Internick – Smart Alt Generator
Internick – Smart Alt Generator uses artificial intelligence to create descriptive, SEO-friendly alt text for your WordPress images — improving accessibility (WCAG) and search rankings.
Features:
- Native WordPress 7.0 AI Connectors support — no separate API key needed
- Bulk generator — process every image missing alt text at once
- Auto-generate on upload
- REST API endpoint for external tools and automation
- Generates alt text in your site’s language
On WordPress 6.x the plugin uses your OpenAI API key. On WordPress 7.0+ it uses your configured AI Connectors automatically.
External services
This plugin connects to the OpenAI API to generate alt text for your images. It is required for AI generation on WordPress 6.x sites that do not have the native WordPress 7.0 AI Connectors configured.
When you click „Generate“ (in the block editor, the Media Library, or the Bulk generator) or „Test Connection“ on the settings page, the plugin sends the image (as a base64 data URI) and a short text instruction to OpenAI’s Chat Completions endpoint (https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions), authenticated with the API key you configure. The „Test Connection“ button sends only a minimal „Hi“ message with no image, to verify the key works. Nothing is sent unless you trigger one of these actions.
This service is provided by OpenAI. By using the OpenAI path you agree to their terms:
- Terms of Use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use
- Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
On WordPress 7.0+ with AI Connectors configured, generation uses your site’s configured AI provider through WordPress core instead, and this plugin makes no direct external calls.
Development
The full, unminified source code — including the React/JavaScript sources under src/ and the build tooling — is publicly available at:
https://github.com/internick2017/smart-alt-generator
Build the compiled assets in build/ with npm install && npm run build.