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Swatchly – Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

by HasThemes · eCommerce

Also makes 13 other plugins · 16.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

Product Variation Swatches For WooCommerce Products.

How scoring works →
87 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 84/100
Support 70/100

87 health vs 68 average across 5,563 eCommerce plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

96 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 85/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+541% vs prior 30d
1.3KDownloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

4.8K

now · peak 7.7K

4.8K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Swatchly · #3078 you Variation Swatches f · #2188 Variation Swatches f · #2297 Smart Variation Swat · #3954

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.5Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

961per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

8

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v1.4.13

45

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4.13 · 2mo ago1.4.12 · 6mo ago1.4.11 · 6mo ago1.4.10 · 7mo ago1.4.9 · 8mo ago1.4.8 · 9mo ago1.4.7 · 10mo ago1.4.6 · 10mo ago1.4.5 · 1.1y ago1.4.4 · 1.1y ago1.4.3 · 1.2y ago1.4.2 · 1.4y ago1.4.1 · 1.4y ago1.4.0 · 1.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 83%
v1.2 8.9%
v1.3 5.5%
v1.1 2.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.7K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-01-20 · 1,424 observations

5KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
1.4.15
Last updated
2d ago
Added
2021-06-10 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.4.13 Fixed: Out-of-stock swatches were not marked as disabled on products with a single variation attribute. Fixed: Swatches stopped working after pagination on block themes using the Query Loop block (WP Interactivity API). 1.4.13
  2. Version 1.4.12 Improved: Admin notice display. 1.4.12
  3. Version 1.4.11 Fixed: Compatibility issue with WPC Smart Quick View plugin. 1.4.11
  4. Version 1.4.10 Improved: Variation URL feature now works with any theme structure. 1.4.10
  5. Version 1.4.9 Added: Oxygen Builder compatibility. 1.4.9
  6. Version 1.4.8 Fixed: Minor issue with notice manager. 1.4.8

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2026-08-19 CVE-2026-66605 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.4.13 Patched in 1.4.14
  2. 2025-04-09 CVE-2025-2719 Missing Authorization Affects 1.2.8 - 1.4.0 Patched in 1.4.1
  3. 2023-03-30 CVE-2023-23792 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.1

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Spanish (Spain) 60%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-16 6K+ → 5K+ down after 439 days in tier
  2. 2025-03-03 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-03-01 6K+ → 7K+ up after 332 days in tier
  4. 2024-04-03 7K+ → 6K+ down after 41 days in tier
  5. 2024-02-22 6K+ → 7K+ up after 360 days in tier
  6. 2023-02-27 5K+ → 6K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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