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How To Improve Your Social Media Image Accessibility (Updated)

Posted: June 4, 2020 by Claire Brotherton
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This post was originally published on 31 January 2018 and was revised and updated on 4 June 2020. Everyone loves images on social media. And visual content is popular in terms of shares and engagement. But what about the accessibility of those images? A blind person cannot see an engaging photo or infographic. One way […]

Category: Accessibility Tags: alt text, image description

The Importance of WordPress alt text for Accessibility and SEO

Posted: August 5, 2016 Updated: January 4, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Updated 24 January 2017. What is alt text and what is it for? Alt text is short for alternative text. It’s a short textual description of the content of an image. People who are visually impaired can’t view any images on a page, so the alt text describes the images to them. The page content including […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: alt text, caption, description

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