How do I change the first picture of my product?

Topic summary

A Shopify store owner is experiencing an issue where a product variant image is displaying as the main product image instead of the intended primary image. When clicking on the product, the main image gets overwritten by one of the variant images, even though the correct image is already set as the preview in the product settings.

Troubleshooting attempted:

  • The user confirmed the correct image is already selected as the thumbnail in Shopify’s product settings
  • Standard solutions have been tried without success

Current status:

  • A community helper (LizHoang) provided standard instructions for setting the thumbnail image
  • After confirming these settings were already correct, LizHoang requested information about which theme is being used
  • The user confirmed they’re using the Dawn theme
  • The issue remains unresolved and appears to be theme-specific, with further investigation needed
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granularcandles.com

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Hey Shopify community, I’ve come across this problem where when I click on one of my products (the product the arrow is pointing to in the photo below), the main image gets overwritten by one of the variant images. I’ve tried a few different solutions but none have seemed to work, anyone got any other alternatives to fix this issue?

As you can see, the main picture is second, and one of my variants are infront of it. It’s not too major but it is a slight inconvenience.

Hi @Granularcandles

You can follow the instruction here :

  1. Go to Shopify > Product > select the product

  2. Select the image that you want to show as Thumbnail on your product here :https://prnt.sc/cPvGIkRXWOtb

  3. Save

Here is the result :

I hope it helps.

Liz

@LizHoang It already is, not too sure why it isn’t like that however.

Hi @Granularcandles

May I know which theme that you are using now?

I will check on it for you.

@LizHoang I’m using Dawn