Variation Swatches for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce PayPal Payments
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| Feature | Variation Swatches for WooCommerce v1.0.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce PayPal Payments v4.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 2.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 800,000+ |
| Last updated | August 26, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| Editions | Variation Swatches for WooCommerce | WooCommerce PayPal Payments |
| 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 | Official PayPal gateway with smart buttons on product and checkout pages; Pay Later, card fields and Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets; Subscriptions, saved payment methods and ShipStation order tracking |
| 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 | Available payment methods depend on PayPal account and country eligibility; Many modules are switched on in settings, so the setup has several steps |
| 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 | PayPal smart buttons on product, mini-cart and checkout, Pay Later messages on product, cart and checkout blocks, Apple Pay gateway, Google Pay gateway, Card fields module, Pay upon invoice alternative payment method, PayPal subscriptions and renewals, Saved payment methods, Fraud protection module, Order tracking through the ShipStation plugin |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | CartFlows Pro | ShipStation |
| Other | Astra | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | api-m.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.ai, d.joinhoney.com, www.google.com |
| Blocks | — | 6 |