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Alt Text Guides & Best Practices
Everything we know about alt text, organized.
This hub gathers every Filikod guide on alt text: what it is, how to check it, how to add and bulk edit it in WordPress, what the law requires and which tools to use. Each guide draws on real audit data from 2,449 images scored with a published, deterministic methodology.
Understand alt text
What alt text is, how it is scored and what real-world data says about it.
What is alt text?
Definition, HTML syntax, ideal length and SEO impact: the complete guide.
Alt text examples
Good and bad examples by image type, with the real mistakes our audits keep finding.
The ALT Quality Score
The full scoring methodology: statuses, thresholds and grades. No AI involved.
The alt text benchmark
2,449 images audited: 1 in 4 has no alt text. Original data from real audits.
Do it in WordPress
Step-by-step guides to check, add and fix alt text on your site.
Check if an image has alt text
Four methods, from a single image to a whole site.
Add alt text in WordPress
Block editor, media library, page builders: every method covered.
Bulk edit alt text
Fix hundreds of images in one sitting, for free.
WCAG 2.1 and the EAA
What the law requires for images and why accessibility overlays fall short.
Choose your tools
The free checker, the plugin and how they compare to the alternatives.
Not sure where to start?
Start by measuring: the free checker tells you exactly what your pages need, and the free plugin fixes it at scale.
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