Best color swatches plugins for WordPress
The most popular color swatches plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Variation Swatches for WooCommerce leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce (700+) and XT Variation Swatches for WooCommerce (500+). All 21 plugins tagged “color swatches” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 color swatches plugins
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Smart Variation Swatches for WooCommerceThe most installed color swatches plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 13 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
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Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 10 reviews, updated 22 hours ago.
- 3.
XT Variation Swatches for WooCommerce500+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 32 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
- 4.
Custom Swatches for Iris Color Picker100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Variation Swatches and Gallery for WooCommerce40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Iris Color Picker Enhancer20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 7.AddOnn Attribute Image Gallery for WooCommerce
20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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Variation Swatches for WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
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SwatchCraft10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 10.Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 21 plugins tagged “color swatches”

Smart Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,894by aThemeArt1 month ago
Variation swatches for WooCommerce that turn dropdowns into color, image, and label swatches. Easy WooCommerce color attribute and image attribute set …
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 3.2(13)
- Downloads
- 36/day

Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:26#7,713by ShapedPlugin LLCtoday
Create beautiful color, image & button variation swatches that boost your store's appeal and help customers select variations with ease.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day

XT Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:59#8,777by XplodedThemes1 day ago
A Smart Variation Swatches for WooCommerce that transforms variation dropdowns to beautiful color, image or label swatches.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.7(32)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Custom Swatches for Iris Color Picker
Up in the last 7 days:177#15,962by Jennifer Brueske8 years ago
A simple plugin that allows you to customize 8 color swatches underneath the Iris Color Picker. This works for instances of the color picker in themes …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Variation Swatches and Gallery for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:493#22,394by akdevs7 months ago
The only free WooCommerce variation swatches plugin with a built-in Variation Image Gallery AND Stock Count by Variation. Replace boring dropdowns wit …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Iris Color Picker Enhancer
Up in the last 7 days:52#26,209by Maeve Lander9 years ago
Customise the default color palette used by Iris Color Picker
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AddOnn Attribute Image Gallery for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:849#27,301by AddOnn Tech1 month ago
Upload one image and gallery per attribute value (like Color) within a product and apply it automatically to every matching WooCommerce variation.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:77#29,868by WebTend21 days ago
Variation swatches for WooCommerce: color, image, label & radio swatches on product, shop & archive pages. Free dual-color swatches.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

SwatchCraft
Up in the last 7 days:6,843#36,027by Rajan Vijayan17 days ago
Colour, image and button swatches for WooCommerce variations, on product pages and shop cards. Formerly WP Smart Variations. Free.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:4,586#41,772by SaturnPlugins9 years ago
WordPress plugin replaces WooCommerce selects with variation swatches.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Chiseiko Essential Swatches for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:153#48,133by Chiseiko LLC8 days ago
Lightweight WooCommerce variation swatches. Replace plain dropdowns with fast, visual color, image, and text swatches on product and shop pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Swatch
#54,416by WPPoland (Mariusz Szatkowski)10 days ago
Let shoppers pick colours and sizes with a click: swatches replace the variation dropdowns, and the chosen value shows in words.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Swatchline
#58,625by Extendiment18 days ago
Colour, image and label swatches instead of dropdowns for variable products, with sold-out combinations crossed out. Classic and block themes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kashida Color Library
Up in the last 7 days:12,065#59,007by Mrwan B. elGobee18 days ago
Create responsive color collections with custom attributes, search, similar colors, and CSV, XLSX, or ZIP import.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

KABAA Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:2,211#65,158by KABAA5 days ago
Variation swatches for WooCommerce: color, image, button and radio swatches on product and shop pages. Sold-out marking, shareable variation links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Variation Swatches and Gallery for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:1,554#70,728by TaskPlugins1 month ago
The Variation Swatches and Gallery for WooCommerce substitutes radio buttons, color swatches for the standard dropdown, and a gallery slider.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Addonn Variant Grid for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:11,986#70,843by AddOnn Tech2 months ago
Show each WooCommerce product variation as its own individual product card on the shop page — instead of one card per parent product with a dropdown.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BizzSwatches
Down in the last 7 days:4,739#71,783by Saiful Islam27 days ago
Beautiful color, image, and button variation swatches for WooCommerce product attributes. Transform your product variations into stunning swatches.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

B3 Swatches
Down in the last 7 days:222#73,466by b3digital14 days ago
Turn WooCommerce dropdowns into color, image, button, number, and dual-color swatches. Image swatches and live preview are free.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Digitallo Variant Cards for WooCommerce
#73,949by Digitallo1 month ago
Turn WooCommerce's dropdown variation selector into a photo-card grid — every color or pattern gets its own image, price, and Add to Cart button.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MKWebTech Variation Swatches for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:16,442#74,190by mkwebtech3 months ago
Replace WooCommerce dropdowns with accessible color, dual-color, and image swatches. Lightweight and compatible with WooCommerce themes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day