[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37084: Image Alt tag by default

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#37084: Image Alt tag by default
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 Reporter:  garethgillman  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:
Component:  Media          |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Changes (by joedolson):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 This won't happen. The problem is that automatically adding an alt
 attribute requires some kind of reliable source for that data - the image
 title is the source for existing automatic attributes, and it's fine for
 filling in a title field that's used only for managing the images, but
 it's entirely inappropriate for automatically filling in an alt attribute.
 For accessibility reasons, it's worse to have a bad alt attribute than to
 have none.

 There's a plug-in called WP Accessibility (https://wordpress.org/plugins
 /wp-accessibility/) that will require users to add an alt attribute or
 declare an image as presentation when inserting an image that you can use
 if you want to make sure that happens.

 Automated tools that insert alt attributes are almost never going to
 provide usable, accessible information.

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