How To Add Alt Text To Images In Elementor? (Step-by-Step)

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If you use Elementor, then one day or the other, you will be adding images to your page using Elementor. And that’s when you might get this question…

How to add alt text to images in Elementor? You can add alt text to images in Elementor by following the below steps:

  1. Add the Image widget to the page. You can also use the Text Editor widget.
  2. Click on Choose Image field in the Elementor settings panel of the Image widget.
  3. In the Insert Media dialog box, you can upload an image or choose an existing image from your Media Library.
  4. Select the image to add in the Insert Media dialog box.
  5. Enter the alt text for the image in the Alt Text field of the Insert Media dialog box.
  6. Finally, click the Insert Media button to insert the image on the page with the alt text set.
  7. Save your changes.

Let’s see each of these steps in action now.

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How To Add Alt Text To Images In Elementor Using The Image Widget?

First, edit the page in Elementor on which you want to place the image.

Once Elementor is active on the page, drag-and-drop the Image widget on the page.

Image widget in Elementor

Now, click on the Choose Image field from the left-side Elementor panel.

Choose image to add in Elementor

The Insert Media dialog box will open up. Select the image that you want to insert on the page from the Media Library tab. You can also upload a new image from the Upload Files tab.

Once you have selected the image to insert on the page, you can set the desired alt text for the image in the Alt Text field and then click the Insert Media button to add the image on the page.

Add Alt Text to images

That’s it!

That is how you can insert an image on the page with an alt text set in Elementor.

Alright! But…

What if you are using the Text Editor widget instead of the Image Widget?

Even then, the process is the same.

You will need to set the alt text in the Insert Media dialog box as you do for the Image Widget.

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What Next?

Adding alt text to images in Elementor is no different from how you add alt text to images in WordPress.

In both cases, you can set the alt text using the Insert Media dialog box.

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