Variation Swatches for WooCommerce vs WooCommerce
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| Feature | Variation Swatches for WooCommerce v1.0.14 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | WooCommerce v11.2.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 200,000+ | 7M+ |
| Last updated | August 26, 2026 | October 9, 2026 |
| Editions | Variation Swatches for WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| 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 | Simple and variable products, cart, checkout and coupons; Built-in payment, shipping zone, tax and email tools; REST API and WP-CLI commands for store management |
| 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 | Payments, shipping and tax all need setup before selling; Many advanced features come from paid marketplace add-ons; Contacts Woo and WordPress services for some optional features |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 2 |
| 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 | Simple and variable products, Cart and checkout, Built-in offline payment methods and gateway API, Shipping zones and methods, Tax rates and calculation, Coupons, Order query API, REST API for products and orders, WP-CLI commands, Analytics reports |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | PayPal |
| Analytics | — | WooCommerce usage tracking service |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | CartFlows Pro | WooCommerce.com |
| Other | Astra | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.4 | 7.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Only if you agree |
| External services | — | public-api.wordpress.com, woocommerce.com, api.webflow.com, tracking.woocommerce.com, www.paypal.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.sandbox.paypal.com, api-3t.paypal.com, dzv365zjfbd8v.cloudfront.net, api.wordpress.org, plugins.svn.wordpress.org, translate.wordpress.com, api64.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ipinfo.io, api.country.is |
| Blocks | — | 60 |
| Shortcodes | — | 7 |
| Custom tables | — | 31 |