Replace now Radar no. 30 · Quiet

SEO Friendly Images

What it does: Adds alt and title attributes to images automatically.

Why it’s listed: A public advisory covers the current version, and no fix is listed. It has not changed since 2015 and is tested only up to WordPress 4.1.

View on WordPress.org ↗ Checked 2026-10-31 Reviewed by Abhishek Deshpande

Active installs: 10k+
Last updated: 2017-11-28
Tested up to: 4.1.42
Rating: 3.0 / 5 (59)
Version: 3.0.5
Maintainers: 1

Is SEO Friendly Images still maintained?

It has gone over two years without an update, and it has a second warning sign: public advisory with no fix listed.

Quiet: No update for over a year.

Placements are our opinion, based on public evidence. Risk here means a plugin may not get a fix if a problem appears. It doesn’t mean we found a flaw, unless we show an advisory. Going quiet alone never puts a plugin in Replace now.

Updates WordPress.org shows 2017-11-28, but the plugin’s readme last changed on 2015-01-02. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31

Compatibility Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42. WordPress 7.1.4 was current on 2026-10-31. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31

Security 2 public advisories on record, and 1 has no fix listed. Details are below. wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31

Reviews The latest 10 reviews average 2.4 stars, against 3.0 overall. 6 of them gave 1 or 2 stars. Newest activity: 2017-08-24. These reviews are clearly lower than the overall score. WordPress.org reviews · checked 2026-10-31

Maintainers 1 listed contributor. No recent support threads. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31

Usage 890 downloads in the last 30 days, including updates. 93.72% of sites run version 3.0. WordPress.org stats · checked 2026-10-31

What to do next

Back up the site, and use a staging copy for any change.
Remove it, and use one of the alternatives below for your image alt text.

If it works today, no need to panic, but don’t leave this for long.

Recommended alternatives to SEO Friendly Images

Media library alt text ↗

Write alt text for each image in WordPress.

No extra plugin needed

Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater ↗

Fill image attributes in bulk.

100k+ installs · 4.8 stars · Updated 2026-09-01 · Tested 7.1.4

Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker ↗

Finds images with missing alt text, among other checks.

10k+ installs · 4.9 stars · Updated 2026-10-24 · Tested 7.1.4

Each listed plugin was updated in the last six months, is tested with WordPress 7.0 or newer, and had no open advisory in WPVulnerability when we checked. We have not tried them ourselves. No one pays to appear here.

Security record

Advisory	Severity	Fixed in
CVE-2026-39665 ↗ Cross-site scripting	Medium (6.5)	No fix listed
Cross-site scripting	Not scored	2.7.5

wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31

A listed advisory does not mean the current version is exploitable.

Latest reviews

1/5 Erases advertising links and images 2017-08-24
1/5 Crashes my Galleries 2017-07-11
3/5 Works but unsupported 2017-03-30
1/5 Remove Bootstrap CSS 2017-03-29
1/5 Read this review on WordPress.org 2016-12-18

Dates show last activity. Titles are written by WordPress.org users.

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