Clean Image for Google Merchant (WC)

Yes. This plugin is built specifically for WooCommerce and requires WooCommerce to be installed and active in order to work. It integrates directly with WooCommerce products and product data to manage separate feed images without modifying your original product images.

This plugin is built specifically for WooCommerce and is regularly tested with the latest stable WooCommerce releases. At the time of the latest update, the plugin has been tested up to WooCommerce 10.4.x, including the most recent patch releases. As with any WooCommerce extension, keeping WooCommerce up to date is recommended for the best compatibility.

A clean image is a product picture without logos, watermarks, discount badges, promotional text or any overlays that violate Google Merchant Center image policies.

Because many stores want promotional images on their website, but Google Merchant requires neutral and compliant images. This plugin lets you keep both: promotional images on your storefront and clean images for Google Merchant Center feeds.

No. The plugin does not edit, crop or clean your images. It only stores an additional reference (ID + URL) to a separate "clean" image you choose or upload.

Because platforms like Google Merchant reject images with overlays, text, watermarks, or promotional elements.

If you do not set a clean image manually, the plugin falls back to the product featured image. You should still provide a true clean image to be fully compliant.

Base plugin meta keys:

• _gm_image_id
• _gm_image_url

Yes. The clean image URL is stored as post meta and can be exported or imported using WP All Export/WP All Import.

Yes. Any feed manager that supports custom meta fields can use the "_gm_image_url" field.

Yes, using WP All Import, WP All Export and many others or custom scripts that update the meta keys.

No. It only affects admin data and feed/export information, not the product display.

WooCommerce Clean Image PRO adds dedicated clean image fields for:

• Meta / Facebook & Instagram Shops
• Pinterest Catalog
• TikTok Shop
• AI Clean Feed Image Generator
• OpenAI API Key Integration
• Global Default Images (Per Channel)
• Feed Image Bulk Editor
• Export Multi-Channel Image CSV
• AI Clean Image Button Inside Product Page Each platform has its own ID + URL meta keys and CSV export columns.

PRO meta keys:

• Meta/Facebook: _gm_image_id_meta / _gm_image_url_meta
• Pinterest: _gm_image_id_pinterest / _gm_image_url_pinterest
• TikTok: _gm_image_id_tiktok / _gm_image_url_tiktok

Yes. Developers can use the "wc_gm_image_pro_channels" filter to add or modify channels and meta keys.

Not in this FREE release. All images must be selected manually. AI/automatic image cleaning features is included in the PRO release.

Yes, only for AI-generated clean images.

Absolutely yes. Using AI is completely optional. The plugin works perfectly even if you never use AI features or never spend a single cent on AI. AI background removal is simply an extra tool to speed things up, but you are never forced to use it. You can always manually upload clean, feed-safe images that are different from your main WooCommerce product image. Thanks to this plugin, you can manage separate images for Google Merchant, Facebook, Pinterest, and TikTok feeds — something that is not possible with standard WooCommerce alone. AI just makes the process faster, but manual image control works exactly the same.

AI processing is extremely affordable. The cost is based ONLY on the image that OpenAI generates (a clean 1024×1024 image), not on the size of your original upload. Whether your product image is 500 KB or 18 MB, the AI generation cost stays almost the same. On average, a clean feed-ready image costs between $0.02 and $0.06 per image, depending on the OpenAI model used at the time.

You can create an OpenAI account here: https://openai.com\ If you already have an account, log in here: https://platform.openai.com/login\ Once logged in, generate your API key on this page: https://platform.openai.com/api-keys

Yes — with the PRO CSV export tool.

Indirectly yes, because approved product listings increase your visibility on merchant platforms.

The stored meta data remains in the database. Feeds may stop reading those fields, but nothing is deleted.

• WordPress 5.0+
• WooCommerce 5.0+
• PHP 7.2+