Default Value for Images

• JboyJW

• March 12, 2015 at 2:50 am

I’ve seen one other request for a Default Value for Image types but it was because they needed it for a new type they were adding.

I’m requesting this feature in general. I don’t see why an Image is any different than other field types in that there can be a default when a new Post is created. Perhaps a default would not be possible when choosing to use an Image Object. But for Image ID and Image URL, there should be a default option so that I can enter the ID or URL of a previous uploaded image.

For instance, if I make an ACF for a banner image, it would be nice to be able to upload a banner image meant for a default banner, and then use its attachment ID as the default for my field. This makes it so then when a user creates a new post, the default banner is already visible to them and gives them a better idea about if they want to change it or not. It also gives them the option to remove it and have no banner image.

If I were to just use the template code to show a default image when no image is selected, it eliminates the option of not showing an image.

Thanks.

• James

• April 8, 2016 at 5:45 pm

Hi @jboyjw,

Thanks for the feature request.

The issue has been submitted to Elliot and hopefully this will be added to the plugin’s development roadmap.

• JboyJW

• April 8, 2016 at 11:19 pm

Thanks James. I’ve had a few instances now where this would have been really helpful. Hopefully it gets added to the roadmap.

Cheers.

• John Huebner

• May 24, 2016 at 1:21 am

I came across this while I was looking for something else. Adding a default image setting for all image fields is actually simple to do and a while back I created a filter to do it https://github.com/Hube2/acf-filters-and-functions/blob/master/default-image-for-image-field.php

• David Horn

• January 17, 2018 at 2:36 am

2 years later – still helping people out 🙂 Thanks John for the link, works perfectly.

• tabboy

• May 17, 2019 at 2:33 pm

This snippet is important if you want to utilize the default image value in the front end.

add_filter('acf/load_value/type=image', 'reset_default_image', 10, 3);
function reset_default_image($value, $post_id, $field) {
  if (!$value) {
    $value = $field['default_value'];
  }
  return $value;
}