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PHP "rename image" function half working
5 replies · Started by Samuel on August 18, 2021
Hi,
I'm trying to install a hook to rename images and fill the alt field automatically based on Post Title.
I found this code :
function file_renamer( $filename ) {
$info = pathinfo( $filename );
$ext = empty( $info['extension'] ) ? '' : '.' . $info['extension'];
$name = basename( $filename, $ext );
if( $post_id = array_key_exists("post_id", $_POST) ? $_POST["post_id"] : null) {
if($post = get_post($post_id)) {
return $post->post_title . $ext;
}
}
$my_image_title = $post;
$file['name'] = $my_image_title . - uniqid() . $ext; // uniqid method
// $file['name'] = md5($name) . $ext; // md5 method
// $file['name'] = base64_encode($name) . $ext; // base64 method
return $filename;
}
add_filter( 'sanitize_file_name', 'file_renamer', 10, 1 );
/* Automatically set the image Title, Alt-Text, Caption & Description upon upload
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
add_action( 'add_attachment', 'my_set_image_meta_upon_image_upload' );
function my_set_image_meta_upon_image_upload( $post_ID ) {
// Check if uploaded file is an image, else do nothing
if ( wp_attachment_is_image( $post_ID ) ) {
// Get the parent post ID, if there is one
if( isset($_REQUEST['post_id']) ) {
$post_id = $_REQUEST['post_id'];
} else {
$post_id = false;
}
if ($post_id != false) {
$my_image_title = get_the_title($post_id);
} else {
$my_image_title = get_post( $post_ID )->post_title;
}
// Sanitize the title: remove hyphens, underscores & extra spaces:
$my_image_title = preg_replace( '%\s*[-_\s]+\s*%', ' ', $my_image_title );
// Sanitize the title: capitalize first letter of every word (other letters lower case):
$my_image_title = ucwords( strtolower( $my_image_title ) );
// Create an array with the image meta (Title, Caption, Description) to be updated
// Note: comment out the Excerpt/Caption or Content/Description lines if not needed
$my_image_meta = array(
'ID' => $post_ID, // Specify the image (ID) to be updated
'post_title' => $my_image_title, // Set image Title to sanitized title
'post_excerpt' => $my_image_title, // Set image Caption (Excerpt) to sanitized title
'post_content' => $my_image_title, // Set image Description (Content) to sanitized title
);
// Set the image Alt-Text
update_post_meta( $post_ID, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', $my_image_title );
// Set the image meta (e.g. Title, Excerpt, Content)
wp_update_post( $my_image_meta );
}
}
I installed it in my function.php and it's half working.
It's just working on uploading images but not with existing image attached to post.
I may be understood bad, but I thought this function would to both : rename on upload AND rename existing images.
Do you think I miss something here ?
Hi there,
that filter function only runs on add attachment - you can try running the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin which 'may' update your existing images.
Ok, that's what I was thinking. But meanwhile, the code was working with first image I uploaded and then for no reason, it's not renaming image with post title, it's now just filling alt fields with original image title... can't find out why.
Sorry i misread the topic, so its saving the Post Title on add_attachment,... unfortunately thats beyond me and the scope of this forum. You might find stackexchange has some experts to answer that one.
Understood,
thanks
Hope you find a solution !