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Alt Magic: AI Image Alt Text Generator for WP & Image Rename

by Alt Magic Pro · AI

AI alt text generator for WordPress with free monthly credits, fast bulk generation for existing and new images, and optional AI image renaming.

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Health

A 89/100

no flags

Active installs

2K+

≈2.3K estimated

Momentum

+8%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “accessibility” and “image seo” for “alt” and “alt text”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “alt” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “image seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “alt text” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

How scoring works →
89 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 90/100
Support 70/100

89 health vs 77 average across 3,401 AI plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

6.4%

of downloads still active

At least 2K of 31.2K 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 23 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

Version
1.8.6
Last updated
17d ago
Added
2024-11-05 · 1 yr old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.0

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.

95 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100

Updated 17 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 79/100

5.0★ over 19 reviews, smoothed to 4.35★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Daily downloads

Since 6 Nov 2024 · 727 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+8% vs prior 30d
332 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.6K · peaks are release surges

3.7K2 Nov 2026

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Alt Magic: AI Image · #4391youImage Alt Text · #2104AI Alt Text Generato · #4233Fix Alt Text · #5887

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

892 Nov 2026

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.

1.9K2 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

23

releases in the last 12 months

17d ago

latest release · v1.8.6 · 16 Oct 2026

36

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.8.6 · 16 Oct 20261.8.5 · 7 Oct 20261.8.4 · 29 Sep 20261.8.3 · 31 Aug 20261.8.2 · 18 Aug 20261.8.1 · 23 Jul 20261.7.10 · 14 Jul 20261.7.9 · 10 Jul 20261.7.8 · 28 Jun 20261.7.7 · 27 May 20261.7.6 · 20 May 20261.7.5 · 6 May 20261.7.4 · 30 Apr 20261.7.3 · 16 Apr 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.7 82%
v0.4 13%
Older / other versions 4.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.3K

Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 27% of the way through.

At the current install trend, crossing 3K+ in roughly 122 days.

Install history since 5 Nov 2024

2K2 Nov 2026

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.8.1 Improved bulk processing reliability and added a new processing speed option. 1.8.1
  2. — Version 1.7.10 Security improvements and general maintenance. 1.7.10
  3. — Version 1.7.9 Added a helpful local site unlock option. UI bug fixes in after-generation cases. Improved alt text generation messages across the plugin. 1.7.9
  4. — Version 1.7.8 Improved credit display formatting in admin pages Polished the processed images credits banner 1.7.8
  5. — Version 1.7.7 Improved bad filename detection for image renaming Reduced false positives for descriptive image names 1.7.7
  6. — Version 1.7.6 Added image rename improvements Updated to WordPress 7.0 compatibility 1.7.6

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.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

7 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 18 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 18 of 18 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "for teams", "for stores").
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Yoast, Rank Math.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 1 list.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 5,272 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

  1. 2026-07-25 1K+ → 2K+ up after 158 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-17 700+ → 1K+ up after 14 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-03 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-02-02 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-01 600+ → 700+ up after 28 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-04 500+ → 600+ up after 27 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-08 400+ → 500+ up after 16 days in tier
  8. 2025-11-22 300+ → 400+ up after 49 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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Alt Magic: AI Image Alt Text Generator for WP & Image Rename: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/alt-magic-ai-powered-alt-texts

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