Smart Image Alt Text
Automatically fills empty image alt text using title or filename for SEO and accessibility.
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Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Maintained • Last updated 102 days ago
Is Smart Image Alt Text abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 102 days ago).
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Description
Smart Image Alt Text is a lightweight, simple WordPress plugin that automatically generates alt text for images when uploaded.
Key Features:
* Automatically fills alt text for images without manual input.
* Uses the post title first, then falls back to the filename if the title is empty.
* Improves website SEO and accessibility.
* Works with all standard WordPress image uploads.
* Fully compliant with WordPress.org coding standards.
* Future-proof and ready for translations.
Installation
- Upload the ‘smart-image-alt-text’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Upload an image to your media library. Alt text will be automatically filled.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you can. The plugin only automatically fills alt text when the field is empty. If you later decide to change or add custom alt text, you can always go to your WordPress Media Library and manually edit the alt text for any image. The plugin will not overwrite your manual changes.
Yes, it works with JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, and all standard WordPress image types.
The plugin’s primary goal is to provide a fallback to avoid empty alt tags. While it will use IMG_1234 as a fallback, it’s a good practice to rename your image files before uploading them for better SEO. For example, my-new-puppy.jpg would result in the alt text “My new puppy.”
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Changelog
1.1.1
- Initial public release.
- Automatically fills alt text from the post title or filename.
- Improved code readability and function prefixing for better uniqueness.
- Wrapped filter hook inside ‘plugins_loaded’ for safer execution.

