AI Alt Text Generator Lite watches your WordPress media library and writes descriptive, SEO-friendly alt text for every image you upload — automatically. Bring your own AI key. No subscriptions, no limits.
Built for site owners who care about accessibility, rankings, and saving hours of manual work.
Upload an image and the plugin instantly generates descriptive alt text in the background. Zero clicks needed.
One click queues your entire existing media library — even thousands of images — and processes them safely in batches.
Use your own API key from Gemini, OpenAI, Claude, Azure, OpenRouter, Ollama or any custom endpoint. You stay in control.
Run vision models on your own server with Ollama — completely free, private, and offline. No API key required.
Descriptive alt text helps Google understand your images, improving image search rankings and overall SEO.
Screen readers rely on alt text. Make your site WCAG-compliant and usable for everyone, automatically.
A robust job queue with retry logic, plus full activity logs so you always know what was generated, when, and by which model.
Modern PHP 8.3 architecture, nonce-protected forms, prepared SQL statements, and clean uninstall — no leftovers.
Pick your favorite provider, paste your API key, and you're done. Switch anytime without losing data.
Upload the plugin, open Settings, choose your AI provider and paste your API key. The built-in connection test confirms everything works.
New uploads get alt text instantly. For existing images, hit "Bulk Generate" and the queue processes your whole library in the background.
Alt text is saved directly to each image in the media library. Your site becomes more accessible and more discoverable, with zero ongoing effort.
Alt text is how search engines "see" your images. Good descriptions mean more organic traffic from image search.
Missing alt text is the #1 accessibility failure on the web. Screen readers depend on it — and so do your visitors.
Writing alt text for hundreds of images by hand takes days. The plugin does it in minutes — while you focus on content.
If an image can't load, alt text is what your visitors see instead. Make every pixel count.
<img src="sunset.jpg"> <img src="sunset.jpg" alt="Golden sunset over calm ocean waves at a tropical beach with silhouetted palm trees">
Download AI Alt Text Generator Lite, install it on any WordPress site, and let AI handle the boring work. Free forever.
Download AI Alt Text Generator LiteYes — completely. AI Alt Text Generator Lite is released under the GPL v2 license. There are no premium locks, no usage caps, and no subscriptions. You only pay your AI provider for what you use (and providers like Ollama are free).
For cloud providers like Gemini, OpenAI or Claude — yes, you'll need your own API key (most offer generous free tiers). If you use Ollama on your own server, no key is needed at all.
Download the .zip above, then in your WordPress admin go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the file, and activate. The onboarding wizard walks you through the rest in about two minutes.
No. Generation happens in the background through a robust queue system and scheduled processing — never blocking page loads for your visitors.
Absolutely. Every generated description is visible in the Images page where you can edit it, and you can regenerate any image's alt text with one click from the Logs page.
A standard WordPress 6.x installation running PHP 8.3 or newer. No special extensions required.