Alt text is great. It allows people who can't see an image to understand what that image represents. For example, the code might say: <img src="whatever.gif" alt="Two cute kittens are playing on a blanket"> If you are blind, you get an idea of what's being conveyed by that image. If you're on a train and the WiFi craps out just before the image loads, you'll also benefit! If the image is of…
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WordPress allows you to set a featured image - called a "thumbnail" in the API. This gives a single image which can be used on a listing page, or shown when a post is shared on social media. The WordPress Media Library lets you set the alt text of an image. But, crucially, this alt text can be different when the image is used as a featured image. Here's how to find all your featured images…
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Not everyone can see the images you post online. They may have vision problems, they may have a slow connection, or they might be using a text-only browser. How can we let them know what the image shows? The answer is alt text. In HTML we can add a snippet of text to aid accessibility. For example <img src="monalisa.jpg" alt="A painting of the Mona Lisa."> Most social networks will let users…
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