Hey,
Unless the option name for the variant is called “Color” or “Colour” the image swatch doesn’t appear and instead becomes buttons.
(I couldn’t put more than one embedded media since I’m a “new user” so I’m using imgur, scroll for all images): Imgur: The magic of the Internet
If it’s changed from “Color” to “Variant” it no longer shows the image swatches.
Appreciate any help, thanks!
This actually depends on your theme.
For older themes it was necessary to either use name like “Color” or specify which option names will be shown as swatches.
For most modern theme you need to create your product options based on Category metafields to show swatches, like this:
https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/custom-data/metafields/category-metafields/using-category-metafields
So, what’s your theme and what version? Or, even better, share a (preview) link to your store and actual product page
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