AutoAltify

Developer-Friendly

• Modular class-based architecture
• Multiple action and filter hooks for customization
• Clean namespace implementation (AutoAltify)
• Well-documented code with PHPDoc comments
• Easy to extend and integrate with other plugins

Translations

AutoAltify is fully translatable. Text domain: autoaltify

Configuration

Navigate to Settings → AutoAltify to configure:

• Auto-generate on Upload – Enable automatic generation when images are uploaded
• Generation Mode – Choose how ALT text is built (Title Only, Title + Site Name, Clean Filename)
• Allowed Image Types – Select which formats to process (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, SVG)
• Enable Logging – Turn on logging to wp-content/uploads/autoaltify-logs/
• Batch Size – Set images per batch (5-200, default 30)

Usage

Auto-generate on Upload

Enable the “Auto-generate on upload” setting to automatically generate ALT text for newly uploaded images.

Bulk Run All Media

1. 04Go to Settings → AutoAltify
2. 05Click “Run ALT Generator on all media (missing only)”
3. 06Watch the progress bar
4. 07Only processes images without existing ALT text

Media Library Bulk Action

1. 08Go to Media Library
2. 09Select one or more images
3. 10Choose “Generate ALT with AutoAltify” from Bulk Actions
4. 11Click Apply

Media Library Column

View ALT status directly in the media library with the new “ALT Status” column showing: * “Present” (green) – Image has ALT text * “Missing” (red) – Image needs ALT text

API Reference

Filters

autoaltify_generated_alt Modify the generated ALT text before it’s saved.

add_filter( 'autoaltify_generated_alt', function( $alt, $attachment_id ) { return 'Image: ' . $alt; }, 10, 2 );

autoaltify_clean_title Modify the cleaned title before final ALT text.

autoaltify_clean_filename Modify the cleaned filename before final ALT text.

Classes

• AutoAltify\Core\Generator – ALT text generation logic
• AutoAltify\Core\Logger – Logging functionality
• AutoAltify\Core\Options – Settings management
• AutoAltify\Admin\Admin – Admin interface
• AutoAltify\Public_Hooks\Public_Hooks – Frontend hooks

See DEVELOPER-GUIDE.md for detailed API documentation.

Requirements

• WordPress 5.0 or higher
• PHP 7.2 or higher
• Multibyte string support (mb_* functions)

Compatibility

Works with: * WordPress 5.0 – 6.4+ * PHP 7.2 – 8.3+ * All standard WordPress themes * WooCommerce (for product images) * Most image optimization plugins

Performance

• Configurable batch sizes (5-200 images)
• AJAX processing prevents timeouts
• Efficient database queries with meta queries
• Optional logging for better performance control
• Suitable for media libraries with 1000+ images

Support

For questions, issues, or feature requests, please contact the plugin author or refer to documentation.

License

This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later, as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

Credits

Built with WordPress best practices and security in mind.

Made with ❤️ for WordPress developers and site owners.