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WooCommerce Variation Swatches Plugin: build your own, pay once

Replace the option dropdowns with color, image or button swatches that shoppers can see and tap. Describe it and Ora builds a WooCommerce variation swatches plugin for your store.

Build mine · $1 trialSee what it does

Try it on a practice WooCommerce site for 7 days with 2 free changes. Pay from $9 once only if you keep it.

Example: your product page
SMLXL (sold out)
Everyday tee
$28.00
Color: Olive
Add to cart
Illustration only. Your plugin follows your own rules.

What your Variation Swatches plugin does

A focused WooCommerce swatches plugin. Each attribute can show as colors, images, buttons or radio buttons.

Swatch types
Color, image, button and radio styles for each attribute.
Shape and tooltip
Round or square swatches, with a name that shows on hover.
Out of stock options
Hide or fade options that are unavailable.
One settings page
Its own item in your WordPress admin menu, so options are easy to find and change.
Good to know: Swatches replace the dropdowns on product pages, and optionally on shop pages. The gallery changing per option is a separate build.

Tell Ora what you need. Check the plan before you pay.

Describe your WooCommerce Variation Swatches Plugin in your own words. Ora replies with a plan and a price. Nothing is built until you approve it.

Example request
I sell t-shirts in 8 colors and 5 sizes. Show colors as round swatches with the color name on hover, sizes as square buttons, and fade any size that is out of stock.
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Here is the plan:
  • Round color swatches with the name on hover
  • Sizes as square buttons
  • Out-of-stock sizes faded and not clickable
  • A settings page in its own menu in your WordPress admin
Standard build · $19 once
In this build: Swatches come from your product attributes. Showing swatches under each product on the shop grid is optional and may need extra work.
Want more? Add it to your request:
  • Swatches on shop page. Show swatches under each product in the shop grid.
  • Hide unavailable. Hide options that are out of stock instead of fading them.
Add these to my request and get a quote
Ora builds it together with the plugin and the quote goes up to match. You see the new price before you pay. One plugin never costs more than $39. If it needs more than one plugin, Ora quotes each one. Or add it later as a separate build.

How to set up Variation Swatches

Here is how to get a Variation Swatches from idea to working plugin on your site. Most of the work is a few decisions, and these steps walk through them.

1. Choose the swatches
Colour, image or label buttons for each attribute, such as colour and size.
2. Set the look
Shape, size, the hover and the style for out of stock options.
3. Describe it to Ora
Paste your own version of the example request on this page, or start from one of the examples, and change the details. Ora replies with a plan and a price, and nothing is built until you approve it.
4. Test on the practice site
Pick each option on the practice site and check the price, the image and the add to cart button.
Common snags:

No yearly fee for your WooCommerce Variation Swatches Plugin

Looking for an alternative to the paid Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Pro extension from GetWooPlugins? It lists at $49 a year. Your own version is a one-off.

the paid Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Pro extension from GetWooPlugins
$49 / year
After 1 year$49
After 3 years$147
Your own WooCommerce Variation Swatches Plugin on Pluginora
$19–$39 once
After 1 yearthe same
After 3 yearsthe same
Includes5 free changes

Paid plugin price is the list price for one site, as shown on the seller's site in October 2026. The price of your build depends on its size. Ora quotes it before you pay. The paid product may do more than the plugin described above.

Start from an example

Pick one to open the builder with it filled in, then change anything you like.

Color swatches
Show the Color attribute as round swatches.
Size buttons
Show Size as square buttons instead of a dropdown.
Image swatches
Use a small fabric photo for each option.

Questions

Is there a free WooCommerce variation swatches plugin?

Free ones may exist. Build your own when you want exact behavior and nothing extra.

Can sizes and colors look different?

Yes. Each attribute has its own swatch type, such as colors for Color and buttons for Size.

Do I need WooCommerce?

Yes. This plugin is built for WooCommerce stores and works with your products, cart and checkout. You don't need to buy the paid Variation Swatches for WooCommerce Pro extension from GetWooPlugins.

Can I get a refund?

The trial fee is refunded automatically if a build fails. A purchased plugin can be refunded within 14 days if it doesn't do what the approved plan said and Ora can't fix it, as long as it hasn't been downloaded or installed.

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Describe your Variation Swatches plugin. See it working on a practice store.

$1 trial on a practice site. No yearly renewal.

Build mine · $1 trial