[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22768: EXIF/IPTC captions should populate caption/post_excerpt on upload, not description/post_content

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#22768: EXIF/IPTC captions should populate caption/post_excerpt on upload, not
description/post_content
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 Reporter:  nacin           |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new             |   Priority:  normal
Milestone:  Future Release  |  Component:  Media
  Version:  2.5             |   Severity:  normal
 Keywords:  3.6-early       |
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 It's been this way forever, but it is dumping data into the wrong field.
 Two schools of thought on this:

  * Plugins have used the description field, so we should not change this.

  * Users continue to struggle with moving *captions* from the description
 field to the caption field, so we should change this.

 I am in the latter school of thought. A plugin can remain compatible by
 ensuring it checks either description or caption before falling back to
 the other.

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