diff --git a/viator-collector.zip b/viator-collector.zip
index 3447623..d25d8aa 100644
Binary files a/viator-collector.zip and b/viator-collector.zip differ
diff --git a/viator-collector/includes/class-vc-taxonomies.php b/viator-collector/includes/class-vc-taxonomies.php
index 2b1b0c2..e222ced 100644
--- a/viator-collector/includes/class-vc-taxonomies.php
+++ b/viator-collector/includes/class-vc-taxonomies.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class VC_Taxonomies {
 		} else {
 			update_term_meta( $term_id, '_vc_image_url', $url );
 		}
-		delete_transient( 'vc_term_img_' . absint( $term_id ) );
+		delete_transient( 'vc_term_img2_' . absint( $term_id ) );
 	}
 
 	public static function register() {
diff --git a/viator-collector/includes/helpers.php b/viator-collector/includes/helpers.php
index 776b996..237a07b 100644
--- a/viator-collector/includes/helpers.php
+++ b/viator-collector/includes/helpers.php
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ function vc_term_image_url( $term_id, $taxonomy = '' ) {
 		return $custom;
 	}
 
-	$cache_key = 'vc_term_img_' . $term_id;
+	// "img2": the v1 key cached empty results for 12h, which left cards blank
+	// long after their tours had photos. Empty results now expire in an hour.
+	$cache_key = 'vc_term_img2_' . $term_id;
 	$cached    = get_transient( $cache_key );
 	if ( false !== $cached ) {
 		return $cached;
@@ -192,10 +194,14 @@ function vc_term_image_url( $term_id, $taxonomy = '' ) {
 
 	$url = '';
 	if ( $taxonomy ) {
+		// A few recent tours in the term; the first with any photo wins. The
+		// photo is read in PHP (primary, else first gallery image) — the same
+		// fallback the tour cards use — rather than filtered in SQL.
 		$query = new WP_Query(
 			array(
 				'post_type'              => 'viator_tour',
-				'posts_per_page'         => 1,
+				'post_status'            => 'publish',
+				'posts_per_page'         => 10,
 				'fields'                 => 'ids',
 				'no_found_rows'          => true,
 				'update_post_term_cache' => false,
@@ -206,21 +212,21 @@ function vc_term_image_url( $term_id, $taxonomy = '' ) {
 						'terms'    => $term_id,
 					),
 				),
-				'meta_query'             => array(
-					array(
-						'key'     => '_vc_primary_image_url',
-						'value'   => '',
-						'compare' => '!=',
-					),
-				),
 			)
 		);
-		if ( ! empty( $query->posts ) ) {
-			$url = (string) get_post_meta( (int) $query->posts[0], '_vc_primary_image_url', true );
+		foreach ( $query->posts as $post_id ) {
+			$url = (string) get_post_meta( (int) $post_id, '_vc_primary_image_url', true );
+			if ( '' === $url ) {
+				$gallery = vc_json_decode_meta( get_post_meta( (int) $post_id, '_vc_gallery_image_urls', true ), array() );
+				$url     = $gallery ? (string) reset( $gallery ) : '';
+			}
+			if ( '' !== $url ) {
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	set_transient( $cache_key, $url, 12 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
+	set_transient( $cache_key, $url, '' !== $url ? 12 * HOUR_IN_SECONDS : HOUR_IN_SECONDS );
 	return $url;
 }
 
diff --git a/viator-collector/viator-collector.php b/viator-collector/viator-collector.php
index b9a3cf8..c32f095 100644
--- a/viator-collector/viator-collector.php
+++ b/viator-collector/viator-collector.php
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ defined('ABSPATH') || exit;
 /**
  * Plugin Name: Viator Collector
  * Description: Import Viator tours using the Viator Partner API and display them with native WordPress post types, templates, and shortcodes.
- * Version: 1.9.2
+ * Version: 1.9.3
  * Author: Amir Bagheri
  * License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  * Text Domain: viator-collector
  */
 
-define('VC_VERSION', '1.9.2');
+define('VC_VERSION', '1.9.3');
 define('VC_PLUGIN_FILE', __FILE__);
 define('VC_PLUGIN_DIR', plugin_dir_path(__FILE__));
 define('VC_PLUGIN_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__));