

    Is there some magic switch I haven’t flipped since using Gutenberg? Is this a bug? The image info pane doesn’t even show the Description field anymore in a post. Is there a fix for this?

    WordPress 5.1.1

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  • Thread Starter mediabaron

    (@mediabaron)

    5 years, 1 month ago

    Apparently, this is already being talked about in Github. Having to round-trip to Media Library and back is a major break of workflow to maintain proper database fields being attached to images and people are not happy. Also breaks some SEO. https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/11054

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    5 years, 1 month ago

    I’m not sure I understand, image title attributes were removed a long time ago because they were causing problems for users with assistive technologies.

    Thread Starter mediabaron

    (@mediabaron)

    5 years, 1 month ago

    If you go into the Media Library of a WordPress install and click on an image you will get the image and fields for: URL, Title, Caption, Alt Text, and Description.

    When working on a post with the Classic Editor and adding an image once it is uploaded I have access to and can populate the Title, Caption, Alt Text, and Description fields. These fields of information will be available if the image is viewed later in the Media Library.

    In the Gutenberg Editor working on a post if I add an image and fill-in the Caption and Alternative Text info that text will not appear when the image is viewed in the Media Library. The missing text makes the images unsearchable and unable to be reused as all the information is missing.

    Users are forced to work in both the Media Library AND Post editor when adding new images with caption/description info.

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