Color and Image Swatches for Variable Product Attr vs Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
Variation Swatches for WooCommerce is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 39 for Color and Image Swatches for Variable Product Attr, led by lower removal risk.
Active-install trajectory
Color and Image Swatches for Variable Product Attr moved down one install band, 1K+ to 900+; Variation Swatches for WooCommerce moved down one install band, 10K+ to 9K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | Color and Image Swatches for Variable Product Attr | Variation Swatches for WooCommerce |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 900–1K | 9K–10K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | -10% | -10% |
| Overall health | F · 39 | A · 89 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 3/100 | 100/100 ✓ |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 59/100 | 90/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 3.4★ | 4.5★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 20 | 55 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 45/100 | 97/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | High | Low ✓ |
| Last updated | 5.9y ago | 24d ago ✓ |
| Downloads, last 30d | 217 | 5.8K ✓ |
| Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower. | +45% | -14% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 0.9% | 2.2% ✓ |
| Category | eCommerce | eCommerce |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.