WordPress – Get Post Thumbnail alt
If you are looking for the way to get post thumbnail/featured image alt
value in WordPress, this post is for you.
<?php
function get_post_thumbnail_alt() {
$post_thumbnail_id = get_post_thumbnail_id();
$post_thumbnail_alt = get_post_meta( $post_thumbnail_id, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true );
return $post_thumbnail_alt;
}
In the above code, we get the post thumbnail id of the current post and use get_post_meta
function to get the alt
value by passing _wp_attachment_image_alt
to it as a meta key.
Use the function:
echo get_post_thumbnail_alt();