A word of caution and frustration when using media_sideload_image

media_sideload_image details.

Currently the support docs for this function read:

Parameters Parameters

$file

(string) (Required) The URL of the image to download.

$post_id

(int) (Required) The post ID the media is to be associated with.

$desc

(string) (Optional) Description of the image.

Default value: null

$return

(string) (Optional) Accepts ‘html’ (image tag html) or ‘src’ (URL), or ‘id’ (attachment ID).

Default value: ‘html’

Unfortunately when they say “Description” they really mean “title” of the attachment, and not the field named “description” that’s on every attachment page. There is no way that I can tell to add a description to your attachments when using media_sideload_image.

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