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<p>Missing or weak alt text on images hurts both SEO and accessibility. Flux AI Alt Text & Accessibility Audit helps you find and fix those gaps across your entire media library with an on-demand Compliance Audit Dashboard and AI-generated alt text.</p>
<h4>NEW – Compliance Dashboard</h4>
<p>Scan your entire media library on demand. The Compliance Dashboard shows a coverage score and categorizes images by risk: missing alt text, placeholder or generic text, duplicates, and descriptive or contextual alt. Filter by category and fix issues in bulk. Run a full scan to see which images need attention, which are marked decorative, and which already have solid alt text—then generate, apply, or mark decorative in one place.</p>
<h4>AI Alt Text Generation</h4>
<p>Generate descriptive, context-aware alt text in bulk using your choice of <strong>OpenAI</strong>, <strong>Google Gemini</strong>, or <strong>Anthropic Claude</strong>. Review each recommendation before applying. The plugin can use post or product context when available. WooCommerce product images are supported; alt text can include product name and attributes. Bring your own API key for the provider you choose. Get keys: <a href="https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/api-keys" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenAI</a>, <a href="https://aistudio.google.com/apikey" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Gemini</a>, <a href="https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys" rel="nofollow ugc">Anthropic Claude</a>.</p>
<h4>Built for Agencies & Site Owners</h4>
<p>Fix hundreds or thousands of images quickly. Reduce accessibility risk exposure and improve media SEO coverage with bulk generation, risk-based filtering, and one-click mark-as-decorative. The plugin aligns with WCAG 2.1 guidance for non-text content; it does not provide legal certification or guarantee full WCAG compliance.</p>
<h4>Works With</h4>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce (product images)</li>
<li>Any WordPress theme</li>
<li>Major SEO plugins</li>
</ul>
<p>Optional <a href="https://fluxplugins.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Flux Suite</a> license connects to <strong>hosted</strong> alt text generation (no BYOK API keys required for that path). <strong>Automation, compliance scans, and the rest of the plugin work without a license</strong> when you configure a BYOK provider key or use hosted generation when you choose Flux Suite.</p>
<h4>Automation (merged from former separate plugin)</h4>
<p>As of version 4.0.0, automation and related tools previously shipped in <strong>Flux AI Alt Text & Accessibility Audit Pro</strong> are built into this plugin. With <strong>Settings > Automation</strong> enabled you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Run <strong>automated alt text queueing</strong> on a recurring schedule (Action Scheduler). Scheduled generation uses your configured BYOK provider API key <strong>or</strong> Flux Suite hosted generation when a valid license is active.</li>
<li>Run a <strong>daily compliance scan</strong> without manual scans (runs locally on your site; no license required)</li>
<li>Use <strong>hosted generation</strong> without configuring OpenAI, Gemini, or Claude API keys when a valid Flux Suite license is active (optional serviceware)</li>
<li>Apply <strong>SEO-friendly filename</strong> suggestions where enabled in Settings (Suite-provided suggestions when using Flux Suite hosted generation)</li>
</ul>
<p>Configure these under <strong>Flux Suite > AI Media Alt Creator > Settings > Automation</strong>. To use hosted generation, activate your license under <strong>Flux Suite > License</strong>. If you still have the separate Pro plugin installed, deactivate and remove it after upgrading to 4.0.0 or later to avoid duplicate processing.</p>
<h4>Core Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>On-demand media library scan and optional daily compliance scan (no license required)</li>
<li>Alt Text Coverage Score with risk breakdown by category</li>
<li>Missing, Placeholder, Duplicate, Descriptive, Contextual, and Decorative classification</li>
<li>AI-generated descriptive alt text (BYOK or Flux Suite–hosted)</li>
<li>Bulk generate and apply with background batch processing</li>
<li>Automated alt text queueing and scheduled compliance scans</li>
<li>SEO filename generation and apply (Settings-controlled)</li>
<li>Mark images as decorative (WCAG best practice)</li>
<li>WooCommerce product image support</li>
<li>Context-aware generation using post/product data</li>
<li>Lightweight and WordPress-native</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p><strong>External Service Integration:</strong></p>
<p>This plugin can integrate with OpenAI, Google (Gemini), or Anthropic (Claude) vision APIs for BYOK alt text, and optionally with Flux Suite–hosted endpoints when you use Flux Suite hosted generation. You choose the path in Settings.</p>
