{"id":7119,"date":"2018-10-05T18:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T15:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/${domain}\/blog\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2025-04-30T15:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T12:49:22","slug":"how-to-add-alt-attributes-to-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/${domain}\/blog\/how-to-add-alt-attributes-to-images\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Alt Attributes to Images"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search engines cannot \u201cread\u201d images. However, if the image has a text tag, the search engine will understand what is depicted there. The text I\u2019m talking about is called alt attribute. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alt attributes provide\u00a0users with the information about the picture if they have a problem opening it. Besides, if you add an appropriate alt attribute, search engines will show it in image search. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, people looking for a specific image may find yours in search and visit your website. Consider it as another option of enhancing\u00a0SEO and attracting extra traffic to your site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to add alt attributes to images<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 885px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-7119-1\" width=\"885\" height=\"553\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/${domain}\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/how-to-add-alt-attributes.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/${domain}\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/how-to-add-alt-attributes.mp4\">https:\/\/${domain}\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/how-to-add-alt-attributes.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Click on the chosen image.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Open <\/span><b>Media settings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> menu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Insert the capture for the image in the <\/span><b>Title (alt text)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Alt text is what users will see if the picture is not open, so make sure the alt text has the following features<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The text must match the content of the image.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It must be brief but specific.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It should contain the keywords associated with your website.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. <strong>Publish<\/strong> the website to apply all changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search engines cannot \u201cread\u201d images. However, if the image has a text tag, the search engine will understand what is depicted there. 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