Plugin audit
Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Stores
Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Stores is healthy and under-discovered, a promotion opportunity.
Active installs
100+
Rating
5.0★
wp.org · 6 reviews
Downloads / 30d
420
Momentum
+6% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 9562 tracked eCommerce plugins: health 86 vs 71 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.3★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #3 lable
- #16 woocommerce variation swatches Up 3
- #18 swatches Down 2
- #18 variation dropdown
- #18 variation swatches Down 3
- #18 variation swatches for woocommerce Down 3
- #21 product variation swatches Down 1
- #24 stores
Tags still to break into the top 24: woocommerce, woocommerce attributes, woocommerce variations.
What to fix first
- 1
Ask happy users for a review
6 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 2
Swap “woocommerce attributes” and “woocommerce variations” for “swatches” and “stores”
“woocommerce attributes” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swatches” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “woocommerce variations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “stores” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Ranking signals
Listing score 90/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 92 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Holding it back
5.0★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 6 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 86/100 on health yet sits at 100 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.
What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.
Readme fails 1 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for. One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Stores is a strong product that not enough people know about.
A WP Mayor review and placement put it in front of WordPress users who are choosing plugins.
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