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===An Image from the Administrator's Perspective===

When editing an Attachment Page, there are a myriad of items to configure. Each one is important for a different reason (SEO, organization, etc.)

When editing an Attachment Page, there are a myriad of items to configure. Each one is important for a different reason (SEO, organization, etc.). From experience, start with the Caption and work from there.

*Title: Seen in the attachment's permalink page and in the Head section of HTML in the <TITLE> Element~~, but nowhere~~ in the actual Post or Page or the HTML of a Post or Page

*Title: Seen in the attachment's permalink page and also in the Head section of HTML in the <TITLE> Element of that same page. It is not seen in the actual Post or Page or the HTML of a Post or Page where it is present

*Permalink*

**Recommended Naming Convention: Post Title it is Associated with - Name of Physical File (minus website info and date) - Size**

*Permalink*: This is publicly seen in the address bar of a web browser as the URL if the Image is viewed via it's permalink page. It should have similar details from the physical file name (minus the site name, because that's already in the URL) and can be derived from the Caption

**Recommended Naming Convention: Name of Physical File (minus website info) with Date (if any) - Size**

*File URL: A set path and file name unless using a Plugin like '''''Phoenix Media Rename''''' that allows a physical file name to be changed (and updated in the WordPress database)). This is included in the HTML as an HREF Attribute.

**Recommended Naming Convention: Website Name - Name that matches Title and Permalink - Date - Size**

*Categories: Categories are typically visible to users near the Title of a Post or Page. The Category is also included as an item in the Class Attribute of an HTML Article Element, but only in the attribute's permalink page, not in the Post or Page's HTML.

*Caption: Seen in the attachment's permalink only, not used separately in HTML for the Post or Page

*Caption: Seen in the attachment's permalink only, not used separately in HTML for the Post or Page.

**Recommendations: Start here. Stare at the picture and think of it not only as what it is, but also in the context of the posting. If the image has several items in it, concentrate on the focal point. Then add just a few pertinent / useful / interesting factual details (date, where photo was taken from, who took the photo, etc.). Try to minimize the number of words used.

*ALT / Alternative Text: Used only in the HTML of the Post, Page, or the attachment's permalink page. It is not visible from normal browser view, although there are probably Plugins can display this information.

*Description: This field allows for limited formatting of text in addition to the Caption and only appears in the attachment's permalink page. It's just speculation, but based on how it appears in the Media Tab, it really seems like this is something leftover from the original B2Evolution (WordPress's origin)

**Recommended Convention: Use the caption or information from the source of the Image

*"Uploaded to" Column of Media File (Attach / Detach / or Title of Post or Page it is attached to): This should be set in case media cleanup Plugins are installed so they don't identify the file as a potential item to "clean up" / delete. It is assigned automatically if the image is inserted into a specific Post or Page. It is not assigned if it is simply uploaded to the Media Library.

<nowiki>*</nowiki> If using an advanced Permalink Manager, several Permalinks might be present (Current URI, Native Slug, etc.)

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Sizing Conventions: 1K, 4K, 8K, etc., using the horizontal video resolution convention, not file size

===Plugins===

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In WordPress,Categories are by default associated with Posts. According to documentation, each Post must be assigned to a Category. If one isn't purposely chosen, a default Category is assigned. This default Category can be set in the Settings Tab under Writing. Other Plugins like '''''Media Library Categories''''' makes the same Categories used with Posts available under the Media Tab and as a Widget on the Edit Media administration page. Another Plugin, '''''Add Categories to Pages''','' adds that same capability to the Pages Tab and as a Widget on the administration page for Pages. The following plugins allow management or display of categories

*'''''Add Category to Pages'''''

*'''''Media Library Categories''':'' This Plugin allows the standard Posts Categories to be assigned to Images and other Media. After assigning it to a category or categories, those categories are moved to the top of the list in the Widget for that Media item.

*'''''Media Library Categories'''''

*'''''Add Categories to Pages'''''

*'''List Categories, List Category Posts & GUI for List Category Posts''': Each of these Plugins displays Category Information about Posts, but so far haven't figured out how to make them do Images or Pages that are in Categories

*'''Display Posts''': This one allows for displaying Categories for Posts, Pages, and other custom fields (post, page, revision, attachment (AKA image or media), te_announcements). Post status can be publish, pending, draft, auto-draft, future, private, inherit, trash, any. It also appears to be case sensitive so use lower case. Wildcards (*) don't work. Categories can be found in the wp_terms Database Table. Documentation is here: https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/#display-parameters In testing it seems to work fine for Media and Images, but for specialty plugins like Timeline Express that maintains separate categories, it doesn't work quite right.

