Title: Image Upload Refinement
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Image Upload Refinement

 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-refinement/)
 * I have a few constructive criticisms with the file upload dialog. First, it would
   be really nice to be able to select where you want the file to be uploaded to,
   meaning the option to specify subdirectories beneath the directory specified 
   in options. And second, the html that is generated after you upload a file, so
   that you can copy and paste it into a entry, should include the “TITLE” attribute.
   It works like “ALT” but with the Mozilla web browsers tells you the description
   when you hover over the picture. Thanks.

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 *  [Zarniwoop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zarniwoop/)
 * (@zarniwoop)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-refinement/#post-82716)
 * I don’t know if subdirectories are really the best solution. I would prefer it
   to sort images into multiple categories like posting in multiple categories which
   would be much more flexible.
    The “title” attribute should be an optional extra
   because not everbody wants it (maybe one could allow choosing on a per-image 
   basis). Until now there are several [plugins](http://wiki.wordpress.org/Plugins)
   out there which allow you to include images into your posts. Maybe my own plugin
   [Image Browser](http://www.bistr-o-mathik.org/code/wordpress-plugins/) is what
   you need and it can be configured to generate title attributes if you want it.
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-refinement/#post-82778)
 * Categories would be a much more complicated feature. One that would probably 
   require data about the image (i.e. the category) being stored in a database like
   MySQL. That introduces lots of portability issues between different blog software.
   The ability of use subdirectories would be really very simple and would allow
   you to implement any number of different categorization schemes. You could categorize
   by subject as it seems you are desiring, or you could categorize by date, as 
   I am wanting. All that would really be necessary is an additional input area 
   to either rename or extend the path to the subdirectory where you want the file
   to reside. I don’t believe there would be any security issues because you can
   set the topmost level with the current options.
    I trying to understand your 
   concern with the “title” attribute. It’s nearly the same thing as the “alt” attribute.
   And it seems to make much more sense to include it since when you’re uploading
   an image it asks for a description anyway. To not include the title attribute
   means that the only time you actually get to see that description is when the
   image fails to load properly. That is what “alt” is for. The correct usage of
   a description is with the “title” attribute. What’s more, if you look at the 
   code in upload.php you’ll see that they include the “title”attribute if it’s 
   creating a link to a document, but not if it’s an image. It would be trivial 
   to add this feature. It doesn’t need a plugin. This is just basic stuff that 
   should be there. Maybe it would be better to provide an option page that allows
   you to completely customize the html produced when an image is uploaded. For 
   example, ideally, I’d also like the width and height of the image plus whether
   there should be a border or not included in the produced html. Plus, if you created
   a thumbnail, most likely you did so to use as a link to the larger image, the
   generated html should reflect this. It seems as though image uploading is still
   very simplistic in WordPress. I’ve only been using it for a couple of months,
   is this a relatively new feature?
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-refinement/#post-82779)
 * I just thought of another thing. It would be really great to have the ability
   to control where each user is allowed to upload files. For example, maybe a default
   behavior of having a directory called upload, and then subdirectories beneath
   that of each users name. That way you can protect each users uploads. I haven’t
   even tested if WordPress checks for name collisions before uploading. Anyone 
   know?

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/image-upload-refinement/#post-82779)
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