{"id":2677,"date":"2020-01-02T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2023-04-24T22:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:29:21","slug":"copy-description-to-alt-text-in-bulk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/copy-description-to-alt-text-in-bulk\/","title":{"rendered":"Copy Image Description To Image Alt Text In Bulk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This tutorial will help you copy WordPress image descriptions that you have set in the WordPress Media Library to Image Alt text attribute on your website using Image Attributes Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tools you need: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Image Attributes Pro <code>version 4.3<\/code> and above. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Latest version of <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/auto-image-attributes-from-filename-with-bulk-updater\/\">Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater<\/a> (it&#8217;s free!).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be taking advantage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/custom-image-attribute-tags\/\">custom attribute<\/a> <code>%imagedescription%<\/code>. It makes the whole process so easy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Set %imagedescription% as Image Alt Text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Head over to the <code>Advanced<\/code> tab of Image Attributes Pro and configure <code>Image Alt Text Settings<\/code> to use <code>%imagedescription%<\/code>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/set-image-description-as-image-alt-text.png\" alt=\"Set Image Description As Image Alt Text\" class=\"wp-image-3629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/set-image-description-as-image-alt-text.png 950w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/set-image-description-as-image-alt-text-730x238.png 730w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/set-image-description-as-image-alt-text-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/set-image-description-as-image-alt-text-600x196.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Configure Bulk Updater Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Head over to <code>Image Attributes Pro<\/code> > <code>Bulk Updater Settings<\/code> tab. Configure it as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/configure-bulk-updater-to-copy-image-description-to-alt-text.png\" alt=\"Configure Bulk Updater To Copy Image Description To Alt Text\" class=\"wp-image-3630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/configure-bulk-updater-to-copy-image-description-to-alt-text.png 675w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/configure-bulk-updater-to-copy-image-description-to-alt-text-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/configure-bulk-updater-to-copy-image-description-to-alt-text-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/configure-bulk-updater-to-copy-image-description-to-alt-text-600x601.png 600w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/configure-bulk-updater-to-copy-image-description-to-alt-text-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will have full flexibility on how the image alt text is updated. You can either update in Media Library, or in Post HTML, or both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Confused between the difference between Media Library and Post HTML? Then read: <a href=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/how-wordpress-store-image-attributes\/\">Understanding How WordPress Store Image Attributes<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also choose to keep the existing image alt text as is and only use image description for images where alt text is missing by changing the configuration of <code>Handling existing attributes<\/code> setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Run the Bulk Updater<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Head over to the <code>Bulk Updater<\/code> tab of Image Attributes Pro and click <code>Run Bulk Updater<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1037\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bulk-updater-tab-of-Image-Attributes-Pro.png\" alt=\"Bulk Updater Tab Of Image Attributes Pro\" class=\"wp-image-2684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bulk-updater-tab-of-Image-Attributes-Pro.png 1037w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bulk-updater-tab-of-Image-Attributes-Pro-730x241.png 730w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bulk-updater-tab-of-Image-Attributes-Pro-768x254.png 768w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/bulk-updater-tab-of-Image-Attributes-Pro-600x198.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1037px) 100vw, 1037px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively you can also update specific images using the <a href=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/bulk-actions\/\">Bulk Action<\/a> that is available since Image Attributes Pro version 3.0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please remember to take a database backup before proceeding. Also take advantage of the  <code>Test Bulk Updater<\/code> button to update just one image at a time and confirm the results before proceeding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it! Congrats. If you have questions, please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/contact\">write to me<\/a> and I shall help in every way possible.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will help you copy WordPress image descriptions that you have set in the WordPress Media Library to Image Alt text attribute on your website using Image Attributes Pro. Tools you need: We will be taking advantage of the custom attribute %imagedescription%. It makes the whole process so easy. Step 1: Set %imagedescription% as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2677"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3635,"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions\/3635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}