About this plugin
When you upload media to WordPress, the title field is automatically set to a slugified version of the filename. This often results in messy, unoptimized titles like “IMG-20240115-photo-final-v2” appearing in gallery captions, alt tags, or title attributes.
This plugin clears the title field for newly uploaded media, ensuring that if a title is displayed anywhere, it’s one you’ve intentionally set yourself.
Features
- Automatically clears the title field for new media uploads
- Bulk action to clear titles on existing media library items
- Lightweight with no settings page required
- Developer-friendly with filters
How It Works
The plugin hooks into WordPress’s wp_insert_attachment_data filter and clears the post_title field for new uploads before they are saved to the database.
Filters
runthings_emt_skip
Skip clearing the title for specific attachments.
Parameters:
- $skip (bool) – Whether to skip clearing the title. Default false.
- $data (array) – Attachment post data (slashed, sanitized, processed).
- $postarr (array) – Sanitized post data (not processed).
- $unsanitized_postarr (array) – Unsanitized post data.
- $update (bool) – Whether this is an update (always false for new uploads).
Example:
// Skip clearing title for uploads by specific user add_filter('runthings_emt_skip', function($skip, $data, $postarr) { if (get_current_user_id() === 1) { return true; // Admin keeps auto-generated titles } return $skip; }, 10, 3);
// Skip clearing title if filename contains "keep-title" add_filter('runthings_emt_skip', function($skip, $data, $postarr) { $filename = $postarr['post_title']?? == false) { return true; } return $skip; }, 10, 3);
runthings_emt_mime_types
Filter which MIME types should have their title cleared. By default, all media types are affected.
Parameters:
- $allowed_mime_types (array) – Array of MIME type patterns. Default [] (all types).
- $attachment_mime_type (string) – The attachment’s MIME type.
- $postarr (array) – Sanitized post data.
Example:
// Restrict to images only add_filter('runthings_emt_mime_types', function($allowed_mime_types) { return ['image']; });
// Restrict to images and PDFs only add_filter('runthings_emt_mime_types', function($allowed_mime_types) { return ['image', 'application/pdf']; });
Additional Notes
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