How to add ALT text to an image

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  linebarg · Member · Sep 5, 2016 at 11:55 pm

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  I am trying to add ALT text to an image in my media library. I went to wp-admin and pulled up the image. There is a box there to enter the ALT text, but there is no blue update button. How do I save the ALT text?

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  timethief · Member · Sep 5, 2016 at 11:58 pm

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 6, 2016 at 11:42 am

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  Hi there,

  In the grid-view of the media library there isn’t a save button, but instead we auto-save changes you make there. After typing the ALT text you should see a spinning icon top-right of the overlay. Once it stops spinning it will say Saved.

  If you switch the media library to the list view using the icons top-left and edit images from that view you’ll see an update button.