What's alternative text

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Posted by E_Chastain 362 days ago
When posting pictures with my articles I see there is a place to put alternative text. I haven't tried to do this, what's the purpose?

5 Comments

Written by admin, 362 days ago.
If the image fails to load, or if someone has images disabled in their browser, whatever you set the alternative text to will display in place of the image.

Also, using Alt text is useful for Google to know what the image is, which in turn is useful for ranking well in Google Images and getting traffic from this resource.
Written by E_Chastain, 362 days ago.
Oh wow, that is useful. Thanks so much for explaining and filling me in on this little tidbit.

Elaine
Written by E_Chastain, 362 days ago.
Also, is there a shortcut to go back and add text to all the images I have already uploaded?
Written by admin, 362 days ago.
There's not a way to automatically insert alt text into all the images "at once" if that is what you're asking.

The best way is to go into the editor, right click the image, select "image properties" and then you'll get the image dialog prompt to pop up where you can insert alt text.
Written by E_Chastain, 362 days ago.
Okay thanks, I'll do that over the next couple of days :)
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