<p><strong>What Data is Sent:</strong></p>
<p>When you generate alt text, the following data is sent to the selected provider’s servers:<br />
* Image files or URLs (for analysis via the provider’s vision API)<br />
* Your API key for authentication (stored in WordPress options, transmitted only during API requests)</p>
<p><strong>When Data is Sent:</strong></p>
<p>BYOK: data is sent when you explicitly request alt text generation unless you enable upload-time auto-generation or scheduled alt generation in Settings (requires a configured BYOK provider key or Flux Suite hosted generation with a valid license). Flux Suite: when you use hosted generation with a valid license, images may be processed per your Automation settings. Daily compliance scans run locally and do not send image data to external vision APIs.</p>
<p><strong>Service Providers (one chosen in Settings for BYOK):</strong><br />
* <strong>OpenAI</strong> – Terms: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use | Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy | API keys: https://platform.openai.com/settings/organization/api-keys<br />
* <strong>Google Gemini</strong> – Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms | Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy | API keys: https://aistudio.google.com/apikey<br />
* <strong>Anthropic Claude</strong> – Terms: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/terms | Privacy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy | API keys: https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys</p>
<p><strong>Important Notes:</strong><br />
* BYOK requires an API key for the selected provider<br />
* Image data is transmitted to that provider when you request BYOK generation<br />
* You can remove or change the API key at any time<br />
* Scheduled alt generation may process images in the background when enabled under Settings and BYOK or Flux Suite hosted generation is configured; compliance scans run locally</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>Flux AI Alt Text & Accessibility Audit integrates with OpenAI, Google Gemini, or Anthropic Claude when you use BYOK in Settings, and optionally with Flux Suite–hosted services when you choose hosted generation. When you generate alt text with BYOK, image data is sent to the selected provider for processing. Scheduled alt generation may send image data per your Automation settings when BYOK or Flux Suite hosted generation is configured. Compliance scans run on your site without sending images to external vision APIs.</p>
<p><strong>View our full privacy policy</strong>: <a href="https://fluxplugins.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://fluxplugins.com/privacy-policy/</a></p>
<p><strong>Key points:</strong><br />
* BYOK uses one vision API (OpenAI, Gemini, or Claude) based on Settings<br />
* Image data is transmitted to that provider when you request BYOK generation<br />
* API keys are stored in WordPress options<br />
* Scheduled alt generation may process media in the background when BYOK or Flux Suite hosted generation is configured<br />
* Full compliance with WordPress.org guidelines and privacy regulations</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>This plugin bundles the following third-party libraries (GPL-compatible):</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/woocommerce/action-scheduler" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce Action Scheduler</a> – background job processing (GPL-2.0+)</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/stratease/flux-plugins-common" rel="nofollow ugc">Flux Plugins Common</a> – shared Suite admin, licensing, logging, and API client code (vendor-prefixed PHP; runtime admin JS bundles under <code>src/assets/common/js/dist/</code> use the <code>flux-plugins-common</code> text domain)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<p>Human-readable source: <a href="https://github.com/stratease/flux-ai-media-alt-creator" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/stratease/flux-ai-media-alt-creator</a></p>
<p>To rebuild minified admin assets from source:</p>
<ol>
<li>Clone the repository and <code>cd</code> into the plugin directory.</li>
<li>Run <code>composer install</code> and <code>npm install</code>.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm run build</code> (production). Output is written to <code>assets/js/dist/</code> and <code>src/assets/common/js/dist/</code>.</li>
</ol>
<p>This plugin follows WordPress coding standards and community best practices. For contributing, development setup, coding standards, and architecture, see the <a href="https://github.com/stratease/flux-ai-media-alt-creator/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Contributing Guide</a> on GitHub.</p>


