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Variation Swatches for WooCommerce v2.2.7

Creates variation swatches for WooCommerce, converts your variation dropdown into color, label, or photo swatches with ease, The original Variation Sw …

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 7, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 7, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires WordPress 4.5+
  • Tested up to WP 6.9 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 86% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 84 Passed
  • 33 Warnings
  • 8 Failed
Security 78/100
Needs Improvement

29 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 66/100
Needs Improvement

40 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 58/100
Needs Improvement

7 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 33/100
Poor

2 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

173.5 KB

568.5 KB unzipped

Total files

55

across all file types

Lines of PHP

5,359

in 25 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • JS
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 1 Critical
  • 196 High
  • 87 Medium
  • 308 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Variation Swatches for WooCommerce, The largest regression was in Privacy (-67). The codebase grew 512% in size.

Audited 1.0.4 → 2.2.7 · 30 versions

0 50 100 1.0.4 2.0.2 2.1.7 2.2.7

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 298 595 1.0.4 2.0.2 2.1.7 2.2.7

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

1,465

downloads

Today

159

downloads

Week over week

−4%

vs previous week

Month over month

−30%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: Low.

Version intelligence

14% of installs run an older version

≈ 7.2K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • v1.0
  • v2.0
  • v2.1
  • v2.2

Ratings

59 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 34
  • 4 5
  • 3 2
  • 2 4
  • 1 14

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

3 mo ago

Jun 8, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 61 days

average between releases

Total releases

33

since Feb 2017 · 9 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Variation Swatches for WooCommerce in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Variation Swatches for WooCommerce v2.2.7 flagged 592 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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