YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce

76 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

At roughly 9,000 active installs it is a niche plugin rather than a mainstream choice, which is reflected in the popularity score of 59.

Update Freshness

25/25

A perfect maintenance score signals that the plugin is being updated on a current cadence and is keeping pace with recent WordPress releases.

User Rating

11/15

The 72 out of 100 user rating, drawn from 22 reviews, sits in average territory and suggests most users are satisfied but a meaningful minority have run into problems.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads tracked there is no public evidence of either responsive help or unresolved complaints, so the support score of 50 is effectively neutral.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks for compatibility indicate the plugin declares support for current WordPress, a reasonable PHP floor of 7.4, and WooCommerce without obvious red flags.

Scores higher than 50% of indexed plugins

About

YITH WooCommerce Color and Label Variations replaces the dropdown select of your variable products with Colors and Labels

Active Installs 9k+

Rating ★★★½ 3.6/5

Last Updated 2026-08-18 11:04am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.9+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

3 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 2 Medium

Most recent: November 11, 2022

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What It Does

YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce replaces the standard dropdown selectors on variable products with visual swatches, allowing shoppers to pick attributes such as colour, size, or material using clickable colour tiles or text labels. It works on the product page, in product listings, and inside the cart, giving customers a faster and more visual way to choose variants. The plugin also supports tooltips, custom images per variation, and attribute-level styling.

Who It's For

This plugin is built for WooCommerce store owners who sell variable products where visual selection matters, such as apparel, footwear, accessories, jewellery, or any catalogue that relies heavily on colour and style choices. It is a good fit for small to mid-sized fashion and lifestyle shops that want to upgrade from plain dropdowns without building custom code. If you run a store where most products have only one or two attributes and shoppers rarely browse variants, the value is limited.

Who Should Skip It

If your shop sells only simple products, has fewer than a handful of variable items, or already uses a premium theme or builder that ships with its own swatch system, this plugin adds little. Stores on older PHP stacks below 7.4 or WordPress below 6.8 will also need to skip it or upgrade first.

The Bottom Line

YITH Color and Label Variations for WooCommerce is a competent, well-maintained swatch plugin that does its core job and earns a 76 out of 100 overall quality score. It is worth a serious look for fashion and apparel stores running WooCommerce on current versions of WordPress and PHP. If your product catalogue is mostly simple items, or you want proven vendor support backed by a large community, look at the alternatives above first.

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