Also note that Wordpress always assigns a default category. The default category can be changed under the Settings Tab, Writing

===Image===

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 ===An Image from the Administrator's Perspective===
-When editing an Attachment Page, there are a myriad of items to configure.  Each one is important for a different reason (SEO, organization, etc.)
+When editing an Attachment Page, there are a myriad of items to configure.  Each one is important for a different reason (SEO, organization, etc.).  From experience, start with the Caption and work from there.
-*Title: Seen in the attachment's permalink page and in the Head section of HTML in the <TITLE> Element, but nowhere in the actual Post or Page or the HTML of a Post or Page
+*Title: Seen in the attachment's permalink page and also in the Head section of HTML in the <TITLE> Element of that same page.  It is not seen in the actual Post or Page or the HTML of a Post or Page where it is present
-*Permalink*
+**Recommended Naming Convention: Post Title it is Associated with - Name of Physical File (minus website info and date) - Size**
+*Permalink*: This is publicly seen in the address bar of a web browser as the URL if the Image is viewed via it's permalink page.  It should have similar details from the physical file name (minus the site name, because that's already in the URL) and can be derived from the Caption
+**Recommended Naming Convention: Name of Physical File (minus website info) with Date (if any) - Size**
 *File URL: A set path and file name unless using a Plugin like '''''Phoenix Media Rename''''' that allows a physical file name to be changed (and updated in the WordPress database)).  This is included in the HTML as an HREF Attribute.
+**Recommended Naming Convention: Website Name - Name that matches Title and Permalink - Date - Size**
 *Categories: Categories are typically visible to users near the Title of a Post or Page.  The Category is also included as an item in the Class Attribute of an HTML Article Element, but only in the attribute's permalink page, not in the Post or Page's HTML.
-*Caption: Seen in the attachment's permalink only, not used separately in HTML for the Post or Page
+*Caption: Seen in the attachment's permalink only, not used separately in HTML for the Post or Page.
+**Recommendations: Start here.  Stare at the picture and think of it not only as what it is, but also in the context of the posting.  If the image has several items in it, concentrate on the focal point.  Then add just a few pertinent / useful / interesting factual details (date, where photo was taken from, who took the photo, etc.).  Try to minimize the number of words used.
 *ALT / Alternative Text: Used only in the HTML of the Post, Page, or the attachment's permalink page.  It is not visible from normal browser view, although there are probably Plugins can display this information.
 *Description: This field allows for limited formatting of text in addition to the Caption and only appears in the attachment's permalink page.  It's just speculation, but based on how it appears in the Media Tab, it really seems like this is something leftover from the original B2Evolution (WordPress's origin)
+**Recommended Convention: Use the caption or information from the source of the Image
+*"Uploaded to" Column of Media File (Attach / Detach / or Title of Post or Page it is attached to): This should be set in case media cleanup Plugins are installed so they don't identify the file as a potential item to "clean up" / delete.  It is assigned automatically if the image is inserted into a specific Post or Page.  It is not assigned if it is simply uploaded to the Media Library.
 <nowiki>*</nowiki> If using an advanced Permalink Manager, several Permalinks might be present (Current URI, Native Slug, etc.)
+<nowiki>**</nowiki> Sizing Conventions: 1K, 4K, 8K, etc., using the horizontal video resolution convention, not file size
 ===Plugins===
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 In WordPress,Categories are by default associated with Posts.  According to documentation, each Post must be assigned to a Category.  If one isn't purposely chosen, a default Category is assigned.  This default Category can be set in the Settings Tab under Writing.  Other Plugins like '''''Media Library Categories''''' makes the same Categories used with Posts available under the Media Tab and as a Widget on the Edit Media administration page.  Another Plugin, '''''Add Categories to Pages''','' adds that same capability to the Pages Tab and as a Widget on the administration page for Pages.  The following plugins allow management or display of categories
-*'''''Add Category to Pages'''''
+*'''''Media Library Categories''':'' This Plugin allows the standard Posts Categories to be assigned to Images and other Media.  After assigning it to a category or categories, those categories are moved to the top of the list in the Widget for that Media item.
-*'''''Media Library Categories'''''
 *'''''Add Categories to Pages'''''
 *'''List Categories, List Category Posts & GUI for List Category Posts''': Each of these Plugins displays Category Information about Posts, but so far haven't figured out how to make them do Images or Pages that are in Categories
 *'''Display Posts''': This one allows for displaying Categories for Posts, Pages, and other custom fields (post, page, revision, attachment (AKA image or media), te_announcements). Post status can be publish, pending, draft, auto-draft, future, private, inherit, trash, any.  It also appears to be case sensitive so use lower case. Wildcards (*) don't work.  Categories can be found in the wp_terms Database Table.  Documentation is here: https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/#display-parameters  In testing it seems to work fine for Media and Images, but for specialty plugins like Timeline Express that maintains separate categories, it doesn't work quite right.
+Also note that Wordpress always assigns a default category.  The default category can be changed under the Settings Tab, Writing
 ===Image===