Accessibility fix guide
Low Alt Text Coverage
Some images are not helping SEO or accessibility.
Issue ID: A11Y-ALT-002
Severity: medium
Impact: Med
Effort: S
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What this issue is
Some images are not helping SEO or accessibility.
Why it matters
Some images are not helping SEO or accessibility. 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-002 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 alt text to remaining images
- 2Be descriptive and keyword-aware
How to re-check it
- Check remaining images without alt text are fixed
Related tools
This issue is best verified with the full FreeSiteAudit crawl rather than a single-point mini tool.