How to fix images missing alt on Webflow

Steps for Webflow

1. In the Webflow Designer, click any image element on the canvas → in the Element Settings panel on the right (the gear icon tab) → find the 'Alt Text' field → type your description. Toggle off 'Decorative' if it is on.
2. CMS collection images: Designer → CMS → Collections → [select collection] → open any item → find the image field → click the image → add alt text in the settings pane.
3. Asset panel images: If images are placed via the Assets panel, click the image element after placing it on the canvas and set alt text via Element Settings as above.

What is images missing alt?

Every `<img>` tag in HTML has an `alt` attribute — a short written description of what the image shows. When an image is missing its alt text (the `alt` attribute is absent or empty), search engines like Google cannot "see" what the image depicts, and screen-reader software used by visually impaired shoppers reads nothing aloud. Writing good alt text means filling in that attribute with a clear, specific description: for a product photo you might write `alt="Red leather crossbody bag with gold buckle clasp"`.

Google explicitly uses alt text to understand images and rank them in Google Images — a significant free-traffic channel for ecommerce stores. Missing alt text means your product photos are invisible to Google's crawler and cannot appear in image search results, cutting off a stream of high-intent shoppers. On the conversion side, assistive-technology users (screen readers) rely on alt text to understand your product imagery; missing it creates a poor shopping experience and in many jurisdictions exposes you to accessibility-law liability (ADA in the US, EN 301 549 in the EU, AODA in Canada). Even a handful of untagged images on key product or landing pages is enough to suppress rankings and fail an accessibility audit.

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