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It treats variation images, gallery images, and featured images\ndifferently. It uses your product attributes as context. It gives you a\nproduct-by-product catalog dashboard with SKUs, prices, and quality scores.\nAnd it exports a full image SEO audit report for your entire store.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Why product image SEO matters<\/h4>\n\n<p>Google Image Search is a major source of buyer-intent traffic for online\nstores. But Google cannot\n\"see\" your images \u2014 it reads alt text to understand what each image shows.\nPoorly written or missing alt text means your products are invisible to\nimage search, invisible to Google Shopping, and increasingly invisible to\nAI shopping assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity.<\/p>\n\n<p>Product Image SEO fixes this at scale.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Key features<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Product catalog dashboard<\/strong> \u2014 see alt text status across your entire store at a glance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Context-aware AI generation<\/strong> \u2014 uses product title, category, attributes, SKU, and tags<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bulk processing<\/strong> \u2014 fix thousands of product images in one run with progress tracking<\/li>\n<li><strong>Auto-generate on save<\/strong> \u2014 new products get alt text automatically<\/li>\n<li><strong>Variation image support<\/strong> \u2014 handles product variation images correctly<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gallery image support<\/strong> \u2014 processes featured image plus all gallery images<\/li>\n<li><strong>Image SEO audit reports<\/strong> \u2014 full CSV export of catalog image status<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality scoring<\/strong> \u2014 see which products are ready for image search and which need attention<\/li>\n<li><strong>Filter by category, stock, date<\/strong> \u2014 prioritize which products to fix first<\/li>\n<li><strong>SEO-focused output<\/strong> \u2014 alt text written for search engines AND accessibility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Who this is for<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Online store owners with 100+ product images<\/li>\n<li>E-commerce managers running product catalogs<\/li>\n<li>Agencies managing client e-commerce sites<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who wants products to rank in Google Image Search<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>How it works<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install the plugin and activate it (WooCommerce must be active)<\/li>\n<li>Enter your Alt Audit API key (free account includes 25 credits\/month)<\/li>\n<li>Open the Product Image SEO dashboard under your store menu<\/li>\n<li>Click \"Scan Products\" to see current alt text status across your catalog<\/li>\n<li>Bulk-generate alt text for products that need it<\/li>\n<li>Review and approve AI suggestions<\/li>\n<li>Export an image SEO audit report for your records<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Documentation<\/h4>\n\n<p>The plugin homepage is <a href=\"https:\/\/altaudit.com\/product-image-seo\/\">altaudit.com\/product-image-seo<\/a>.\nFull documentation \u2014 installation, API key setup, bulk fixing, quality\nscoring, a complete settings reference, and troubleshooting \u2014 is at\n<a href=\"https:\/\/altaudit.com\/product-image-seo\/docs\/\">altaudit.com\/product-image-seo\/docs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Requires Alt Audit API<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to the Alt Audit service at altaudit.com. The plugin\nitself is free and open source. Alt text generation uses credits from your\nAlt Audit account:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Free plan:<\/strong> 25 credits\/month forever (no credit card)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pro plan:<\/strong> 1,000 credits\/month<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agency plan:<\/strong> 5,000 credits\/month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>One credit processes one product image. Sign up at <a href=\"https:\/\/altaudit.com\">altaudit.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Related plugin<\/h4>\n\n<p>If you run a content site or blog (not an online store), see our general\npurpose <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/alt-audit\/\">Alt Audit plugin<\/a> instead.\nBoth plugins share the same Alt Audit account.<\/p>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin connects to the Alt Audit API (https:\/\/altaudit.com\/api\/v1) to\ngenerate AI alt text for product images. This service is required for the\nplugin's core functionality.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>What is sent and when:<\/strong>\n- When a user clicks \"Generate Alt Text\" on a product, the plugin sends\n  the product image URL, product title, category path, attributes, SKU,\n  and short description to the Alt Audit API.\n- When a user runs a bulk generation job from the Bulk Fix or Catalog\n  screens, the plugin sends the same product data for each selected\n  product to the Alt Audit API.