Variation Swatches for WooCommerce vs WooPayments
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| Feature | Variation Swatches for WooCommerce v1.0.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | August 26, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Editions | Variation Swatches for WooCommerce | WooPayments |
| Pros | Colour, image and label swatches per attribute; Swatches on shop and product pages, with a settings page; No coding needed; built-in Astra and CartFlows compatibility | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block |
| Cons | Only the swatch types listed in the code: label, colour and image; Other themes may need extra CSS; Adds script and style to front-end WooCommerce pages | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Label, colour and image swatch types per attribute, Swatches on shop and archive pages, Swatches replace variation dropdowns on product pages, Tooltips on swatches, AJAX add to cart from shop pages, Swatches in the layered navigation filter, Settings page under WooCommerce | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | CartFlows Pro | — |
| Other | Astra | FedEx |
| Requires WordPress | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |