[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39004: Alt attributes should be searchable in media library

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#39004: Alt attributes should be searchable in media library
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 Reporter:  joedolson                |       Owner:  joedolson
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.7
Component:  Media                    |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing needs-     |     Focuses:  accessibility,
  unit-tests 2nd-opinion             |  administration
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Changes (by joedolson):

 * keywords:  needs-testing needs-unit-tests => needs-testing needs-unit-
     tests 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 The frustrating thing about this ticket is that both the description and
 caption fields are easily searched, because they're part of the post
 table; but the alt attribute is not.

 There are some hacky methods I can think of to handle this; e.g., do a
 construction where the alt attribute field is appended to `post_content`
 so that content is available for searches, then removed by output
 functions. This would give a performant method of searching this value,
 but feels a little dirty. That said, using the post_content as a data
 store for searchability has some pseudo-precedent with how Gutenberg
 structures data, so it's not totally out of line.

 It would definitely work, but I feel a little dirty proposing it. Would
 appreciate a second opinion on the idea.

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