\n- When the \"Auto-generate on save\" setting is enabled in the plugin\n  settings, the plugin also sends product data to the Alt Audit API\n  automatically each time a product is saved or updated in WooCommerce\n  (whether via the admin UI, REST API, CSV import, or programmatic save).\n  This setting is disabled by default \u2014 no data is sent automatically\n  unless the user explicitly enables it.\n- No data is sent on plugin activation, deactivation, or during normal\n  browsing.\n- The API key is sent with each request to authenticate the account.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Data handling:<\/strong>\n- Alt Audit does not store uploaded product images on its servers.\n- Only the generated alt text and usage metadata are retained.\n- Privacy policy: https:\/\/altaudit.com\/privacy-policy\n- Terms of service: https:\/\/altaudit.com\/terms-of-service<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Go to Plugins &gt; Add New in your WordPress admin<\/li>\n<li>Search for \"Flance Product Image SEO\"<\/li>\n<li>Click Install Now, then Activate<\/li>\n<li>Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active<\/li>\n<li>Open the new \"Product Image SEO\" submenu under your store menu<\/li>\n<li>Click Settings and enter your Alt Audit API key (get one free at altaudit.com)<\/li>\n<li>Click Dashboard and run your first scan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p>Step-by-step setup instructions with screenshots are in the\n<a href=\"https:\/\/altaudit.com\/product-image-seo\/docs\/\">plugin documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"where%20can%20i%20find%20the%20documentation%3F\"><h3>Where can I find the documentation?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Full documentation \u2014 setup, bulk fix modes, how quality scoring works, a\nsettings reference, and troubleshooting \u2014 is at\n<a href=\"https:\/\/altaudit.com\/product-image-seo\/docs\/\">altaudit.com\/product-image-seo\/docs<\/a>.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20work%20with%20product%20variations%3F\"><h3>Does this work with product variations?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Product Image SEO processes featured images, gallery images, and\nvariation images. Each variation can get its own alt text based on its\nspecific attributes like color, size, and style.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20is%20this%20different%20from%20the%20alt%20audit%20plugin%3F\"><h3>How is this different from the Alt Audit plugin?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Both plugins are by the same author and share the same Alt Audit account\nfor AI credits, but they solve different problems:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Alt Audit<\/strong> is a media library auditor. It scans every image in your\nWordPress media library, scores each one against WCAG 2.1 quality criteria,\nand helps you fix attachments one at a time or in bulk. It works on any\nWordPress site (blogs, content sites, brochure sites).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Product Image SEO<\/strong> is a product catalog auditor. It scans your products\nand tracks image SEO coverage at the product level \u2014 featured image,\ngallery images, variation images, all together. It uses product-specific\ndata (SKU, attributes, categories, variations, price) when generating alt\ntext, which Alt Audit does not. It exports CSV audit reports organized by\nproduct and category, not by individual image.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you run a blog, use Alt Audit. If you run an online store, use Product\nImage SEO. If you run a store with a blog, use both \u2014 they don't conflict.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20work%20with%20my%20page%20builder%3F\"><h3>Does this work with my page builder?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Product Image SEO works with Elementor, Divi, Gutenberg, WPBakery,\nBeaver Builder, and any other page builder. It writes to the standard\nWordPress image alt attribute, which every builder reads.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"do%20you%20store%20my%20product%20images%3F\"><h3>Do you store my product images?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The Alt Audit service accesses image URLs temporarily to generate alt\ntext, then discards the image data. Only the generated text and usage\nmetadata are stored. See the privacy policy at altaudit.com\/privacy-policy\nfor details.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20ai%20does%20this%20use%3F\"><h3>What AI does this use?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The Alt Audit service uses Google Gemini multimodal AI to analyze product\nimages and generate contextual alt text. Gemini understands image content\nand combines it with product data the plugin sends (title, category, attributes).<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20edit%20ai%20suggestions%20before%20saving%3F\"><h3>Can I edit AI suggestions before saving?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. 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