WordPress Image Control

Leaving WordPress on its own for image management on a website with a lot of images is stupid.

Items to Consider

• Title
• File Name of Actual File
  • Naming Convention: Use modern Video Resolution terminology; 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K (which refers to horizontal resolution, whereas 1080i, 720p, etc. refer to vertical resolution)
• Permalink Current URI (from Permalink Manager) & Native Slug (Permalink name if Permalink Manger were disabled)
• Permalink Address Page (https://WhatEverWebSite/PermalinkURI)
• URL Page of File (https://WhatEverWebSite/FileName): ALT Attribute of Image Element / Tag is set to the URL
• Taxonomy (Categories and Tags) of Images: Useful internal WordPress searches and some SEO indexes
• Additional Items for Images (Caption, ALT / Alternate Text, Description)
  • Caption is used in META Tags for various items (SEO, Twitter, OG (Open Graph Protocol - https://ogp.me/), etc.) and as the default caption when the image is viewed via a Permalink URI. Oddly Wordpress or some plugin uses it as the OG "description"
  • Description is used when image is viewed via a Permalink URL, or whenever the image is used in a Page, Post, etc.
  • ALT / Alternative Text is used in the Images ALT Attribute when viewed via a Permalink URL or whenever the image is used in a Page, Post, etc.
• Automatic "Thumbnail" (Resized Image) Generation that are automatically generated by WordPress, Themes, Plugins, etc.: Wordpress sets the SRCSET Attribute
• SEO stuff
  • Canonical URLSs are only useful if an end Image / Item / etc. falls under multiple categories (IE is duplicitous) and a Search Engine needs to know which one is the default.
• Image Contents or Index Page???
• Search Results just for Images???
• Custom CSS for Permalink URI???
• Plugins To Manage Images and Media
  • Media Library Assistant (Not very useful): adds some (obscure) fields to what can be associated with a Media File, Parent Info, Menu Order, Attachment Metabase (read only), and an alternate list view, Allows for additional Categories to be created
  • Enhanced Media Library (useful): Some Utilities for importing and exporting, Add several tabs to Settings, Media (including allowed file types)
  • Add from Server: A plugin that allows upload of files that otherwise cause the Wordpress Media functionality to cough up a hairball (large files, etc.)
  • Permalink Manager - Manages all Permalinks, including Media and Images, with a Bulk Updater (Make sure to enable "Native Slug" in Tools, Permalink Manager, Settings)
  • Auto Image Attributes - Changes Attributes (ALT, etc.), based on File Name. Useful if there aren't any ALT entries for an image
  • Phoenix Media Rename (useful) is a simple Plugin that allows for this and it even automatically replaces spaces with dashes ( - ). It also allows for "bulk renaming", but only for manual modifications to the name (IE, it can't add "My Web Site" to the beginning of every file name).
  • WP Media Folder (very useful, but...): Creates a folder and file structure for media, so very handy for a lot of media. Unfortunately it breaks some other Media Plugins, but the fix is easy, just disable it for others to work.
  • Plugin that will create a default ALT description if there isn't one???
  • Plugin that will redirect Permalink for Image to a Lightbox based on Category???
  • Plugin that creates a Title for an Image (Media Assistant???)???
  • Plugin for custom Image CSS??
    • Simple CSS (Under Appearance): This adds a custom CSS Field to Images
    • Simple Custom CSS is too simple (it's just a single field for the entire website)
    • Custom CSS Pro is great for previewing what it will do to a website, but appears to apply site wide to everything.

WordPress Issues

WordPress does not include a Title for an Image