Flux AI Alt Text & Accessibility Audit by Flux Plugins

Missing or weak alt text hurts SEO rankings and can create accessibility gaps. Scan and fix your entire media library in minutes with the help of AI.

Valerio Monti

<p>This plugin implements the automatic creation of alt text for images uploaded to the media library. The alt text is generated at the time of uploading the image and it is also possible to generate the alt text for images already present in the media library.</p>
<p>To generate the alt text, you can choose to use the artificial intelligence of OpenAI or Azure, or decide if you simply want to copy the title of the article where the image is uploaded or the name of the image.</p>
<p>Clearly, using artificial intelligence will allow for a more accurate and useful alt texts.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p>This plugin allows you to generate alt texts in the following ways:<br />
– using Openai APIs (GPT-4o, GPT-4o Mini, o1 Mini)<br />
– using Anthropic Claude API<br />
– using Azure APIs for computational vision;<br />
– recovering the title of the image<br />
– recovering the title of the article in which the image is uploaded</p>
<h4>Getting Started</h4>
<p>After installing the plugin, click on the ‘Auto Alt Text’ menu item.</p>
<h3>Choice of Generation Method</h3>
<p>Select the Generation Method you prefer</p>
<h3>OpenAI’s APIs</h3>
<p>In your OpenAI account, retrieve the following data to enter on the options page:<br />
– API Key</p>
<p>Choose the model you want to use for generating the alt text.<br />
Enter a prompt for generating the alt text according to your needs.</p>
<h3>Claude Anthropic’s APIs</h3>
<p>In your Anthropic account, retrieve the following data to enter on the options page:<br />
– API Key</p>
<p>Choose the model you want to use for generating the alt text.<br />
Enter a prompt for generating the alt text according to your needs.</p>
<h3>Azure’s APIs</h3>
<p>On your Azure account, create a Computer Vision instance and retrieve the following data to enter on the options page:<br />
– Computer Vision API Key<br />
– Computer Vision Endpoint</p>
<p>If you want to generate an alt text in English, save the options without filling in any other fields.</p>
<p>If you want to generate an alt text in a different language, on your Azure account, create a Translator instance and retrieve the following data to enter on the options page:<br />
– Translator Instance API Key<br />
– Translator Instance Endpoint<br />
– Translator Instance Region</p>
<p>After entering this data, save the options.</p>
<p>Select the desired language and save the options again.</p>
<h3>Title of the article</h3>
<p>For this generation method, there are no options to set as the alt text will be generated by copying the title of the article in which the image is uploaded.</p>
<p>In case the article is not uploaded as an attachment of an article, the “Title of the attachment” method will be used as a fallback.</p>
<h3>Title of the attachment</h3>
<p>For this generation method, there are no options to set as the alt text will be generated by copying the title of the image.</p>
<h3>Functioning</h3>
<p>Once the plugin is configured, each time an image is uploaded to the media library, an alt text will be automatically set based on the selected generation method.</p>
<p>For images already in the media library, you can create bulk alt texts. Open the Media Library in the “list” view, select the images for which to generate the alt text, and choose the “Generate alt text” bulk action. (Depending on the number of images chosen and their weight, this may take some time.)</p>
<p>You can also generate the alt text of a single image directly from the media library. Open the Media Library in “grid” mode, choose the image for which to generate the alt text, and click the “Generate alt text” button. In no time the alt text field will be overwritten by the generated description.</p>
<h3>WP-CLI</h3>
<p>If you prefer generating alt text in batch (e.g., to avoid processing in the Media Library UI), you can use WP-CLI.</p>
<p>Generate alt text for a list of attachment IDs:</p>
<pre><code>wp auto-alt-text generate --ids=123,456,789
</code></pre>
<p>Process all image attachments in batches:</p>
<pre><code>wp auto-alt-text generate --all --limit=200 --offset=0
wp auto-alt-text generate --all --limit=200 --offset=200
</code></pre>
<p>Dry run (no metadata updates):</p>
<pre><code>wp auto-alt-text generate --ids=123,456 --dry-run
</code></pre>
<p>Force overwrite of existing alt text (even if “Keep existing alt text” is enabled):</p>
<pre><code>wp auto-alt-text generate --all --limit=200 --offset=0 --force
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Notice</strong>: If you choose one of the methods that involves the use of external APIs, the upload times for images in the media library might increase because it requires sending a request to the APIs, waiting for the external server to process, and waiting for a response.</p>
