Title: Alt Text Issues
Last modified: April 20, 2026

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# Alt Text Issues

 *  [Jason LeMahieu (MadtownLems)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madtownlems/)
 * (@madtownlems)
 * [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alt-text-issues/)
 * Hi there,
   We’re getting more serious about accessibility, and noticed that the
   way this plugin handles the image’s Alt Text could use some improvements – in
   particular around when the Alt Text field is left blank.Core/standard WordPress
   behavior is to use alt=”” when no alt text is provided. This signifies to screen
   readers than the image is decorative and can be ignored. (That’s what happens
   with an Image Block, for example.)However, this widget is using the provided 
   Title. This is bad. The Widget Title and alt text for the image serve completely
   different purposes. I think there are very few scenarios when the image’s alt
   text should be identical to the Widget’s title.If the image is decorative, then
   the alt text should be blank (but present!) – alt=””If the image is meaningful,
   it needs alt text that describes the important information about the image, which
   is rarely going to be the widget’s title.In summary:1) Please stop auto-filling
   the Alt Text from the title. It does more harm than good.2) When no Alt Text 
   is provided, please be sure to output alt=””, to clearly indicate its decorative.
   Happy to answer questions or discuss further. Thank you!

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 * Last reply from: [Jason LeMahieu (MadtownLems)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madtownlems/)
 * Last activity: [1 month, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alt-text-issues/)
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