Image Alt Text

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

With 9,000 active installs it has a modest footprint, far below the 100,000-install leader in this category, so its real-world reach is limited.

Update Freshness

25/25

A last-updated date in early July 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0.0 indicate the developer is actively shipping updates and tracking core releases.

User Rating

15/15

A perfect 100/100 from 55 reviewers is impressive, though the small sample size means one or two outlier scores can swing the average meaningfully.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved is a red flag, as there is no public track record of the developer responding to user issues.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores max out because the plugin supports PHP 7.4+, WordPress 5.0+, and has been tested against the latest 7.0.0 release.

Scores higher than 81% of indexed plugins

About

Add, edit, and bulk-generate alt text for every WordPress image, manually or automatically using AI. Fix image SEO and accessibility in minutes.

Active Installs 10k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-09-07 1:07pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.0+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: November 27, 2024

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What It Does

Image Alt Text lets you add, edit, and bulk-generate alt attributes on WordPress images either by hand or through an AI-driven workflow. It targets both accessibility compliance and image SEO by ensuring every media item in the library has descriptive alt text. The tool is built for site owners who need to fix missing alt text across large existing libraries without editing each image individually.

Who It's For

This plugin fits content-heavy sites such as blogs, news outlets, e-commerce catalogues, and stock photo directories where hundreds or thousands of images need alt text retrofitted. It is also a reasonable pick for agencies or freelancers who manage client sites and want a single dashboard to audit and correct alt attributes. Smaller personal sites with only a handful of images will get less value out of the bulk features.

Who Should Skip It

If your site has fewer than 20 images, you can add alt text manually in the Media Library without a dedicated plugin. Site owners on PHP versions older than 7.4 or running legacy WordPress installs below 5.0 cannot use it.

The Bottom Line

Image Alt Text is a well-maintained, compatibility-strong plugin with a perfect rating and modern WordPress support, but its 9,000 installs and lack of any support thread history make it harder to trust at scale. The overall quality score of 80.21/100 is respectable and competitive within the category. Worth trying on a staging site first, and a sensible upgrade path for users who have outgrown filename-based tools but do not want to pay for a premium AI service.

Pick this instead if you want a free, filename-based approach with no AI dependency and a proven 100,000-install track record.

WP Accessibility 83/100

Choose this when you need broader accessibility tooling beyond alt text, such as skip links, focus management, and ARIA fixes.

Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility 81/100

Go with this if AI alt generation is your primary need and you want a more established 20,000-install option in that niche.

Auto Alt Text 79/100

Consider this lightweight alternative if you only need automatic generation on upload without bulk-editing controls.

Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute) optimizer (image SEO) 78/100

Use this if you already run Yoast SEO and want alt text features that integrate with your existing SEO workflow.