<h3>Logging</h3>
<p>If the generation of the alt text via AI is set, in case of errors, to avoid blocking the editorial work, the image is loaded anyway but without the alt text being compiled.</p>
<p>When a call to the Azure or OpenAI API fails, a record containing the error message is saved in a custom database table.<br />
In this case, the cause of the error can be seen on the Auto Alt Text -> Error log page.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin uses the following external services alternatively:</p>
<h3>OpenAI</h3>
<p>Selecting the generation method “OpenAI’s APIs” will use the API services of <a href="https://openai.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenAI</a>.</p>
<p>This plugin does not collect any information from your OpenAI account. The data transmitted to OpenAI mainly consists of the image files uploaded to your website and the specified prompt.</p>
<p>For accurate information on privacy and conditions of use, please consult the <a href="https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a> and <a href="https://openai.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">terms and conditions</a> directly on the official website. It is also advisable to check the costs and usage statistics of the API service on the OpenAI website.</p>
<h3>Anthropic Claude</h3>
<p>Selecting the generation method “Anthropic’s APIs” will use the API services of <a href="https://console.anthropic.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Anthropic</a>.</p>
<p>This plugin does not collect any information from your Anthropic Claude account. The data transmitted to Anthropic Claude mainly consists of the image files uploaded to your website and the specified prompt.</p>
<p>For accurate information on privacy and conditions of use, please consult the <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a>, <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/legal/consumer-terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms and conditions for consumers</a> and <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/legal/commercial-terms" rel="nofollow ugc">terms and conditions for commercial</a> directly on the official website. It is also advisable to check the costs and usage statistics of the API service on the Anthropic website.</p>
<h3>Azure</h3>
<p>Selecting the “Azure’s APIs” generation method will use the API services of <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/" rel="nofollow ugc">Microsoft Azure</a>.</p>
<p>This plugin does not collect any information from your Azure account. The data transmitted to Azure consists mainly of image files uploaded to your website.</p>
<p>For accurate information on privacy and conditions of use, please directly consult the <a href="https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a> and <a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/" rel="nofollow ugc">terms and conditions</a> on the official website. It is also advisable to check the costs and usage statistics of the API service on the Microsoft Azure’s website.</p>
<h3>Encryption Constants</h3>
<p>We <strong>strongly recommend</strong> defining the new plugin-specific constants in your <code>wp-config.php</code>:</p>
<pre><code>define( 'AAT_ENCRYPTION_KEY',  'a_random_string_of_at_least_64_characters' );
define( 'AAT_ENCRYPTION_SALT', 'another_random_string_of_at_least_64_characters' );
</code></pre>
<p>You will find these two define(…) lines already generated for you on the Auto Alt Text » Options page – simply copy & paste them before the <code>/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */</code> line in your <code>wp-config.php</code>.</p>
<p>If you choose not to add them, the plugin will continue to work normally, but it will fall back to using your WordPress <code>LOGGED_IN_KEY</code> / <code>LOGGED_IN_SALT</code>, which may break if those salts are ever changed.</p>
<h3>Disclaimer</h3>
<p>Auto Alt Text is a plugin that helps users automatically generate Alt Texts of their images using AI services such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Microsoft Azure.<br />
Users need their own API key and must follow the rules set by the AI service they choose.</p>
<p>By using Auto Alt Text, users agree to watch and manage AI-made content and address any issues or misuse.</p>
<p>AI Engine developer and related parties are not responsible for any problems or losses caused by the use of the plugin or AI-generated content.</p>


Auto Alt Text

This plugin allows you to automatically generate an Alt Text for images uploaded into the media library via AI.

Flux AI Alt Text & Accessibility Audit by Flux Plugins vs Auto Alt Text