# Primary Photo Default

**URL:** <https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/primary-photo-default/7795>\
**Category:** RootsMagic\
**Tags:** feature-request\
**Created:** [June 28, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/primary-photo-default/7795 "2023-06-28T02:26:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bfurr1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/bfurr1/32/1677_2.png) [@bfurr1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/bfurr1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/primary-photo-default/7795/1 "2023-06-28T02:26:03Z")

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Is the option to automatically make the first photo in a person’s media list the “Primary photo” i.e. make that the default setting, currently being addressed as a future RM9 feature?

Is there any way find out to who has media but no “Primary photo”?

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**Author:** ![Terry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/terry/32/108_2.png) [@Terry](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/Terry)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/primary-photo-default/7795/2 "2023-06-28T13:52:38Z")

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I know that you said option but am still unsure why you would want to do this. I only have photos of a small proportion of the people in my database (i.e. the recent folk). The media that I have for people existing prior to about 1900 consists mostly of scans of register entries, censuses or newspaper clippings which I do not use as a “Primary photo”, however, if I had the option turned ‘on’ this is what would happen.

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**Author:** ![rzamor1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/rzamor1/32/8_2.png) [@rzamor1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rzamor1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/primary-photo-default/7795/3 "2023-06-28T13:53:48Z")

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We used to make the first image the primary photo for a person but we removed it for the exactly reason Terry said.

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**Author:** ![bfurr1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/bfurr1/32/1677_2.png) [@bfurr1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/bfurr1)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/primary-photo-default/7795/4 "2023-06-28T15:28:28Z")

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Please add it back as an optional setting. That would certainly help a lot of us with lots of people photos.

Also, give us the ability to find out to who has media but no “Primary photo”?

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**Author:** ![rzamor1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.rootsmagic.com/rzamor1/32/8_2.png) [@rzamor1](https://community.rootsmagic.com/u/rzamor1)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://community.rootsmagic.com/t/primary-photo-default/7795/5 "2023-06-29T02:45:20Z")

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Confirming enhancement requests have been reported to development.