[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41147: Alternative Text Issue

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#41147: Alternative Text Issue
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 Reporter:  BNOTP         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close         |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by BNOTP):

 Again, why not make a setting where publishers can decide if they want it
 to auto-fill or not, rather than make a significant decision like that for
 everyone. For DIY, Decorating, Fashion, Photography, Travel, Gardening
 blogs (and many more, I suspect) images are not "purely decorative," they
 are critical to the post. Our future readers often search via images. So
 sad that those making these decisions don't get input from blogs of all
 types before making such important changes.
 I was up until 5 AM going back through posts and have barely made a dent.
 I blog 4 times a week and use a ton of photos. Unfortunately, it appears
 when I add alt text to the image in the "Media" section of my blog, it
 does not add it to image in the post. So it appears I have double the work
 to do to try and fix all my images now, is that right?
 I'll have to go back and add it to every image in every post dating back
 to when the change occurred AND I will need to add it to every image in
 the Media section so when I use that image again in the future, the
 information will be there.
 I guess I will start with the posts, but will the Google bots recrawl
 those posts at some point and find my images?

 Susan

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