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AI Alt Text Creator is a complete solution for automating image SEO and accessibility on your WordPress site. It uses Artificial Intelligence to analyze your images and generate descriptive, context-aware Alt Text and Titles.
By connecting to OpenRouter, this plugin bypasses expensive monthly subscriptions, giving you direct access to the world’s best AI models (including Google Gemini, GPT-4, and Claude 3.5) at the lowest possible cost.
🚀 Key Features
One-Click Manual Generation: Instantly generate metadata for individual images directly from the Media Library list view. Perfect for new uploads or refining specific images.
Automated Background Processing: Process your entire back catalog automatically using the built-in Cron scheduler. Configure batch sizes and intervals to suit your server’s capacity.
Context-Aware Descriptions: The AI reads the Title and Content of the post/page the image is attached to. This ensures the generated Alt Text is relevant to your specific article, not just a generic description of the visual.
Global Context: Add custom instructions (e.g., “Always mention our brand name ‘Acme Corp'”) that apply to every image generated.
Smart Error Handling:
Retry Failed: Automatically logs failed attempts. You can retry all failed images with one click from the settings page.
JSON Fixer: A specialized tool to scan and fix images where the AI might have accidentally saved raw code instead of text.
Detailed Logging: View the exact generation timestamp, source (Manual vs Cron), and any error messages directly in the “Edit Media” screen.
Cost Control: You bring your own API key. You pay only for exactly what you use, with no markup.
Format Control: Choose exactly which file types to process (JPG, PNG, WEBP, etc.).
🧠 Why OpenRouter?
OpenRouter is an AI aggregator that offers significant benefits for WordPress users:
Cheaper: Models like Google Gemini 1.5 Flash are incredibly affordable (often fractions of a cent per image).
Flexible: Switch models instantly. If a new model is released tomorrow, you can simply paste its ID and use it immediately.
No Middleman: You use your own API key.
💡 Context & Prompts
You can customize exactly how the AI behaves using placeholders in your prompts:
Examples of Global Context:
<pre><code>Inputs:
– Page Topic: [{post_title}]
– Page Content: [{post_content}]
– Image: [attached image]
</code></pre>
Examples of Alt Text Prompt:
<pre><code>Role: Web Accessibility and SEO Expert.
Task: Generate a single, optimized alt text string (MAX 125 characters) for the provided image, situated within the context of inputs.
</code></pre>
Examples of Alt Text Prompt:
<pre><code>Role: SEO Copywriting Specialist.
Task: Generate 1 optimized image title based on the provided topic and attached image.
</code></pre>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin relies on OpenRouter as a third-party service to provide Artificial Intelligence capabilities.
<blockquote>
Service Name: OpenRouter
Service URL: https://openrouter.ai/
Data Sent: Image URLs, Post Titles, and Post Content (context) are 
 sent to the OpenRouter API for processing.
Terms of Service: OpenRouter Terms https://openrouter.ai/terms
Privacy Policy: OpenRouter Privacy Policy 
 https://openrouter.ai/privacy
</blockquote>
Note: You must obtain your own API key from OpenRouter to use this plugin.
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<ol>
<li>API Configuration</li>
</ol>
OpenRouter API Key: Sign up at OpenRouter.ai and paste your key here.
AI Model: Enter the model ID you wish to use (default: google/gemini-flash-1.5).
<ol>
<li>Generation Options</li>
</ol>
Global Context: Instructions sent with every request. Great for setting the “persona” of the AI.
Supported Image Formats: Define which file extensions the plugin should process.
Enable Alt Text / Title: Toggle which metadata fields you want to generate.
Prompts: Customize the specific instructions for generating Alt Text vs Titles.
Save Generation Info: Enables logging of timestamps and error messages to the database.
<ol>
<li>Bulk Generation (Cron)</li>
</ol>
Enable Background Processing: Turns on the automatic generator.
Batch Size: How many images to process per run. Keep this low (1-2) to prevent server timeouts.
Interval: How often the job runs (in minutes).

KooKoo AI Alt Text Creator

Automatically generates descriptive Alt Text and Titles for your Media Library images using AI via OpenRouter.

