IPTC “Persons Shown” not in list

Thanks for your question.

The IPTC dropdown list shows all the elements from the original IPTC specification dating back to 1999. Over the years a number of extensions have been added; these are not in the original format or the original list. They have been added to the more flexible XMP metadata standard. You can find complete information at this site:

IPTC Photo Metadata Standard

Different image edit tools, e.g., Adobe Lightroom, display the metadata with different layouts and labels. I was able to find the actual element names and location in the standards document. You can try adding this template in the EXIF/Template text area for a mapping rule:

template:([+xmp:Iptc4xmpExt.PersonInImage+])

You can get a more complete dump of the IPTC extension data with an [mla_gallery] shortcode like this:

[mla_gallery ids=7478 post_parent=all mla_caption={+xmp:Iptc4xmpExt,export+}]

Where you replace “7478” with the ID value of the Media Library item you want to analyze. You can find more information about exploring XMP data in the “Field-level Substitution Parameters, Prefix values, xmp” section of the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab.

I hope that gets you started on finding the data you want to use in your mapping rules. I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have problems or further questions regarding extracting IPTC extension data from our images. Posting a link to one or more of your images would be helpful if you need more specific help. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.

Hi David,
Thank you for reply.
I dig into MLA (and IPTC) documentation but I had misspelling shortcode parameters – your examples was very useful.
Finally I confirm my fault – I checked option “Remove Person Info” during Lightroom Export (and this attr was not present in jpg file)
I exported new files and template based mapping works well.
THANK YOU!

I solved another problem (rather 99’standard feature):
When I used mapping IPTC field “2#005: Object Name” it was truncated after 60 chars ??
I changed it for template rule:
template:([+xmp:Title+])
??

Again, thank you for your reply – It was very helpful.