AI Auto Alt Text Generator
by Connor Bulmer · AI
Automatically generates alt text and image titles for your WordPress media uploads with selectable OpenAI models (defaulting to GPT-5.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈110 estimated
Momentum
-22%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “accessibility” and “ai” for “gpt 5” and “text generator”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gpt 5” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ai” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “text generator” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 77 average across 3,419 AI plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,015 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other AI plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 7 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 124 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto alt text | #7 | #22 | 0 |
| auto alt | #8 | #21 | 0 |
| alt text generator | #8 | #16 | 0 |
| text generator | #10 | #24 | 0 |
| gpt 5 | #9 | #18 | 0 |
| auto custom key alt | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| alt text your tag | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| alt generator | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| alt | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| auto add alt text | #9 | #22 | up 2 |
| ai alt text generator | #12 | #21 | up 1 |
| auto custom key generator | #12 | #23 | up 1 |
| gpt 4o | #11 | #19 | down 1 |
| openai image generator | #14 | #22 | 0 |
| set alt text | #16 | #24 | up 1 |
| fix alt text | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| bulk alt text | #19 | #24 | down 3 |
| missing alt text | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| image auto alt | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| ai alt text | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ai your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
52 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 29 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “accessibility” and “ai” for “gpt 5” and “text generator”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gpt 5” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ai” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “text generator” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 7 Aug 2025 · 453 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 915 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.23 · 2 Jul 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 40 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 100.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 257 days.
Install history since 9 Aug 2025
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Automatically generates alt text and image titles for your WordPress media uploads with selectable OpenAI m..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions OpenAI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,171 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-24 90+ → 100+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 80+ → 90+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 70+ → 80+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 70+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 40+ → 50+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 30+ → 40+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 20+ → 30+ up after 50 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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SEO Media Manager 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Auto Alt Text 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater (Add Alt Text, Image Title For Image SEO) 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Accessibility 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Website LLMs.txt 50K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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