[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Google Merchant Variants ## - **[Peter Kjeldsen](/forum/user/33928-peter-kjeldsen "View Peter Kjeldsen's Profile")** - [![Peter Kjeldsen's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/33928-peter-kjeldsen "View Peter Kjeldsen's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/33928-peter-kjeldsen) - Peter Kjeldsen Less More - Posts: 165 - Thank you received: 6 - - - [](http://www.nordicdental.dk) - 6 months 2 weeks ago [\#371621](#371621) by [Peter Kjeldsen](/forum/user/33928-peter-kjeldsen "View Peter Kjeldsen's Profile") *[Google Merchant Variants](/forum/26-product-category-display/910469-google-merchant-variants#371621 "Hi I have seen that it makes fail in google Merchant because og missing photo on the different variants. If I only use photo on the main product, then it show the same photo in all variants. But in Google Merchant the photo is missing on variants, is it something about settings in Hikashop? Br. Peter")* was created by *[Peter Kjeldsen](/forum/user/33928-peter-kjeldsen "View Peter Kjeldsen's Profile")* Hi I have seen that it makes fail in google Merchant because og missing photo on the different variants. If I only use photo on the main product, then it show the same photo in all variants. But in Google Merchant the photo is missing on variants, is it something about settings in Hikashop? Br. Peter Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS85MTA0NjktZ29vZ2xlLW1lcmNoYW50LXZhcmlhbnRzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86324 - Thank you received: 14285 - - 6 months 1 week ago [\#371627](#371627) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Google Merchant Variants](/forum/26-product-category-display/910469-google-merchant-variants#371627 "Hi I have seen that it makes fail in google Merchant because og missing photo on the different variants. If I only use photo on the main product, then it show the same photo in all variants. But in Google Merchant the photo is missing on variants, is it something about settings in Hikashop? Br. Peter")* Hello, A few things to double-check on your side: 1. In the Google Products plugin settings, confirm that "Include variants" is set to Yes. Without it, variants are not exported at all and Google Merchant would flag the main product listing as missing a variant breakdown, which can look like "missing photo on variants". 2. On the main product, the pictures need to be uploaded as Images, not as downloadable files. The feed generator only pulls entries where the file type is "product". 3. Use the "Download now" button in the plugin configuration to export a fresh XML feed, then open it and look at one of the variant <item> blocks. Is the <g:image_link> tag present, absent, or present but pointing to a URL that returns a 404? If the tag is absent on your side, please share the exact parent product configuration (number of images, where they are attached) and we can dig further. If the tag is present but points to a broken URL, the issue is likely on the thumbnail/URL side rather than variant inheritance. 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If I only use photo on the main product, then it show the same photo in all variants. But in Google Merchant the photo is missing on variants, is it something about settings in Hikashop? Br. Peter")* Hi Nicolas This is the link in Merchant: [ nordicdental.dk/index.php?option=com\_hik...l-screwdriver-manual](https://nordicdental.dk/index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&cid=4625&name=surgical-screwdriver-manual) Normal URL is: [ nordicdental.dk/dental-shop/implantater/...l-screwdriver-manual](https://nordicdental.dk/dental-shop/implantater/konisk-forbindelse/galaxy/kirurgiske-instrumenter/surgical-screwdriver-manual) Vaiants are included in Hikashop Google product plugin. All photos are uploaded as a photo in a folder. When I create a product, I select a photo from a folder. I asked Google AI. They say that I should put this: User-agent: Googlebot Allow: / User-agent: Googlebot-Image Allow: /images/ Allow: /media/ Also that components should be allowed??? **I asked Gemini. My robot.txt should look like this:** \# robots.txt til Joomla 5 med HikaShop User-agent: * \# Blokér Joomla system-mapper Disallow: /administrator/ Disallow: /bin/ Disallow: /cache/ Disallow: /cli/ Disallow: /includes/ Disallow: /installation/ Disallow: /layouts/ Disallow: /libraries/ Disallow: /logs/ Disallow: /modules/ Disallow: /plugins/ Disallow: /tmp/ \# HikaShop specifikke blokeringer (Undgå "duplicate content" og tomme sider) Disallow: /*checkout* # Blokér kassen/checkout Disallow: /*cart* # Blokér indkøbskurven Disallow: /*task-register* # Blokér registreringssider Disallow: /*task-login* # Blokér login-sider Disallow: /*filter_* # Blokér filter-resultater (vigtigt for SEO!) \# Tillad indeksering af billeder og scripts (Vigtigt for moderne SEO) Allow: /modules/*.css Allow: /modules/*.js Allow: /plugins/*.css Allow: /plugins/*.js Allow: /components/*.css Allow: /components/*.js \# Sitemap - Husk at rette URL'en til din egen! Sitemap: [ www.ditdomæne.dk/sitemap.xml](https://www.ditdom%C3%A6ne.dk/sitemap.xml) Last edit: 6 months 1 week ago by [Peter Kjeldsen](/forum/user/33928-peter-kjeldsen "View Peter Kjeldsen's Profile"). 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If I only use photo on the main product, then it show the same photo in all variants. But in Google Merchant the photo is missing on variants, is it something about settings in Hikashop? Br. Peter")* Hi, This has nothing to do with your problem. What is the exact error message that you have in Google Merchant ? Because from what I see on [ search.google.com/test/rich-results/resu...GwvMW\_VmpcI3sg&hl=fr](https://search.google.com/test/rich-results/result/r%2Fproduct?id=IO-k_lREGwvMW_VmpcI3sg&hl=fr) Google has no problem finding the images of the variants and they are properly referenced by the plugin. In fact I don't see a problem there. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS85MTA0NjktZ29vZ2xlLW1lcmNoYW50LXZhcmlhbnRzP3RtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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