Missing Alt Tag – Mysterious Image

  • Hi,

    On various website audits, I always get a message that there is a missing alt tag.

    After going through all my images, it turns out to be missing from an image that does not exist, and has the same url as my website: https://ikbk.com.au/

    I have trawled the web looking for an answer, but no luck…

    Anyone have any ideas what could be creating this mystery image?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Here:

    <img class="hidden" itemprop="image" src="">

    ?

    Thread Starter ikbk

    (@ikbk)

    Hi, thanks. I found the code above – any idea where it is coming from?

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Try deactivating all of your plugins to explore whether any could be responsible. If none are then it’s likely related to your theme, which theme are you using?

    Thread Starter ikbk

    (@ikbk)

    Hi Andrew, thanks again. Went through and deactivated all the plugins, but still there – so guessing it is the theme? Theme is SEO Design Framework

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    I’m not familiar with that theme, do you know where you found it? There might be a forum on the author’s website.

    When the alt tag is added back in, make sure to give it an empty value so that it can be ignored by assistive technologies;

    <img alt="" ...

    Thread Starter ikbk

    (@ikbk)

    Hi Andrew, the theme is here: https://www.seodesignframework.com/home-page
    Looks like no forum, but I will ask them to see if they are familiar with the issue. Thanks for all your help!

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    If you cannot receive support you could try adding the alt attribute via JS, using a Custom JS plugin

    Agree with everything Andrew’s said here. Based on that source, it looks like the theme may be using that image for something other than what you’d normally use images for.

    Thread Starter ikbk

    (@ikbk)

    Hi,
    I turned out to be the theme – thank you very much for all your support!
    Damien

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