Title: empty placeholder ??
Last modified: February 8, 2018

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# empty placeholder ??

 *  Resolved [jayma19](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jayma19/)
 * (@jayma19)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/)
 * Hello,
 * I created six categories for the services we are selling. No problem
    I assigned
   an image to each category of services. Still no problem I also have assigned 
   images to each individual service. No problem However, when I list the services
   that are in one category, I see something that looks like a clickable empty placeholder
   right above the name/link of the service I am selling…….??????? Why is that placeholder
   there? I tried various changes in the Products settings and I could not find 
   anything that would allow me to get rid of that empty placeholder. How do I get
   rid of it? OR What do I populate that place holder with??? Thank you so much 
   for your help
 * Jacques
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fempty-placeholder-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Caleb Burks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icaleb/)
 * (@icaleb)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/#post-9950438)
 * Are you referring to this: [http://cld.wthms.co/sPYvDs](http://cld.wthms.co/sPYvDs)?
 * That is the product image. You can set it by editing the product. Hiding it will
   require some custom code as pretty much all themes will show product images.
 *  [phj123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phj123/)
 * (@phj123)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/#post-9950447)
 * You can add a image to the placeholder/product within the right side of your 
   product page.
 * You can change the placeholder like this: add this code to your function.php
 * /**
    * Change placeholder. */ add_action( ‘init’, ‘custom_fix_thumbnail’ ); function
   custom_fix_thumbnail() { add_filter(‘woocommerce_placeholder_img_src’, ‘custom_woocommerce_placeholder_img_src’);
   function custom_woocommerce_placeholder_img_src( $src ) { $src = get_template_directory_uri().‘/
   placeholder.png’; return $src; } }
 * And drop a custom placeholder image in your theme named: placeholder.png
 * If you want to remove the placeholder add this to your css:
 * img.woocommerce-placeholder.wp-post-image {
    display:none; }
 *  Thread Starter [jayma19](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jayma19/)
 * (@jayma19)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/#post-9950776)
 * Hello Caleb and phj123,
 * Yes, the image that Caleb provided > [http://cld.wthms.co/sPYvDs](http://cld.wthms.co/sPYvDs)
   is exactly what I am referring to.
 * phj123 > please pardon my ignorance – I just want to remove the placeholder.
   
   For this I should add img.woocommerce-placeholder.wp-post-image { display:none;}
 * to my CSS << correct??
 * Thank you both
 *  Thread Starter [jayma19](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jayma19/)
 * (@jayma19)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/#post-9952784)
 * Hello Caleb and phj123,
 * What confuses me is that I have added images inside the description of each product.
   
   Is that not the Product Image?? If not, where is it that I add a product image?
 *  Thread Starter [jayma19](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jayma19/)
 * (@jayma19)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/#post-9952971)
 * OK – I did find where to set the product image.
    NP
 * Remaining question is for phj123
    What did you mean by “Change the placeholder”??
   Change the placeholder in what way? Change its location? Change its size?
 * Thank you so much
 * J
 *  [Caleb Burks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icaleb/)
 * (@icaleb)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/#post-9953836)
 * The first set of code they posted was for changing the default placeholder image.
 * I think you are good now that you know how to add a product image though 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Caleb Burks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icaleb/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/empty-placeholder-2/#post-9953836)
 * Status: resolved