As of April 2026, IMG Title Restore is a WordPress image plugin with 60 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 74K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Firelight Lightbox.
5/52 reviews
60active installs
74K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
WordPress 3.5 introduced a new feature – when images are inserted into posts, the title attribute is not included in the image tag. This was done with the best of intentions relating to accessibility, as documented on Trac
Unfortunately, this causes problems for some Lightbox plugins, quite apart from stopping image tooltips from appearing.
This plugin hooks into the media_send_to_editor filter and inserts the image title into the html inserted into the post.
The original author, LesBessant, sadly passed away and in the meantime the original plugin was closed. I plan to keep the plugin up to date whenever an update breaks it.
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0
- Initial release
Contributors
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