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Auto Image Alt Attribute

by jaggskrist · Uncategorized

Adds automatically alt attributes in image tag where alt attributes are missing or alt is empty.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
50 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100

50 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, well behind 6.8.

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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 15/100
Rating quality 85/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2663 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+56% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

299

now · peak 477

29430d 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

Auto Image Alt Attri · #2970 you Post Duplicator · #221 Header and Footer Sc · #246 Post Type Switcher · #271

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · 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.

49per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 98%
Older / other versions 1.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
6K–7K ≈6.6K

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

Install history · since 2019-07-19 · 1,424 observations

6KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
1.2
Last updated
7.3y ago
Added
2017-03-16 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
3.4
Tested up to
5.2.26
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. gjwilson7390
    1.2y ago

    This tool is super cool if you are needing to get a bunch of image alt tags put in quick — granted, it takes the content from filename for the alt tag, but IF your images already have filenames somewhat descriptive of what the image is about, it’s a great way to mass create the alt tags, AND it even bypasses the Divi image module issues and puts the alt tag in successfully, not limited by the Divi version of the alt tag.

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  2. miketrip
    2.9y ago

    Works perfectly!

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  3. mschuyler86
    3.6y ago

    It says it is untested on my theme, so I wanted to add that I tested it and it works as it is suppose to. Thanks. It solved my problem perfectly. I will add though that I would happily pay for a plugin that does this but lets us choose something like “Post Title” for the Alt instead of image name.

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  4. xrisxal2000
    4.7y ago

    Bravo Guys! Excellent and hundy tool!

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  5. lulucmy
    5.2y ago

    The plugin is easy, light and does the job. To the developer : Please remove it from the top-bar. There is only one switch button, it could be under another section. Thanks!

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  6. arminmalle
    5.3y ago

    Macht was es soll, kann ich nur empfehlen. Hat mein SEO auf der Seite um einiges verbessert.

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  7. dilminformatique
    6.1y ago

    wahou!! je ne donne jamais d’avais aux plugins mais alors la! Ca en vaut le coup juste magnifique, j’ai plus de 5000 images sur mon site, j’avais besoin de rajouter pas mal d’attribut alt, en un clic de souris c’est fait! Il m’aurait fallu plusieurs heures pour le faire manuellement! Un grand merci au dév 🙂

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  8. pinopini53
    6.8y ago

    Funziona perfettamente

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.2 WordPress 5.2 compatible 1.2
  2. Version 1.1 fix jQuery confliction issues. Compatible with your latest wordpress version Settings menu added. 1.1

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-01-08 7K+ → 6K+ down after 207 days in tier
  2. 2025-06-15 8K+ → 7K+ down after 198 days in tier
  3. 2024-11-29 9K+ → 8K+ down after 336 days in tier
  4. 2023-12-29 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-12-28 9K+ → 10K+ up after 2 days in tier
  6. 2023-12-26 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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