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supportI just want to confirm – This plugin retroactively updates alt text of images only on the backend, correct? I see that alt text is applied to images under “Inspect”, but not in WordPress’s Media Dashboard. Please confirm. I’ve love to see them updated in the UI as well. Thanks!
As a second part to my question: Will alt text be applied to the Media Dashboard UI for NEWLY uploaded images at least? This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by tickett0 .
Hi The best part of the plugin is it never do any changes in the backend ie in the database. It dynamically add the respective attributes and corresponding values to it which you can see by inspecting as you have said. Since the changes are not made in database therefore it will not reflect in the WordPress Media Dashboard. Regards Priyanshu
Hi @webriti, thanks for getting back to me! From a respectful standpoint, I see this more as a downfall. For a few reasons: 1. Plugins like Yoast SEO won’t recognize these changes since it’s not made in the database. i.e. I might have “poor” SEO since “none of my images have alt text”; when in reality, they do, it just can’t see it. Google sees it, of course, but it makes for difficult optimization from the user side. 2. This assumes that the user will forever use WordPress and depend entirely on the activation of your plugin. Should something migrate or the plugin crash (god forbid), the user is screwed (for lack of a better word) with hundreds, possibly thousands, of images that don’t have permanent alt text saved within the database. 3. It’s difficult from a visual standpoint if the user is auditing all of their images for accurate alt text. Under your plugin, the user must manually “inspect” each image. Which as you can imagine, would be terribly inefficient. I’d love to hear your comments on the above. I haven’t found a plugin yet that assigns permanent alt text, and at this point, am facing a harsh reality of going them them all one-by-one and assigning them manually. Thanks again, Liz [ No bumping please . ] This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Jan Dembowski .
As a second part to my question: Will alt text be applied to the Media Dashboard UI for NEWLY uploaded images at least? This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by tickett0 .
Hi The best part of the plugin is it never do any changes in the backend ie in the database. It dynamically add the respective attributes and corresponding values to it which you can see by inspecting as you have said. Since the changes are not made in database therefore it will not reflect in the WordPress Media Dashboard. Regards Priyanshu
Hi @webriti, thanks for getting back to me! From a respectful standpoint, I see this more as a downfall. For a few reasons: 1. Plugins like Yoast SEO won’t recognize these changes since it’s not made in the database. i.e. I might have “poor” SEO since “none of my images have alt text”; when in reality, they do, it just can’t see it. Google sees it, of course, but it makes for difficult optimization from the user side. 2. This assumes that the user will forever use WordPress and depend entirely on the activation of your plugin. Should something migrate or the plugin crash (god forbid), the user is screwed (for lack of a better word) with hundreds, possibly thousands, of images that don’t have permanent alt text saved within the database. 3. It’s difficult from a visual standpoint if the user is auditing all of their images for accurate alt text. Under your plugin, the user must manually “inspect” each image. Which as you can imagine, would be terribly inefficient. I’d love to hear your comments on the above. I haven’t found a plugin yet that assigns permanent alt text, and at this point, am facing a harsh reality of going them them all one-by-one and assigning them manually. Thanks again, Liz [ No bumping please . ] This reply was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by Jan Dembowski .