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Variation Swatches for WooCommerce 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 only plugin here with enough reviews to score.

Active-install trajectory

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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	Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	8K–9K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	3K+ → 2K+	-20% ✓
Overall health	—	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	96/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	0	86 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	3d ago ✓	2mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	1.5K	1.9K ✓
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.	-12%	-26%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.4%	3.1% ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

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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.