Title: Error: $content is empty
Last modified: February 18, 2026

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# Error: $content is empty

 *  Resolved [webparaplan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webparaplan/)
 * (@webparaplan)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-content-is-empty/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m writing about an issue in your **Bulk Image Alt Text with Yoast** plugin.
   In `/admin/controllers/DomController.php` (lines ~580-594), the plugin calls `
   error_log('Error: $content is empty')` whenever it encounters empty content.
 * Empty content is a normal state in WordPress (archive pages, search results, 
   etc.) and shouldn’t be logged as an error. These messages quickly fill up debug
   logs with false positives, hiding real issues. Please consider removing these
   log calls or making them conditional (only when `WP_DEBUG` is true). This would
   greatly improve the plugin’s compatibility with production environments.
 * Thanks for your work on the plugin!

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 *  Plugin Author [Sajjad Ali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the-rock/)
 * (@the-rock)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-content-is-empty/#post-18827710)
 * Hello [@webparaplan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webparaplan/)
 * Thank you for the report. It should be fixed in the next upcoming update.
 * Regards

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 * Last activity: [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-content-is-empty/#post-18827710)
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