Title: Summary Attribute
Last modified: February 26, 2025

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# Summary Attribute

 *  [Bohdan Smaha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bohdansmaha/)
 * (@bohdansmaha)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-attribute/)
 * I was wondering if you would consider adding the summary attribute to the table
   options.
 * With increasing emphasis on accessibility, I believe that would be very useful.
 * [https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H73.html](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H73.html)

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 *  Plugin Author [Aki Hamano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wildworks/)
 * (@wildworks)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-attribute/#post-18331509)
 * Thanks for the suggestion.
 * Isn’t the summary element now deprecated? The documentation states:
 * > _Note: _In HTML5 the `summary` attribute is obsolete. Assistive technologies
   > may or may not continue to support the attribute. Authors should consider alternatives
   > and only use with caution.
 *  Thread Starter [Bohdan Smaha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bohdansmaha/)
 * (@bohdansmaha)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-attribute/#post-18332529)
 * It looks that way, but it is still a part of several compliance automation tools
   and tests. I understand the hesitation to add the deprecated or obsolete attribute.
   Would you be open to adding a custom attribute field, which would allow the user
   to specify both the attribute and the value.
 *  Plugin Author [Aki Hamano](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wildworks/)
 * (@wildworks)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-attribute/#post-18332915)
 * > Would you be open to adding a custom attribute field, which would allow the
   > user to specify both the attribute and the value.
 * At the moment I’m not considering implementing such a feature.

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