How can I force the Featured Collection product images to show 2 vs default 1st image: Impulse Theme

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Topic summary

Goal: Show the second product image (e.g., mannequin shot) instead of the default first image in the homepage Featured Collection of the Shopify Impulse theme, without changing images sitewide.

Suggestions provided:

  • Use Theme Customizer > Featured Collection and adjust a “Product image display” setting (if available) to select the second image or enable a hover effect to reveal it. Advisor states this change would apply only to the Featured Collection section, not product pages or other collections.
  • If the setting is not available, reorder images in Products so the desired image is first. However, this affects all product pages and collections and is not desired by the requester.

Clarifications:

  • “Featured Collection” refers to the homepage product grid in the Impulse theme.
  • No code or custom development was discussed; solutions rely on theme settings.

Status/outcome:

  • The requester emphasized the change must be limited to the Featured Collection. The advisor reiterated a section-specific setting should achieve this. The requester has not confirmed success; the issue remains open pending verification of the setting in Impulse.
Summarized with AI on December 17. AI used: gpt-5.
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Trying to revise the Featured Collection sections on Impulse Theme homepage to initially show the 2nd image of a product, versus the current default which is the first image of the product page for each item.

Appreciate any assistance and/or feedback!

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Hey Roger,

Go to the theme customizer environment, navigate to the Featured Collection, look for settings related to Product Image Display; you should be able to find if Impulse allows you to select your preferred image for the featured collection features; alternatively you can use the hover effect to select the second image.
If this is not possible, you can manually reorder your product images; just go to Products on Shopify, then use the image you want as the first image.

Let me know if this helps or if you need further help.

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Thanks your help, however your solution changes the order of images for all product pages and product collections. I specifically would like to only change image from first image in product page ( flat image of product) to the second image of product (mannequin shot), only in the Featured Collection section on the homepage of the site. THANKS!

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You are welcome.

To change the featured collection image, you would need to click on the Featured Collection section on the homepage, doing this will result in a change in sidebar where you would locate the “product image display”, once you set it based on your needs the changes will be applied only to the featured collection not all the product pages.

Let me know if further help is needed.