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Variation Swatches for WooCommerce

by Emran Ahmed · 300,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: Variation Swatches for WooCommerce is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

93/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security90
Support86
Reputation85

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
EmranAhmed20 Dec 2017 to 28 Oct 2026, 185 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
7 days ago
Releases, 24 months
10
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Q1 20241
Q2 20242
Q3 20242
Q4 20241
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20251
Q4 20251
Q1 20261
Q2 20261
Q3 20262
Q4 20263

Last release 28 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

86% of 7 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
20 Aug 2019Variation Swatches for WooCommerce <= 1.0.61 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting6.1< 1.0.621.0.6244

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating per quarter for Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Q4 20254.4
Q1 20265.0
Q2 20265.0
Q3 20265.0
Q4 20263.7

Average rating fell from 4.4 to 3.7 between Q4 2025 and Q4 2026.

Rating distribution
5 star877
4 star11
3 star7
2 star6
1 star25
Latest low reviews

Momentum

300,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
4 May 20263,954
11 May 20267,599
18 May 20267,914
25 May 20267,477
1 Jun 20267,163
8 Jun 202675,774
15 Jun 202619,743
22 Jun 202615,430
29 Jun 202613,378
6 Jul 202620,726
13 Jul 202610,529
20 Jul 202610,691
27 Jul 202610,051
3 Aug 20269,435
10 Aug 20268,284
17 Aug 202679,290
24 Aug 202624,110
31 Aug 202617,036
7 Sep 202612,992
14 Sep 202679,408
21 Sep 202627,379
28 Sep 202615,422
5 Oct 202612,673
12 Oct 202610,708
19 Oct 202671,362
26 Oct 2026128,122
2 Nov 20264,495

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 104% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

No healthier plugin in the same category yet.

Facts

Version2.6.2
AuthorEmran Ahmed
Added20 Dec 2017
Last updated28 Oct 2026
Active installs300,000+
Requires WordPress6.8
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
Tagsvariation swatches, woocommerce variation swatches, woocommerce attributes swatches, variation swatches for woocommerce, woocommerce color image button swatches

Other plugins by this author: Additional Variation Images Gallery for WooCommerce, Duplicate Variations for WooCommerce, Marquee Block, Payment Gateway - 2Checkout for WooCommerce, Add to Cart Redirect for WooCommerce

Questions

Is Variation Swatches for WooCommerce still maintained?

Variation Swatches for WooCommerce was last updated on 28 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is Variation Swatches for WooCommerce safe?

Variation Swatches for WooCommerce has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns Variation Swatches for WooCommerce?

The wordpress.org author is Emran Ahmed. Recent committers: EmranAhmed, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of Variation Swatches for WooCommerce?

We have no healthier plugin in the same category on record yet.

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