HTML Descriptions
Technical HTML optimization service to enhance accessibility, loading speed, and search engine compatibility for page content
What is HTML Descriptions?
HTML Descriptions is a technical optimization tool that enhances the underlying code within your product descriptions, collection pages, articles, and other page content. Unlike meta descriptions (which appear in search results), this tool optimizes the actual HTML markup that visitors and search engines see on your pages.
This enables improved accessibility through proper alt texts and ARIA labels, faster loading speeds via image compression and lazy loading, and better SEO through link optimization and clean markup. All optimizations happen behind the scenes without changing your visible content.
Key Benefits
Enhanced Accessibility
Add alt texts, link titles, and ARIA labels automatically for better user experience
Faster Page Loading
Compress images and enable lazy loading to improve Core Web Vitals scores
Better SEO Structure
Optimize links with rel attributes and remove unnecessary code for cleaner markup
Multi-lingual Support
Auto-translate optimizations across all store languages for consistent SEO
Main Features
Comprehensive image processing within page descriptions including compression, alt text generation, external image copying, and lazy loading support.
Alt Text Generation: Add missing alt texts automatically
Copy External Images: Prevent broken image links
Image Compression: Optimize file sizes for speed
Lazy Loading: Enable deferred image loading
Link Optimization
Add titles and ARIA labels to links
External Link Removal
Remove all external links from descriptions
Auto-Translate
Apply optimizations across languages
Clean Markup
Remove unnecessary code fragments
Security Attributes
Add rel="noopener" to external links
Multi-Content Types
Works with products, collections, articles, pages
Getting Started
Optimize › HTML DescriptionsSelect Content Type
Navigate to Products, Collections, Articles, or Pages tab based on what you want to optimize
Configure Image Settings
Toggle on Add Alt Texts If Missing, Use Vision AI + GPT, Copy External Images, and Add Lazyload as needed
Configure Link Settings
Enable Add Titles To Links and Add Aria-Labels To Links for accessibility, or Remove All External Links if desired
Apply & Verify
Click UPDATE A PRODUCT to test single item, then UPDATE ALL PRODUCTS for bulk. Verify by viewing page source
Vision AI Alt Text Generation
Powered by Vision AI + GPT
Generate contextually accurate alt texts for images within your page descriptions using advanced AI. Vision AI analyzes each image and GPT creates SEO-optimized descriptions that improve accessibility and search rankings.
Important Settings
Vision AI + GPT
Enable AI-powered alt text generation for description images using advanced visual analysis
Copy External Images
Copy external images to your store to prevent broken links if source URLs change
Add Link Attributes
Enable link titles and ARIA labels to improve accessibility and SEO structure
Lazy Load Images
Enable lazy loading to defer off-screen images and improve initial page load speed
Use With Caution
Overwrites Existing Alt Texts
When overwrite is enabled, all existing alt texts within descriptions are replaced with AI-generated versions. This cannot be undone without support assistance. Test on single products first.
External Link Removal
Enabling "Remove All External Links" permanently deletes all external links from your page descriptions. This affects supplier attributions, resource links, and external references. Cannot be undone.
Verify Your Implementation
View Page Source
Right-click any product page and select "View Page Source" (or press Ctrl+U). Search for your description content to verify that alt texts, link titles, and optimizations have been applied correctly
Accessibility Checker
Test accessibilityUse WAVE to scan your pages and verify that alt texts, ARIA labels, and link titles are properly implemented
PageSpeed Insights
Check page speedTest your pages to verify that lazy loading and image compression are improving Core Web Vitals scores