BlueOwlCreative » Topic: Alt text blank on popup http://blueowlcreative.com/support_wp/forums/topic/alt-text-blank-on-popup/feed/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:22:27 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=2.5.3-5249 en-US http://blueowlcreative.com/support_wp/forums/topic/alt-text-blank-on-popup/#post-32813 <![CDATA[Alt text blank on popup]]> http://blueowlcreative.com/support_wp/forums/topic/alt-text-blank-on-popup/#post-32813 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:39:13 +0000 kirankc Hi…

We have started using some SEO tools to check for things like missing “alt text” on images. It seems that when you click on a FEATURED IMAGE on a blog post, the image that pops up does not include the “alt text”, although the “alt text” is clearly filled in when looking at the media (image) details.

An example –> https://zuggand.com/what-zuggand/

Is this a limitation in the Magnific Popup plugin? Is there a way to fix this?

Thank you so much!

]]> http://blueowlcreative.com/support_wp/forums/topic/alt-text-blank-on-popup/#post-32822 <![CDATA[Reply To: Alt text blank on popup]]> http://blueowlcreative.com/support_wp/forums/topic/alt-text-blank-on-popup/#post-32822 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 07:23:17 +0000 BlueOwl You can easily bring this out, currently we add the title tag only.
Edit your single.php template or better override it in your child theme.
Then after this line:
$attachment_image = wp_get_attachment_image_src(get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), 'full');
add this:
$att_img_alt = get_post_meta(get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true);

and then a few line below in img tag replace the alt=" " with this alt="<?php echo $att_img_alt;?>"

]]> http://blueowlcreative.com/support_wp/forums/topic/alt-text-blank-on-popup/#post-32828 <![CDATA[Reply To: Alt text blank on popup]]> http://blueowlcreative.com/support_wp/forums/topic/alt-text-blank-on-popup/#post-32828 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:32:20 +0000 kirankc Great! I will try this out and see if it addresses the issue.

Thank you!

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