ALT Tags Not Working

Hi,

when I display the source code of your homepage, I can see that the alternative texts are generated correctly:

<img class="alignnone wp-image-86" src="https://test.everest1953.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/h12.jpg" alt="The Hillary Step (C) Doug Scott Mountaineering" width="191" height="137">

If you would like to set captions for the pictures, then please follow this guide. The captions will be displayed below the image. Alternative text is showed only if the image can’t be displayed (for example if the image has been deleted from server).

Best regards,
Tomas Toman

Thanks for your reply.

Alternative text is showed only if the image can’t be displayed (for example if the image has been deleted from server).

I thought ALT was used for SEO so that its tag can be found in a picture search?

That is true, the alternative text is also important for SEO. Because I haven’t found any issues with the ALT tags on your website, I thought you confused the alternative texts with captions, so I only described the main differences in their displaying.

Best regards,
Tomas Toman

I haven’t found any issues with the ALT tags on your website,

But when I put my mouse over the photo the ALT text does not show.

The ALT text is not supposed to be shown on hover. There is the “Image Title Attribute” for this purpose. This option is visible in the section “Advanced Options” when you edit an image.

Best regards,
Tomas Toman