Missing Images Finder for Shopify
🔧 Quick Info: Product Missing Images Finder scans your Shopify catalog for products or variants that do not have an image. It creates a downloadable CSV or Excel report containing the affected items and the fields you choose.
What It Does
Product Missing Images Finder scans your Shopify catalog and identifies products or individual variants that do not have an image.
You choose whether to scan at the product level or variant level, select which items should be checked, and choose the columns that should appear in the completed report.
- Products – Finds products that do not have a main or featured image.
- Variants – Finds individual variants that do not have an image assigned to them.
Product vs. Variant Images: A product can have a main image while one or more of its variants still lack their own image. Running both report types provides the most complete catalog check.
The scan runs as a background job, so you do not need to keep the page open. When it finishes, the report is available to download and can also be delivered by email.
When Should You Use This?
- Before publishing or advertising a new product catalog.
- Before submitting products to Google Shopping or another marketplace feed.
- After a product import or store migration.
- After a large image upload or catalog update.
- When customers are finding products without photos.
- When some sizes, colors, or other variants do not display the correct image.
- As part of a regular Shopify catalog health check.
Before You Get Started
- Make sure your Shopify store is connected.
- Decide whether to scan Products or Variants.
- Decide whether to scan the complete catalog or a filtered group.
- Choose the fields you want included in the report.
- Decide whether you want a CSV or Excel file.
- Have an email address ready if you want a completion notification.
Report Only: Product Missing Images Finder identifies items without images but does not upload or assign images. Use the report to correct the affected products or variants in Shopify.
How to Use It
1 Open the Tool
Open Product Missing Images Finder from your Shopify tools list.
2 Choose the Export Type
On the Select Products step, choose one of the following:
- Products – Finds products without a main image.
- Variants – Finds variants without an assigned image.
The available filters and report columns change based on the selected export type.
3 Select the Items to Scan
Use the available collection and filter options to choose which products or variants should be checked.
Leave optional filters blank to include all matching items.
4 Choose the Export Options
Enter a filename and choose the report format.
- Filename – Defaults to
missing_images_<today's date>. - File Format – Choose CSV or Excel. Excel is selected by default.
5 Select the Report Fields
Under Select Fields to be included in export, choose the columns that should appear in the report.
The available fields depend on whether Products or Variants was selected.
6 Choose Email Delivery
Choose whether you want an email when the report is ready.
Your account email is entered automatically, but you can change it.
7 Start the Export
Start the scan. The report is created as a background job, so you can close the page while it processes.
8 Download the Report
When the scan is complete, download the report from the tool or open the link in the notification email.
Product Export Filters
When the Export Type is set to Products, choose a collection or use the available filters.
Collection Selection: When you select a collection, the other product filters are hidden. The selected collection defines which products are scanned.
| Filter | How It Works |
|---|---|
| Collection | Scans products assigned to the selected collection. |
| Product Handle | Enter one handle or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all handles. |
| Product Type | Enter one product type or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all types. |
| Product Vendor | Enter one vendor or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all vendors. |
| Product Tags | Enter one tag or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all tags. |
| Product Status | Choose Active, Archived, or Draft. |
| Product Published Status | Choose Published or Unpublished. |
| Product Stock Status | Choose In Stock or Out of Stock products. |
Variant Export Filters
When the Export Type is set to Variants, you can choose one or more collections or use the filters below.
| Filter | How It Works |
|---|---|
| Collections | Select one or more collections whose product variants should be scanned. |
| Product ID | Enter a comma-separated list of Shopify product IDs. Leave blank for all products. |
| Variant SKU | Enter one SKU or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all variants. |
| Variant Stock Status | Choose In Stock or Out of Stock variants. |
| Product Type | Enter one product type or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all types. |
| Product Vendor | Enter one vendor or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all vendors. |
| Product Tags | Enter one tag or a comma-separated list. Leave blank for all tags. |
| Product Status | Choose Active, Archived, or Draft. |
| Product Published Status | Choose Published or Unpublished. |
Product Report Fields
When exporting Products, the following columns are available.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Handle | The Shopify product handle. |
| Title | The product title. |
| Product Type | The product’s assigned type. |
| Vendor | The product’s vendor. |
| Collections | The collections the product belongs to. |
| Total Inventory | The product’s total inventory quantity. |
| Tags | The product’s Shopify tags. |
Variant Report Fields
When exporting Variants, the following columns are available.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| SKU | The variant’s SKU. |
| Title | The variant title. |
| Display Name | The complete display name of the variant. |
| Barcode | The barcode assigned to the variant. |
| Inventory Quantity | The stock quantity for the variant. |
| Options | The variant’s selected options, such as size or color. |
Report Formats
| Format | Notes |
|---|---|
| Excel | Creates an .xlsx spreadsheet. This is the default format. |
| CSV | Creates a comma-separated file that can be opened in most spreadsheet programs. |
Troubleshooting and FAQ
My report is empty
An empty report means every product or variant matching your selection already has an image.
If you expected results, widen the filters or switch between Products and Variants.
Should I choose Products or Variants?
Choose Products to find product listings without a main or featured image.
Choose Variants to find individual sizes, colors, or other variants without their own assigned image.
I did not receive the email
Check your spam or junk folder and confirm that the email address was entered correctly.
Also confirm that Email Delivery was set to Yes. The report can still be downloaded directly from the tool after it finishes.
The export is taking a long time
Large catalogs and broad searches take longer to process.
The report runs in the background, so you can close the page and return later or wait for the notification email.
The report columns changed when I switched the export type
This is expected. Products and Variants have different available report fields.
Changing the export type resets the selected fields, so review the field selections before starting the export.
A product has an image, but one of its variants appears in the report
A product-level image does not necessarily mean every variant has its own assigned image.
Open the variant in Shopify and assign the appropriate image if it should display a specific size, color, or style.
Does the tool upload missing images?
No. The tool creates a report only. Use Shopify or an image-upload tool to add and assign the missing images.