Getting placeholder image instead of swatch image. Magento2.3

Question

I have some issues with swatch images. Clicking swatches in catalog list pages loads placeholder images instead of real product images.

I noticed that request to get swatch images returns only small image and placeholder image for the rest of dimensions.

• I can confirm that swatch images have been set correctly in magento administration.
• I have tried clearing image cache
• I have tried running php bin/magento catalog:image:resize to regenerate resized images. Didn't work.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Inside app/design/frontend/Vendor/Theme/etc/view.xml If it was not there, add it view.xml (should copy it from parent theme).

<image id="product_page_image_large_no_frame" type="small_image">
    <width>650</width>
    <height>650</height>
    <frame>false</frame>
</image>

<image id="product_page_image_medium_no_frame" type="small_image">
    <width>650</width>
    <height>650</height>
    <frame>0</frame>
</image>

Those are 2 value which triggered while you choose swatch from product grid. You could change type="small_image" to type="thumbnail" or type="image"

Hope this helps.