Accessibility fix guide
Very Low Alt Text Coverage
Images invisible to search engines and screen readers. Accessibility violation.
Issue ID: A11Y-ALT-001
Severity: critical
Impact: High
Effort: M
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- You need deeper remediation guidance than the issue card can show.
- You want CMS-specific steps before handing the fix to a developer.
- You want a repeatable re-check path after shipping the change.
What this issue is
Images invisible to search engines and screen readers. Accessibility violation.
Why it matters
Images invisible to search engines and screen readers. Accessibility violation. This affects usability, compliance risk, and how many visitors can successfully consume the page.
How we detect it
- FreeSiteAudit flags this issue when the rule for A11Y-ALT-001 fails and the page evidence points to Dom body.
- You can usually confirm this by checking the page source or the relevant page settings inside your CMS.
Evidence examples
Check the affected page source, rendered output, or relevant CMS setting to confirm the missing or incorrect element.
How to fix it
- 1Add descriptive alt text to every image
- 2Include keywords naturally in alt text
- 3Describe what is visible in the image
- 4Keep alt text under 125 characters
How to re-check it
- Run accessibility audit and confirm all images have alt text
Related tools
This issue is best verified with the full FreeSiteAudit crawl rather than a single-point mini tool.