My product variations are broken and images not showing when site is translated.
This is what is it should look like
Can anyone help with a solution?
Topic summary
A user reports that product variations are malfunctioning on the translated (Spanish) version of their Shopify store—specifically, variant images fail to display correctly compared to the English version.
Likely causes identified:
- Translation apps or themes not properly syncing variant data and image references across languages
- Product options/variant names changed after translation
- Translation apps failing to carry over media IDs for variants
- Theme using custom variant selectors incompatible with Shopify’s product-form structure in translated views
Suggested troubleshooting steps:
- Re-publish translations for affected products to force Shopify to re-link media
- Verify images are properly assigned to variants in the admin panel
- Test with Shopify’s native Translate & Adapt app to isolate whether the issue stems from a third-party translation tool or the theme itself
- Check product template code for missing
{{ variant.featured_media }}ordata-variant-idreferences if theme is heavily customized
Status: Issue remains unresolved; one responder offered direct assistance to investigate the theme setup.
Hi @Johnnycrev,
I can’t really check this issue from the storefront only — it needs admin access to inspect how the variants and translations are linked.
If you’d like, you can install Grouptify – Combined Listings (it’s free to try). Once installed, we can help you directly from the app to review your product variant setup and image mapping.
The support team can take a quick look and guide you on how to fix broken variant images or translation sync issues.
Hope this helps!
Sophia – The Tapita Team