Plugin profile · observed daily since 01 Nov 2026
Variation Swatches for WooCommerce – Color & Image Swatches
Active installs500+ rounded
Current authorWPFactory
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release24 days ago 19 Oct 2026
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record24
Rating4.0 /5 · 9
Added to directory07 Apr 2017
Requires WP4.4
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by WPFactory throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 01 Nov 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| algoritmika | 12 | 08 Apr 2017 | 26 Mar 2019 |
| Karzin | 3 | 16 Jan 2020 | 17 Apr 2021 |
| wpcodefactory | 9 | 02 Feb 2023 | 19 Oct 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Small but established: 500+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.
16 downloads a day averaged over 12 days. WordPress.org reports a running download total; the gap between two days is that day’s downloads. Unlike the install figure it is exact and has no ceiling, so it shows movement the rounded band cannot. Too few days so far to say whether it is rising or falling.
02 Nov 2026peak 24/day13 Nov 2026
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 01 Nov | 02 Nov | 03 Nov | 04 Nov | 05 Nov | 06 Nov | 07 Nov | 08 Nov | 09 Nov | 10 Nov | 11 Nov | 12 Nov | 13 Nov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 24 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 23 | 11 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (9) · active installs (500+) · version (1.2.3) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)
13 days of observation.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory9.5 years ago 07 Apr 2017
Requires WP4.4
Requires PHPfalse
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 19 Oct 2026, 25 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- The same account maintains 45 other plugins, 38 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 01 Nov 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 01 Nov 202612 days agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 19 Oct 202625 days agoVersion 1.2.3 released
- 26 May 20266 months agoVersion 1.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 11 Sep 202514 months agoVersion 1.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 03 Mar 202520 months agoVersion 1.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 09 Oct 20242 years agoVersion 1.1.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 31 Jul 20242 years agoVersion 1.1.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 21 Sep 20233 years agoVersion 1.1.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 18 Jun 20233 years agoVersion 1.1.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 02 Feb 20233.5 years agoVersion 1.1.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by wpcodefactory.
- 17 Apr 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.1.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Karzin.
- 16 Apr 20215.5 years agoVersion 1.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Karzin.
- 16 Jan 20206.5 years agoVersion 1.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by Karzin.
- 26 Mar 20197.5 years agoVersion 1.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by algoritmika.
- 08 Apr 20179.5 years ago11 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 08 Apr 2017 and 21 Feb 2019. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 07 Apr 20179.5 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by WPFactory for all 13 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 24 days ago (19 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 500+ active installs.
- It carries 9 ratings, averaging 4.0 out of 5.
What we don’t know yet
- No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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