Defaut image value not showing up In my article content type, I've added a header image (field_header_image) field which I placed a default image into it so that all articles would have a default image used if one wasn't needed. However, when creating an article and leaving that field as the default value, it doesn't actually use that default value. The page is created as if that value is empty.

Is there any way to make sure that this default value is used?

Is there a way to do this through the .theme file? Is this the best way to do it?
If the default image was set correctly then the newly saved article nodes should pick it up. Check if the website's log show any related error messages.

If you want to go with another method then just:


Copy node.tpl.php in your website's themes folder to node--article.tpl.php;
Open node--article.tpl.php in editor and place the following code just before print render($content);:


&lt;img src="/path-to/image/image_file_name.ext"&gt;


Save.
Clear your website's cache and revisit any article node.