Alt text is how people using screen readers "see" your photos, and it helps search engines understand them too. On a recipe post with 15 process shots, it is easy for a few to slip through without it. A Fix Alt Text project helps you find every image missing a description and work through them in batches.

Press / anywhere on your site to open Super Search and type Posts with missing alt text. Clariti filters Explore to every post with at least one image missing alt text and adds an Alt Text Missing column sorted from most to least.

To start with the posts that get the most traffic, type Posts with missing alt text by most views.

1. In Explore, click Add Filter and choose Alt Text Missing Count (under Opportunities).

2. Drag the slider so the minimum is 1.

3. Click the columns icon (Select Columns to Show in List) and check Alt Text Missing to see the count for each post.

Create a project such as "Fix Alt Text" with tasks like:

Then click ... at the top right of Explore, choose Assign to Project, pick Filtered Items, and choose your project. See How to Add Posts and Pages to a Project. You can also skip the project and work through the list directly.

1. Open the post and click the Content tab.

2. Scroll to the Images and Alt Text table. Every image is numbered, and you can hover over one to preview it. Images missing alt text show Empty.

3. Click Edit in WordPress at the top of the post and add alt text to each image.

4. Update the post in WordPress. The Clariti plugin sends the change to Clariti automatically. If you want to refresh the post right away, click Quick Actions and choose Sync Content.

5. Check off the tasks in your project.

Describe what someone would see, in a sentence or less. "Slice of lemon blueberry bundt cake on a white plate" is more helpful than "cake" or a string of keywords. For step photos, say what is happening, like "Whisking eggs and sugar in a glass bowl."

Some images do not need alt text, like a divider graphic or a decorative background. Images your theme marks as decorative or hidden show Empty (image is decorative or hidden) and are not counted as missing.

If an image is decorative but still shows Empty, check its Ignore box. Ignoring missing alt text applies only to that image on that post, and it is left out of the post's Alt Text Missing count once Clariti refreshes your Explore data. Uncheck the box to count it again.

I added alt text but the post still shows up. Why?

Make sure you updated the post in WordPress, then use Quick Actions and Sync Content to pull the latest version. Counts in Explore catch up shortly after the post syncs.

Does ignoring alt text on one post affect other posts?

No. Ignoring missing alt text only applies to that image on that post. (Ignoring a broken image or link is different, and applies sitewide.)

Reach out anytime and we will help you sort it out. Email us at [email protected].