WilderWoods AltText - AI Alt Text Generator for WordPress

Generate accessible AI alt text for your existing WordPress Media Library in bulk or one click - without API keys, subscriptions, or complicated setup. It analyzes the images already in your Media Library and generates accessible, natural-sounding alt text - plus optional titles, captions, and descriptions - to help you work towards WCAG compliance. Unlike AI plugins that lock you into monthly subscriptions or hand you a pile of API keys to manage, WilderWoods AltText is built to be fair, simple, and developer-friendly: install it, connect it, and start generating. This plugin connects to a remote cloud service to function. Using it requires an explicit opt-in: click "Save Key & Connect to Cloud" on the Settings page, or click "Generate" on any image. That one action registers your site with WilderWoods AltText Cloud and grants 40 free credits - no account creation or API key needed. Each image generation uses one credit. See "External Services" below for exactly what's sent, where, and why. 🌟 The WilderWoods Difference

• No Subscriptions: No monthly lock-ins. You get 40 free credits when you connect. Need more? Buy a credit pack once and use it at your own pace - your credits never expire.
• Zero API Setup: No Google Cloud Console, no API keys to manage. We handle the secure backend. Just install, click connect, and start generating.
• One Credit Pool for All Your Sites: Agency or multi-site owner? Use your unique Sync Key to share one central credit balance across every WordPress site you manage.
• Server-Friendly Bulk Processing: Queue your entire Media Library. The background queue works through thousands of images at a controlled pace to minimise the load on your server.

🛠️ Key Features

• Zero Setup: No API keys to paste, no accounts to create. Install the plugin and start generating immediately.
• Bulk Generation: Process your entire Media Library in the background. You can close your browser - the job keeps running and finishes on its own.
• On-Demand Generation: Generate metadata for a single image directly from the Media Library grid or list view.
• Smart & Respectful: It won't overwrite your existing, hand-written metadata unless you explicitly tell it to.
• Total Control: Choose exactly what gets generated. Alt text, titles, captions, and descriptions can each be toggled independently.
• Accessibility First: Automatically generate descriptive, meaningful alt text for screen readers to help you work towards WCAG compliance.
• No Arbitrary Expirations: Buy a pack once and use it at your own pace. No subscriptions, and no countdown clocks on your unused credits.
• One Balance, Every Site: Copy your Sync Key into the plugin on any other WordPress site you manage, and they all draw from the same shared pool.

🚀 How It Works

1. Install and activate the plugin.
2. Go to Settings and click "Save Key & Connect to Cloud" - this instantly grants your 40 free credits.
3. Click "Generate" on a single image, or run a Bulk Job for your whole library.
4. Let the AI do the heavy lifting while you grab a coffee.

🔒 External Services & Privacy This plugin connects to a remote cloud service to function. AI processing happens securely in the cloud to keep your own server fast - running modern AI models locally isn't practical. By using this service, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Specifically:

• Image analysis: When you generate metadata, the image's public URL and a short site summary (site name, homepage description, navigation labels - just enough for the AI to understand your niche, e.g. woodworking rather than travel) are sent to WilderWoods AltText Cloud, which forwards the image to Google's Gemini API and returns the generated text. No image files are sent from your server directly to Google. Google's Privacy Policy applies to that processing.
• Account & payments: Your site is identified by a randomly generated Sync Key - never your name, email, or WordPress account. Credit pack purchases are processed by Freemius; see their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Freemius, not us, handles and stores your payment details, and you use your own real email at checkout.
• No visitor content is sent. Only image URLs and the site summary above are transmitted, and only when you explicitly generate metadata, start a bulk job, or connect via Settings.

1.0.2

• Improved: Account Sync Key is now masked by default with Show/Hide and Copy controls to prevent accidental exposure in screenshots and screen shares.
• Improved: Replaced UI emojis with native WordPress Dashicons for a cleaner, more professional admin aesthetic.

1.0.1

• Fixed: Image generation now works on hosts with strict security firewalls (e.g. SiteGround) via a new hybrid image delivery architecture.
• Fixed: Resolved a race condition where cancelling the bulk queue while an image was processing could cause the queue to resume unexpectedly.
• Improved: More robust local media file detection for sites using media folder plugins or that have been migrated between hosts.

1.0.0

• Initial release.