adding alt text to a pods custom img in beaver builder

If you did

[pods field='image_1._img']

It would generate the whole image tag for you with the alt text etc ??

Thanks for your help! I’m getting a broken link when I add the ._img though.
This is my code.. am I missing something?

[pods field=’image_1._img’]

• This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by ssdesign1.
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Is the field image_1 a file field in Pods? What kind of broken link do you see?

It’s a file/image/video field. The code was working without the ._img ending. The image is missing with a broken image graphic. here is my code:

<div class="fl-post-image">
   
    <a href="[wpbb post:url]" >
    	<img src=" [pods field='image_1._img']"></a>
</div>

You don’t need the image tag at all as the _img generates the image tag for you and it will use the alt tag you have set in the media library ??

Please try changing your code to this:

<div class="fl-post-image">
   
    <a href="[wpbb post:url]" >
    	[pods field='image_1._img']
 </a>
</div>

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If you do need to customize the image tag for some reason, you can always use the ._src variation instead of ._img

Thank you so much! I appreciate your time!!

We are always happy to help, it’s what we love!

If I need the alt-text separately, forget src, forget the tag, just the alt-text. Is there something like this:

field='image_1._alt'

In php I could also use:

$alt_text = get_post_meta($image_id , '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true);

But I’d still need the help of Pods to know the value of $image_id.

Is there something like this:

field='image_1._id'

The question is, can Pods in any way spare me from having to query the database in order to get the alt-text?

@cncup [pods][each image_1]{@_wp_attachment_image_alt}[/each][/pods]

@cncup Or [pods]{@image_1._wp_attachment_image_alt}[/pods]

@cncup Or [pods field="image_1._wp_attachment_image_alt"][/pods]

Thanks for the quick reply, Paul. This is perfect.

I needed it in php actually, so just for future reference if someone finds it helpful, it looks like this:

$pod = pods( 'my_cpt_name', get_the_ID() );
$alt_text = $pod->field( 'image_1._wp_attachment_image_alt' );

Many thanks!

Great. One more method, using WP core functions in PHP:

$alt_text = get_post_meta(
	(int) get_post_meta(
		get_the_ID(),
		'image_1',
		true
	),
	'_wp_attachment_image_alt',
	true
);

Or on one line:

$alt_text = get_post_meta( (int) get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'image_1', true ), '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true );

Oh, very good to know. Appreciated!