Discover, trust, install: FAIR 1.0 is here

AiGude Tools improves accessibility and SEO by automatically generating alternative text for your images using an AI-powered API.
Save time, stay consistent, and enhance your site’s visibility in search engines — all without manually writing every alt text.

Key Features

• Automatic alt text generation for images using AI
• Built-in translation to multiple languages (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian)
• List View — Displays image cards that match your search filters.
  • Bulk-generate alt text for selected images (per page or across pages).
  • Option to skip existing alt text.
  • Preview and edit generated text for a single image before saving.
  • Choose a prompt template and target language for single or bulk generation.
• Grid View — Select multiple images directly from the Media Library and generate alt text for all of them at once.
  • See a mini grid of your current selection.
  • Hover over images to view the generated alt text in tooltips.
• Templates – Customizable prompt templates with placeholders (e.g. %filename%, %title%)
• Servers – API key and credit usage management in the Server settings

Key Features

• AI-Powered Alt Text – Automatically generate descriptive alt text for your images using advanced AI.
• Multilingual Support – Translate generated text into English, German, Spanish, French, or Italian with one click.
• List View – Work through your Media Library in a powerful list interface:
  • Search images by filename, title, or existing alt text
  • Bulk-generate alt text for selected images (per page or across pages)
  • Skip existing alt text or overwrite with new results
  • Preview and edit a single image’s alt text before saving
  • Select prompt templates and target languages for single or bulk actions
• Grid View – Generate alt text directly from the Media Library’s grid:
  • Quickly select multiple images
  • Mini-grid shows your current selection
  • Hover tooltips reveal generated alt text at a glance
• Customizable Templates – Create your own prompt templates with placeholders like %filename% or %title%.
• Server Settings – Manage your API key, view remaining credits, and control connection options in one place.

Perfect for website owners, photographers, agencies, and content teams who want to improve accessibility and SEO without hours of manual work.

External Service Disclosure

This plugin connects to AiGude’s captioning service to generate and (where applicable) translate image alternative text.

Links:
– Privacy Policy: https://aigude.io/Informationen/Datenschutz
– Terms of Service: https://aigude.io/Informationen/AGB

What Data Is Sent and When

The plugin only sends data when an administrator performs an action in wp-admin (e.g., “Generate” or “Translate”), or when the admin explicitly clicks “Get Credits”.

1) Alt‑text generation
– Sent: a resized copy of the selected image file, your prompt template (text), selected target language code, and your API key.
– Purpose: to produce a caption/alt text for accessibility and SEO.
– Not sent: WordPress user emails, passwords, or front-end visitor data.

2) Translation
– Sent: only text strings that require translation (e.g., parts of your prompt or generated text), the target language code, and your API key.
– Purpose: to translate text for accessibility/SEO; handled server‑side.

3) Remaining credits (remaining_credits)
– Sent: your API key.
– Purpose: to display remaining credits in the admin screen.

All requests are made over HTTPS.

Data Retention and Storage

• Images and texts are transmitted to the service for processing.
  • We do not store images or texts after processing; they are held only in memory long enough to generate a response.
• The plugin stores generated results locally in WordPress as attachment meta:
  • _wp_attachment_image_alt (final alt text)
  • _aigude_alt_suggestion (last generated suggestion)

Location of Processing

• Alt-text generation is performed on AiGude–managed infrastructure located in the European Union. Image files are sent over HTTPS to this infrastructure. No third-party vendors are used for alt-text generation.
• Translations are performed via the DeepL API. Only the text to be translated and language parameters are transmitted to DeepL; images are not sent. Processing occurs on DeepL’s infrastructure. See DeepL’s Privacy Policy: https://www.deepl.com/privacy

Legal Basis / Controller

• Site administrators act as data controllers for the content they send (e.g., images that could include personal data).
• AiGude acts as a processor for the limited purpose of generating/translation results.

Uninstall and Data Deletion

This plugin ships with an uninstall.php to remove its data when you uninstall it from WordPress.
It deletes:
– Options: aigude_alt_servers, aigude_target_language
– Attachment meta starting with _aigude_alt_ (e.g., _aigude_alt_suggestion).

On multisite, the uninstaller runs for every site in the network.

1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/aigude-tools, or install it directly from the WordPress plugin directory.
2. Activate the plugin via Plugins → Installed Plugins.
3. Go to AiGude Tools → Server to enter your API key.
4. Use AiGude Tools → List view or Grid view to generate and manage image alt texts.

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   List View

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   Grid View

2.1.1

• Updated uninstall routine
• Debug: log only when debugging is enabled

2.1.0

• Added server-side prompt and placeholders translation
• Added formal German translations
• Added German version of the readme

2.0.0

• Added search in List view
• Added Grid view integration with Media Library
• Added German translations

1.0.0

• Initial release