Guides › 500×500 image rule · Updated 8 October 2026

Google's 500×500 product photo rule: check your Wix store

Short answer: from 31 January 2027, Google Merchant Center needs every product photo to be at least 500×500 pixels. Google recommends 1500×1500 or bigger. Products with smaller photos may stop showing in Google Shopping, so check your store now while there's time.

Check my product photos for free Our free checker measures the photos on up to 6 of your product pages (Google Shopping tab).

What exactly is the rule?

Google's product image rules (the image link help page, read 8 October 2026) say:

new image size requirements of at least 500×500 pixels for all products, beginning 31 January 2027;
Google recommends images of 1500×1500 pixels or more;
no image file larger than 16 MB, and no image larger than 64 megapixels.

Before this change, the minimum was much smaller, so many older stores have photos that were fine until now.

Why Wix stores can be caught out

Wix shows a resized copy of your photo on the page, so a photo can look fine on your site even if the file you uploaded is small. What matters is the size of the original photo you uploaded. Photos copied from a supplier's site, phone screenshots and old logos-as-product-photos are the usual small ones.

How to check your photos

Quick way: run our free checker. It measures the photos on up to 6 of your product pages and shows the smallest one.
On your computer: find the original photo file. On Windows, right-click it > Properties > Details (look at "Dimensions"). On a Mac, open it in Preview > Tools > Show Inspector.
In Merchant Center: look at your product issues; Google lists products whose images need attention there.

How to fix small photos in Wix

Take or find a bigger photo of the product: 1500×1500 pixels or more, square if possible.
In Wix: Store Products > open the product > replace the main image with the bigger photo.
Save, then check the product in Merchant Center after your feed updates.

Don't just stretch a small photo bigger. It becomes blurry, and Google also checks that images show the product clearly. Keep the product easy to see: no added text or logos on top, no borders.

Which products to fix first

Start with your best sellers and the products you advertise. Then work through the rest before 31 January 2027.

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