Google shows carousel images as product photos
Search engines index related-product carousel images as the main product photo and index related items on product pages.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 4 April 2022 · last reported 22 January 2026
What's going wrong
Several store owners using this related products plugin report that Google search results sometimes show the thumbnail of a different product, one taken from the related items carousel on the product page.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.