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AI Image Alt Text Generator

by Rafał Całka · AI

Also makes 1 other plugin · 800+ installs across the portfolio →

A WordPress plugin that uses AI to automatically generate descriptive and contextually relevant alt text for images.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
86 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 82/100
Support 70/100

86 health vs 75 average across 1,576 AI plugins

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.

91 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 60/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-01-27 · 945 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+134% vs prior 30d
44Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.0K

now · peak 1.7K

1.1K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

AI Image Alt Text Ge · #7977 you Auto Alt Text · #3491 SOOZ · #4709 All in One SEO · #21

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.5Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

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.

15

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v4.1.2

37

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

4.1.2 · 2mo ago4.1.1 · 2mo ago4.1.0 · 2mo ago4.0.2 · 3mo ago4.0.1 · 3mo ago4.0.0 · 3mo ago3.3.0 · 6mo ago3.2.1 · 6mo ago3.2.0 · 6mo ago3.1.0 · 6mo ago3.0.0 · 9mo ago2.10.0 · 9mo ago2.9.2 · 9mo ago2.9.1 · 10mo ago

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.

v4.1 56%
v3.3 20%
v3.0 8%
Older / other versions 16%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈770

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 800+ in roughly 172 days.

Install history · since 2024-01-26 · 940 observations

700Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
4.2.0
Last updated
6d ago
Added
2024-01-21 · 2 yrs old
Requires WP
7.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
8.1

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Polish 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-25 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-24 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-20 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-19 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-07-18 600+ → 700+ up after 34 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-14 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-12 600+ → 700+ up after 111 days in tier
  8. 2026-02-21 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier

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AI Image Alt Text Generator: 700+ active installs, 4.9★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/alt-text-generator-gpt-vision