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Product Swatches Light

by laolaweb · WordPress.org page

v2.1.0 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 8.2+

Product Swatches Light has fewer than 10 active installs on WordPress.org and 1,443 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on March 29, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Product Swatches Light at a glance

Active installs
fewer than 10
Total downloads
1,443
Downloads, last 30 days
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Product Swatches Light well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • show swatches on product archives with respect the ordering
  • default activated caching of swatches to optimize the loading-time of your shop
  • choose color as attribute-type for your attributes and set one of 12 colors for your attributes
  • mouseover-event to change product-images and sales-badge on archive-listing to the touched color
  • update the swatches-cache manual on product or every hour automatically if something on a product has been changed
  • automatically updates the swatches-cache of single products if their stock changes
  • product-thumbs could be changed on hover
  • provides some WP CLI commands to delete or update swatch-caches
  • migration of color-swatches from plugin “Variation Swatches for WooCommerce” from RadiusTheme

Details

Capture your customers by displaying your product variations beautifully.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • product swatches
  • variant swatches
  • variation swatches
  • woocommerce

More from laolaweb

Version
2.1.0
Last updated
Mar 29, 2026
First published
May 15, 2023
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
8.2
Requires plugins
WooCommerce
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Product Swatches Light FAQ

What does Product Swatches Light do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Product Swatches Light offers show swatches on product archives with respect the ordering, default activated caching of swatches to optimize the loading-time of your shop, choose color as attribute-type for your attributes and set one of 12 colors for your attributes, mouseover-event to change product-images and sales-badge on archive-listing to the touched color and update the swatches-cache manual on product or every hour automatically if something on a product has been changed.

How many active installs does Product Swatches Light have?

WordPress.org reports fewer than 10 active installs for Product Swatches Light as of September 7, 2026.

Is Product Swatches Light still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on March 29, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Product Swatches Light free?

Product Swatches Light is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.