Images are not included in export

[remkus]

Images are not being included in the export.

Not sure how to handle this, as they also are not included in the default WordPress export.

[jonathanbossenger]

I guess it depends on how you plan to use the markdown files. Essentially, there are two options:

1. Markdown image with the URL pointing to the existing image on the site
2. Export the images into a separate location (perhaps labeled based on export date) and allow the images to be downloaded with the markdown files

First option is obviously the easier.

[remkus]

Just having the images in there as embedded (externally hosted) images is enough. I assume that every tool in which you'll use these markdown files, Obsidian in my case, will have a way to import those images locally.

[jonathanbossenger]

For this version, we're going to just focus on single image blocks, not image galleries.

[jonathanbossenger]

Example block image markup

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="http://localhost:8883/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230927_144805-scaled-e1695819408952.jpg"><img src="http://localhost:8883/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230927_144805-scaled-e1695819408952-1024x768.jpg" alt="Image of all contents packed into the bag" class="wp-image-31137"/></a></figure>

Ideally, it should be converted to

![Image of all contents packed into the bag!](http://localhost:8883/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230927_144805.jpg "Image of all contents packed into the bag")

1. Fetch the original image based on the image ID
2. Use the image alt text as the image label in markdown
3. If there is no alt test, use "Image" as the label