Auto Alt Text vs Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute)

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Auto Alt Text

by Valerio Monti

Health A87

Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute)

by Pagup

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Auto Alt Text Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute)

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Auto Alt Text	Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute)
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+100% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 87 ✓	A · 85
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	84/100 ✓	79/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.34★ ✓	4.16★
Reviews	8	111 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	92/100	96/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	5d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	3.6K	4.5K ✓
Category	SEO	SEO

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Auto Alt Text Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute)

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.