Increase Long Alt Text Character Count (edac_max_alt_length)

Description

This filter allows you to change the character count of the Image Long Alternative Text “needs review” check. The default is 300 characters. With this filter, you can increase or decrease the allowed length of alternative text before content creators are warned it may be too long.

Usage

add_filter( 'edac_max_alt_length',  'change_max_alt_length' );

Example

The following example shows how to shorten the maximum alternative text length for images to 100 characters.

function change_max_alt_length( $max ) {
    return 100; // Shorten alt text max character count to 100 from default (300).
}
add_filter( 'edac_max_alt_length',  'change_max_alt_length' );

Since

This filter was added in Accessibility Checker 1.11.0.

Source Code

This filter is located in edac_rule_img_alt_long() in /includes/rules/img_alt_long.php