Media uploaded to post should remove underscores and hyphens from text inserted into title attribute

[mrmadhat]

When adding a new image into a post my file name will typically be called something like:

descriptive-name-of-image.jpg

Once this image is uploaded wp will automatically set the title and will default to the name of the image "descriptive-name-of-image" if no title meta data is available in the image.

I think a better default action would be to replace the hyphens/underscores with spaces and possibly capitalising the first letter making the title "Descriptive name of image".

[joemcgill]

Hi @mrmadhat, thanks for the suggestion. I'm surprised nobody has suggested this already, but I don't see a previous ticket.

[abitofmind]

When someone looks into the topic of "filename to image metadata fields in the Media Library" this is closely related:
​Inserting media via Gutenberg creates kebab case in media title vs. Upload New Media preserves whitespace

• In that case the filename has spaces on upload. (In your example the filename starts its lifecycle with underscores and hyphens)
• The media title then sadly gets "-" minus instead of " " space characters. (Kebab case)
  • So I guess instead of writing the original filename without the extension into the media title, the filename sanitazion happens first, and then the transfer to the media title happens.
  • A pity that such a minor bug takes that long to getting fixed. (I myself am no developer, but a UX designer)