patelutkarsh/better-file-name

A WordPress plugin to rename the image based on the image content using openai.

1.5.0 2026-02-20 16:26 UTC

Requires (Dev)

• php-stubs/wp-cli-stubs: ^2.9
• phpcompatibility/phpcompatibility-wp: *
• szepeviktor/phpstan-wordpress: ^1.3
• wp-coding-standards/wpcs: ^3.0

GPL-2.0-or-later

• Utkarsh Patel

README

Description

This WordPress plugin renames files to be more readable using OpenAI (gpt-4.1-mini) upon upload and generates accessible alt text for images.

Additional features:

• Allows generating featured image using dall-e-2 or dall-e-3 API.

Note: This plugin relies on the OpenAI API. You must have an OpenAI account and API key.

Demo:

demo.mp4

Installation

Manual Installation

1. Download the zip file from the GitHub release
2. Upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
4. Set up the open API key from the settings page under the 'Tools' menu: /wp-admin/tools.php?page=better-file-name-settings

Composer Installation (if your setup supports composer autoloading)

1. Run composer require patelutkarsh/better-file-name command.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
3. Set up the open API key from the settings page under the 'Tools' menu: /wp-admin/tools.php?page=better-file-name-settings

Generate Missing Alt Text

Run following command to generate alt text for all images that do not have any.

wp better-file-name generate-alt-text --dry-run

This can take a while depending on the number of images on your site.