Woo product image audit

woo-product-image-audit

Purpose

Scan all WooCommerce products to identify those missing product images, with fewer than a minimum image count, or with images that have empty alt text. Exports a gap report for the media team to address. Read-only — no products or images are modified.

Prerequisites

• WooCommerce store with REST API enabled
• Consumer Key with Read scope
• Minimum WooCommerce version: 3.5.0

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
store_url	string	yes	—	Base URL of the WooCommerce store
consumer_key	string	yes	—	WooCommerce REST API consumer key (ck_...)
consumer_secret	string	yes	—	WooCommerce REST API consumer secret (cs_...)
dry_run	bool	no	false	No effect — read-only skill
format	string	no	human	Output format: human or json
min_images	int	no	1	Minimum number of images required
require_alt_text	bool	no	true	Flag images with empty alt attribute
category_id	int	no	—	Limit audit to this category
status	string	no	publish	Product status to audit

Authentication

WooCommerce uses OAuth 1.0a for HTTP and Basic Auth over HTTPS.

For HTTPS stores (recommended):

Authorization: Basic base64(consumer_key:consumer_secret)

For HTTP stores (development only): Use OAuth 1.0a — include oauth_consumer_key, oauth_nonce, oauth_signature, oauth_signature_method=HMAC-SHA1, oauth_timestamp, oauth_version=1.0

Never log or output consumer_key or consumer_secret values.

See docs/AUTHENTICATION.md for full setup instructions.

Safety

Read-only skill — no mutations are executed. Safe to run at any time.

Workflow Steps

Step 1 — Fetch products

GET /wp-json/wc/v3/products?status=<status>&per_page=100&page=1
  [&category=<category_id>]

Extract per product: id, name, sku, images[].id, images[].src, images[].alt Paginate until response length < 100.

Step 2 — Evaluate each product

For each product:

• Count total images
• Flag if len(images) == 0 → missing all images
• Flag if len(images) < min_images → below minimum
• Flag images where alt == "" if require_alt_text: true

Step 3 — Sort by severity and export

Severity order: no images > below minimum > missing alt text.

API Endpoints Used

GET  /wp-json/wc/v3/products   — product list with image data

Pagination Strategy

WooCommerce REST API uses page/per_page pagination (not cursor-based).

Standard pattern:

page = 1
while True:
  response = GET /endpoint?per_page=100&page=page
  process(response)
  if len(response) < 100: break
  page += 1

Maximum per_page is 100 for most endpoints. The X-WP-Total and X-WP-TotalPages response headers report totals. Always read X-WP-TotalPages on the first request to estimate job size.

Session Tracking

Claude MUST emit the following output at each stage. This is mandatory.

STARTUP:

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  SKILL: woo-product-image-audit          ║
║  STORE: <store_url>                      ║
║  TIME:  <ISO-8601 UTC>                   ║
║  MODE:  READ-ONLY                        ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

PER-OPERATION (emit after each API call batch):

[N/TOTAL] <METHOD> <endpoint> → <result_count> records | params: <key>=<val>

COMPLETION (human format):

╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗
║  COMPLETE: woo-product-image-audit       ║
║  RECORDS PROCESSED: <n>                  ║
║  OUTPUT: <filename>                      ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝

COMPLETION (json format):

{
  "skill": "woo-product-image-audit",
  "store": "<store_url>",
  "completed_at": "<ISO-8601>",
  "records_processed": <n>,
  "output_file": "<path>",
  "dry_run": false
}

Output Format

CSV filename: woo-product-image-audit_<YYYY-MM-DD>.csv Columns: product_id, sku, name, image_count, missing_images, below_minimum, images_missing_alt, issue_summary

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Resolution
401 Unauthorized	Invalid credentials	Verify consumer_key and consumer_secret
403 Forbidden	Key lacks Read scope	Regenerate with Read scope
429 Too Many Requests	Rate limit	Wait 2 seconds and retry

Best Practices

• Run after bulk product imports to catch products with no images assigned.
• For SEO: all images should have descriptive alt text for accessibility and image search indexing.
• Prioritize products with zero images — they have the highest conversion impact.