Accessibility Tools & Alt Text Finder

78 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

At 3,000 active installs it is a smaller plugin, but install numbers are modest for a niche compliance tool rather than a sign of poor quality.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated within days of this review and tested against WordPress 6.9.4, the maintenance signal is excellent.

User Rating

15/15

A 98 out of 100 from 69 reviewers is exceptionally strong and suggests a loyal, satisfied user base.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened is a double-edged signal: either the plugin rarely breaks or users are not getting help when they need it, and the 50% score reflects that uncertainty.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Requires WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4, which covers the vast majority of current installations and earns a perfect compatibility score.

Scores higher than 62% of indexed plugins

About

WordPress accessibility checker for WCAG issues, missing Alt text finder, contrast checker, guided checklists, resources, and accessibility training.

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-05-29 7:11am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.0+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Accessibility Tools & Alt Text Finder scans your WordPress media library and content for accessibility issues, with a focus on flagging images that lack descriptive alt text. It also includes WCAG-aligned checks like contrast evaluation, guided remediation checklists, and links to accessibility training resources. In practice, it functions as a lightweight audit tool rather than a hands-on fix-it-and-forget-it solution.

Who It's For

This plugin suits compliance-driven teams at government bodies, educational institutions, healthcare providers, and nonprofits that need to meet ADA, Section 508, or WCAG obligations and want a starting checklist. It is also useful for content publishers and bloggers who frequently add images but rarely audit them for accessibility. Corporate legal and compliance staff who must document accessibility efforts will find the guided checklists and resources especially practical.

Who Should Skip It

If you already run a full-featured accessibility suite like Accessibility Widget by OneTap (50,000 installs, score 83.24) or a dedicated auditing service, this plugin adds little. Sites with very few images or no compliance pressure will not get enough value from the alt-text scanning alone.

The Bottom Line

Accessibility Tools & Alt Text Finder earns a 77.77 overall score, driven by a perfect maintenance record, a 98/100 user rating, and full compatibility, but weighed down by a tiny install base and zero visible support activity. It is a sensible pick for compliance-focused organizations that want a checklist-driven starting point, not a replacement for a professional audit. If you need an accessibility toolbar visitors can actually use, look at Accessibility Widget by OneTap instead.

Pick this instead if you need a visitor-facing accessibility toolbar with font resizing, contrast modes, and keyboard navigation rather than a back-end auditing tool.

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 85/100

Choose Folders when your priority is organizing a large, messy media library so alt text and accessibility tasks are easier to manage at scale.

Media Library Assistant 84/100

Choose Media Library Assistant if you want deeper media library management with bulk editing of alt text and metadata, which pairs well with accessibility workflows.

Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 84/100

Pick Instant Images when your accessibility problem is volume: it speeds up sourcing images so you have time to write proper alt text for each.

Quick Featured Images 83/100

Choose Quick Featured Images if your main accessibility gap is missing featured images on posts, since it automates that specific workflow.