Vishal Padhariya

AutoAltify is a powerful WordPress plugin that automatically generates descriptive ALT text for images in your media library. Improve accessibility and SEO while saving time on manual ALT text entry.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic ALT Text Generation – Generate ALT text from image titles, filenames, or combined with site name</li>
<li>Three Generation Modes – Title Only, Title + Site Name, or Clean Filename</li>
<li>Bulk Operations – Generate ALT text for your entire media library with one click</li>
<li>AJAX Batching – Process images in batches to prevent timeouts</li>
<li>Media Library Integration – View ALT status directly in media library</li>
<li>Logging – Optional detailed logging for troubleshooting</li>
<li>Bulk Actions – Process selected images from media library</li>
<li>Developer Hooks – Extensive filters and actions for custom integration</li>
<li>Multi-language Ready – Fully translatable</li>
</ul>
<h4>Generation Modes</h4>
Title Only – Uses the clean image title as ALT text
Title + Site Name – Combines the image title with your blog name
Clean Filename – Extracts readable text from filenames, removing common noise words (v1, v2, final, copy, img, image, etc.)
<h4>Three Ways to Use</h4>
<ol>
<li>Enable Auto-generate – Automatically generate ALT text when images are uploaded</li>
<li>Bulk Run Tool – Generate ALT text for entire media library from settings page</li>
<li>Media Library Bulk Action – Select specific images and generate ALT text</li>
</ol>
<h4>Security & Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Secure nonce verification on all AJAX actions</li>
<li>Proper capability checks for all admin functions</li>
<li>Efficient batching prevents server timeouts</li>
<li>Configurable batch sizes (5-200 images per batch)</li>
<li>Works with large media libraries (1000+ images)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer-Friendly</h4>
<ul>
<li>Modular class-based architecture</li>
<li>Multiple action and filter hooks for customization</li>
<li>Clean namespace implementation (AutoAltify)</li>
<li>Well-documented code with PHPDoc comments</li>
<li>Easy to extend and integrate with other plugins</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
AutoAltify is fully translatable. Text domain: <code>autoaltify</code>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
Navigate to Settings → AutoAltify to configure:
<ul>
<li>Auto-generate on Upload – Enable automatic generation when images are uploaded</li>
<li>Generation Mode – Choose how ALT text is built (Title Only, Title + Site Name, Clean Filename)</li>
<li>Allowed Image Types – Select which formats to process (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, SVG)</li>
<li>Enable Logging – Turn on logging to wp-content/uploads/autoaltify-logs/</li>
<li>Batch Size – Set images per batch (5-200, default 30)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Auto-generate on Upload</h4>
Enable the “Auto-generate on upload” setting to automatically generate ALT text for newly uploaded images.
<h4>Bulk Run All Media</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to Settings → AutoAltify</li>
<li>Click “Run ALT Generator on all media (missing only)”</li>
<li>Watch the progress bar</li>
<li>Only processes images without existing ALT text</li>
</ol>
<h4>Media Library Bulk Action</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to Media Library</li>
<li>Select one or more images</li>
<li>Choose “Generate ALT with AutoAltify” from Bulk Actions</li>
<li>Click Apply</li>
</ol>
<h4>Media Library Column</h4>
View ALT status directly in the media library with the new “ALT Status” column showing: 
* “Present” (green) – Image has ALT text 
* “Missing” (red) – Image needs ALT text
<h3>API Reference</h3>
<h4>Filters</h4>
autoaltify_generated_alt 
Modify the generated ALT text before it’s saved.
<pre><code>add_filter( 'autoaltify_generated_alt', function( $alt, $attachment_id ) {
 return 'Image: ' . $alt;
}, 10, 2 );
</code></pre>
autoaltify_clean_title 
Modify the cleaned title before final ALT text.
autoaltify_clean_filename 
Modify the cleaned filename before final ALT text.
<h4>Classes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>AutoAltify\Core\Generator</code> – ALT text generation logic</li>
<li><code>AutoAltify\Core\Logger</code> – Logging functionality</li>
<li><code>AutoAltify\Core\Options</code> – Settings management</li>
<li><code>AutoAltify\Admin\Admin</code> – Admin interface</li>
<li><code>AutoAltify\Public_Hooks\Public_Hooks</code> – Frontend hooks</li>
</ul>
See DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md for detailed API documentation.
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 7.2 or higher</li>
<li>Multibyte string support (mb_* functions)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
Works with: 
* WordPress 5.0 – 6.4+ 
* PHP 7.2 – 8.3+ 
* All standard WordPress themes 
* WooCommerce (for product images) 
* Most image optimization plugins
<h3>Performance</h3>
<ul>
<li>Configurable batch sizes (5-200 images)</li>
<li>AJAX processing prevents timeouts</li>
<li>Efficient database queries with meta queries</li>
<li>Optional logging for better performance control</li>
<li>Suitable for media libraries with 1000+ images</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
For questions, issues, or feature requests, please contact the plugin author or refer to documentation.
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later.
<pre><code>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later,
as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
</code></pre>
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
<h3>Credits</h3>
Built with WordPress best practices and security in mind.
Made with ❤️ for WordPress developers and site owners.

AutoAltify

Auto-generate missing ALT text for WordPress image attachments with multiple generation modes, bulk operations, and developer hooks.

KooKoo AI Alt Text Creator vs AutoAltify