When a listing has no images, GeoDirectory shows a fallback image. It checks several places in a fixed order and uses the first one it finds, so the listing default image only appears when nothing earlier in the order is set.

The fallback order

For a listing with no uploaded images, the GD > Post Images block checks:

1. The listing’s logo, if one was uploaded.
2. The default image of the category. On a category page this is the image of the category being viewed. Everywhere else it is the image of the listing’s default category.
3. The default image of the post type.
4. The listing default image.

This means a category default image wins over the listing default image. If a category has one, every listing in it without its own images shows the category image, and that is the most common reason the listing default image seems to be ignored. A logo wins over all of them.

Where each image is set

• Category default image: Places > Categories, edit the category, Default Listing Image.
• Post type default image: Places > Settings > General, Default image (one of the advanced settings).
• Listing default image: GeoDirectory > Settings > Design > Archives, Listing default image.

Change the order for one block

The Fallback types setting of GD > Post Images decides which fallbacks the block uses and in what order. It takes a comma separated list made from logo, cat_default, cpt_default and listing_default. Leave out the ones you do not want. This example, for an archive item template, skips the logo and the category images:

[gd_post_images type='image' link_to='post' types='post_images' fallback_types='cpt_default,listing_default']

If your archive item template uses GD > Post Images with logo in Image types, as the shortcode version of the default template does, listings with a logo show it in the listings view. Remove logo from Image types and Fallback types if you only want listing photos there.