FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

Find answers to the most common inquiries and get the information you need quickly.

FAQ: About WP Smart Images

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What is the purpose of this plugin?

WP Smart Images is an alt-text generator, cropper and optimizer for your images.

The purpose is to leverage the power of AI to automate tedious and repetetive tasks while you upload images.

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Who is WP Smart Images for?

WP Smart Images is suitable from bloggers to small business owners and digital agencies.

Basically if you are running content heavy websites and find yourself overwhelmed by repetitive tasks like alt text writing, inconsistent image quality, and pressure to meet performance benchmarks, you should try our plugin.

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Why should I try WP Smart Images?

We cover the cost for your first 100 images. Trying is basically risk free.

Also as it currently stands, WP Smart Images is the only plugin offering AI based alt-text and captions for free (no credits needed to create alt-text and captions).

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How to get it?

You can download the plugin directly from your account after registration. In future WP Smart Images is going to be also available on https://wordpress.org/plugins/

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Why bother with Alt text and Captions?

Accurate alt text and captions are fundamental for digital accessibility.

WCAG requires alternative text (also called alt text or alt tags) for images. Without alt text, search engines can’t accurately determine the contents of images.

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What is “smart cropping”?

WP Smart Images uses AI to analyze and crop uploaded images and tailors them for the optimal POW and fit according to your websites layout.

The original image does not get cropped, but we create the needed image variants to your sites layout needs.

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How do you optimize images?

WP Smart Images offers the option to automatically convert supported filetypes to WebP -format upon upload.

The benefit is smaller filesize, faster load times and enhanced SEO!

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What type of images are supported?

Currently we support jpg, png, webp, gif, avif.

FAQ: Pricing & Billing

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Does WP Smart Images offer a free trial?

Yes! Currently we offer a generous 100 free credits upon registration. With our model, this means you get 100 image uploads to try our plugin.

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How does the credit based pricing work?

Short answer: one image = one credit.

So when you upload an image to WordPress mediabank, you get cropping, alt-text and captions plus optimization for the image with one credit.