Additional Image Handling in the Database
Specifying additional image names in database fields
In earlier versions of Zen Cart, additional images for a product were required to use the filename matching mechanism.
In Zen Cart 2.2.0, a new mechanism for specifying additional images was introduced. The Configuration setting Additional Images Handling allows you to specify additional images in database fields, rather than relying on the older filename matching mechanism.
To specify additional images names in the database, follow these steps:
- Go to Admin > Configuration > Images and set Additional Images Handling to “Database.”
- Go to Admin > Modules > Plugin Manager > Scan Additional Product Images to Database. Install this plugin.
- Go to Tools > Scan Product Images To Database.
Once you run the scan tool, the new products_additional_images table will be populated, and you may use the product editing page directly to manage your additional images.
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Last modified September 30, 2025 by Scott Wilson (7f42f44b).