image alt tags doesn't work / don't appear in code

[TvDalen]

We've try to add some alt tags too the images we use on our website tough the media library, but unfortunately the alt tags, title and description don't work. We set the alt tag before and after inserting an image but both options don't work.

our website: www.studiobureau.nl

If we look up the alt tags in the code we see our site title name on every alt tag.

How could we solve this problem?

[mariusjopen]

Dear @TvDalen
on our testpage it works.

See here:

Best!

Marius

[TvDalen]

Hi Marius,

Thank you for your reply. I see that it works in the testpage but in our website it doesn't work.

For example:
https://ibb.co/PtcnjXL

I've add the alt tags here, but If I look in the code I couldn't find the specifiek alt tag.
All the images have (automatically?) the name of the title of the page as alt tag as you can see in the code:
https://ibb.co/W3xjnxS

As you can see the title page seem like to overrule the alt tags that we've added?
(We use the Yoast SEO plugin for our SEO)

[mariusjopen]

Dear @TvDalen
this seems to be a YOAST thing. Can you deactivate it for a second and see if the problem remains?

Best!

Marius

[TvDalen]

Hi Marius,

I have now deactivated the YOAST plugin, but the problem is still remains..

It changes all the alt tags in the title name of our website (instead of the page title name)

[mariusjopen]

Dear @TvDalen
I can see. All your images have the alt text: "Studio Bureau | Concept-en ontwerpbureau | Creative Agency — Work"

Best is if you write me a PM and include your username, password and a link to this conversation.
Best!

Marius

[TvDalen]

@mariusjopen I have send you a pm with username and password.

[TvDalen]

Hi @mariusjopen I've send a chat message, I'm curious if you all ready had time to login and check our website?

[mariusjopen]

Dear @TvDalen
I had a look in your admin and like you said, it is not possible to change the alt tags.
I do not want to mess around with your website too much.

I will have a chat with Armin about it.

Best!

Marius

[TvDalen]

@mariusjopen Thank you for your response, We would like to hear the reaction of Armin and are curious to the solution.

[arminunruh]

will be fixed in the next update

[arminunruh]

please update lay theme now and then it should work

[TvDalen]

@arminunruh Thank you, we have updated our website with the latest Laytheme.
If I check an image witg alt tag in Google Chrome with right mouse click on the image. I see the right alt tag. https://ibb.co/Qbyzfhf

But if i just check the HMTL source on the page, I still see the wrong/ page title alt tags.
check: https://ibb.co/svVJdqz

So I'm not sure if Google sees the alt tag right now?

[arminunruh]

i need a link to a page where an image has an alt tag that is set by you and then also please send a screenshot of the exact image that you'll want me to look at

[arminunruh]

oh i see it is here:
https://studiobureau.nl/newspaper-infographics-trouw

and its this pic

so when an image does not have any alt tag, it will just revert to the usual alt tag that lay theme sets which is the site title.

so maybe what you're seeing in your page source code is just a different image that has no alt tag.

also if you set an alt tag for an image in the media library, you'll still need to re-insert that image into the grid for the alt tag to update, sorry about that :O