A slow Shopify store loses sales. Here are 12 things you can check and fix today to improve page speed, Core Web Vitals, and mobile performance.
How to hide or style sold-out and unavailable variant swatches on Shopify
Unavailable means deleted. Sold out means zero inventory. Rubik handles them separately with 4 toggles. Here is how to configure each.
How to show different swatch types for different options: images for Color, pills for Size
Color options look best as image swatches. Size works better as pill buttons. Here is how to mix swatch types on the same product in Rubik Variant Images.
How to assign the same image to multiple Shopify variants (common images explained)
Size charts, lifestyle shots, and packaging photos should show for every variant. Here is how to use common images and shared assignments in Rubik.
How to reorder variant images in your Shopify product gallery
The first image assigned to a variant becomes the hero shot. Here is how to drag and drop images into the right order for each variant in Rubik.
15 ways to customize your Shopify variant swatches with CSS
Rubik Variant Images gives you 100+ CSS variables to customize swatches. Here are 15 practical examples: shapes, borders, hover effects, selected states, and more.
Shopify variant images FAQ: 30 questions merchants actually ask
Answers to the 30 most common questions about Shopify variant images, from showing multiple images per variant to AI auto-assign, theme compatibility, swatches, and troubleshooting.
How to set up variant images for Shopify products with 2 or 3 options (Color + Size + Material)
Your Shopify product has Color, Size, and Material options. Here is how to show different images for each combination and set up swatches that handle all three.
How to use AI to automatically assign images to Shopify variants
Manually assigning images to variants takes hours for large catalogs. Rubik Variant Images uses AI to analyze your product photos and match them to the correct variants in seconds.
How to show only the selected variant’s images on Shopify (and hide the rest)
Shopify shows all product images regardless of which variant is selected. Here is how to filter the gallery so customers only see images for the color or style they picked.
Shopify variant images not showing? 10 causes and how to fix each one
Your Shopify variant images are not updating when customers select a color or size. Here are the 10 most common causes and how to fix every one of them.
How to Set Up Combined Listings on Shopify (Without Plus)
We built Rubik Variant Images to fix the image gallery problem on Shopify product pages. You select a color, you should see that color’s photos. Simple. But we kept hearing the same question from merchants after they installed it. “This is great for the images, but my colors aren’t variants. They’re separate products. How do […]












