Description
Altinator helps you manage, review, and optimize image alternative texts (alt texts) in your WordPress site. Improve accessibility, SEO, and editorial workflows with:
- Media library filters for images with/without alt text
- Help tab in the media library about alt texts
- Quick-edit alt texts directly in the media library list view
- Frontend inspector module to highlight images missing alt text on your site
- Settings page to enable/disable features and configure modules
- Extensible via WordPress hooks and filters
For technical documentation and available hooks, see the README.md.
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Screenshots
Media library features: A help-tab about alt texts and a filter to show only images with/without alt text. 
Quick-editing alt texts for images in the list view. 
Use the frontend inspector to highlight images without alt text. 
The plugins features are modular and can be enabled/disabled in the settings.
Installation
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/altinatordirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- (Optional) Configure the plugin via the “Altinator” settings under Settings > Altinator.
FAQ
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Does Altinator modify my images or media files?
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No, Altinator only helps manage and annotate your images’ alt texts. It does not alter image files themselves.
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Is Altinator compatible with other media plugins?
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Altinator is designed to be compatible with most plugins that do not override the default WordPress media library.
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Can I extend Altinator via code?
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Yes! See the technical documentation and available hooks in the plugin’s README.md on GitHub.
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Can Altinator generate alt texts for me?
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We are currently working on a feature to generate alt texts for you. Check back soon!
If you are interested in testing this features, please contact us at mail(at)goodwp.io -
Where should I report bugs, feature requests or security issues?
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Please use the GitHub issue tracker.
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Contributors & Developers
“Altinator” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0 (2025-06-27):
- The first public release of the plugin 🥳