Variation Swatches for WooCommerce vs Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

by ThemeHigh

Health A91

Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

by PluginEver

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Variation Swatches for WooCommerce	Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	9K–10K ✓	100–200
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	96/100 ✓	74/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.79★ ✓	3.99★
Reviews	85 ✓	5
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3mo ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	1.3K ✓	282
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

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.