🚀 Automatic Installation (Recommended)
- Go to your WordPress Dashboard → Plugins → Add New
- Search for "Swatchly"
- Click "Install Now" and then "Activate"
- Navigate to Dashboard → Swatchly to configure settings
📦 Manual Installation
- Download the plugin zip file
- Go to WordPress Dashboard → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
- Choose the downloaded zip file and click "Install Now"
- Click "Activate" to enable the plugin
- Navigate to Dashboard → Swatchly to configure settings
⚙️ After Installation
- Ensure WooCommerce is installed and activated
- Go to Swatchly settings (Dashboard → Swatchly)
- Configure global settings for product pages and shop pages
- Create or edit product attributes (Products → Attributes)
- Assign swatch types (color, image, or label) to each attribute value
- Apply the attribute to your variable products
- Swatches will automatically appear on your product pages
📖 Quick Start Guide
Step 1: Navigate to
Products → Attributes in your WordPress dashboard\
Step 2: Create or edit an attribute (e.g., "Color" or "Size")\
Step 3: Add attribute terms and assign swatch types (color, image, or label)\
Step 4: Apply the attribute to your variable products\
Step 5: Configure swatch appearance in Swatchly settings
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Version: 1.4.11 - Date: 18 February 2026
- Fixed: Compatibility issue with WPC Smart Quick View plugin.
Version: 1.4.10 - Date: 02 February 2026
- Improved: Variation URL feature now works with any theme structure.
Version: 1.4.9 - Date: 14 December 2025
- Added: Oxygen Builder compatibility.
Version: 1.4.8 - Date: 13 November 2025
- Fixed: Minor issue with notice manager.
Version: 1.4.7 - Date: 27 October 2025
- Fixed: Swatches not working properly on mobile devices.
Version: 1.4.6 -Date: 22 October 2025
- Improved: Accessibility support for swatches.
- Improved: Screen reader experience with more descriptive labels.
- Tested: Compatibility with WooCommerce latest version.
Version: 1.4.5 -Date: 28 July 2025
- Added: Recently Viewed Variations feature to auto select the variations based on the user's previous selection.
Version: 1.4.4 -Date: 13 July 2025
- Fixed: Issue where the color and image attributes were not being saved.
Version: 1.4.3 -Date: 19 June 2025
- Fixed: Translation issue in multiple areas.
Version: 1.4.2 -Date: 16 April 2025
- Tested: Compatibility with the latest version of WordPress.
Version: 1.4.1 -Date: 10 April 2025
- Updated: User permission checks for better role-based access control in AJAX handling.
Version: 1.4.0 -Date: 29 January 2025
- Fixed: Issue with multiple initialization of Swatchly on product page.
Version: 1.3.9 -Date: 03 December 2024
- Fixed: Conflict with 3rd party plugin.
Version: 1.3.8 -Date: 25 November 2024
- Fixed: Text Domain loading warning with WordPress 6.7.1
Version: 1.3.7 -Date: 17 November 2024
- Fixed: "Variation URL" not working with elementor loop issue.
- Fixed: Swatch not working properly with bundles product issue.
Version: 1.3.6 -Date: 14 October 2024
- Fixed: Issue with the button text color on swatch button hover does not change correctly.
Version: 1.3.5 -Date: 26 September 2024
- Added: Compatibility for WooCommerce Product Bundles plugin.
Version: 1.3.4 -Date: 11 September 2024
- Added: Compatibility for Astra Pro quick view
Version: 1.3.3 -Date: 01 September 2024
- Improved: Coding standards in some areas.
- Compatibility with WooCommerce latest version.
Version: 1.3.2 -Date: 03 August 2024
- Updated: 3rd party libraries for latest PHP version compatibility.
Version: 1.3.1 -Date: 11 July 2024
- Fixed: Encoding issue in product variation dropdown.
Version: 1.3.0 -Date: 10 July 2024
- Fixed: Issue duplicate form field id in the same form.
Version: 1.2.9 -Date: 24 June 2024
- Fixed: Escaping issues have been resolved in multiple areas.
- Updated: Language translation .pot file
Version: 1.2.8 -Date: 13 May 2024
- Fixed: Escaping issues have been resolved in multiple areas.
Version: 1.2.7 -Date: 18 Apr 2024
- Tweak: Loading banner in the post/page editor has been removed
Version: 1.2.6 -Date: 17 Apr 2024
- Added: Compatibility for ShopLentor universal product slider
- Added: Option to generate URL based on selected variation attributes for product details page.
- Improved: Removed dependency on JS for Diagnostic data notice dismiss issue
- Fixed: Product image doesn't change issue in product loop while use single product add to cart function
Version: 1.2.5 -Date: 19 Feb 2024
- Added: Option to generate URL based on selected variation attributes.
- Updated: Language translation .pot file
Version: 1.2.4 -Date: 18 Dec 2023
- Updated: Language translation .pot file
- Tweak: Opt-in message to provide non-sensitive diagnostic data and usage information to improve the plugin
Version: 1.2.3 -Date: 14 Nov 2023
- Fixed: Console error issue with the Barn2 plugin
Version: 1.2.2 -Date: 13 Sep 2023
- Added: Compatibility with Barn2 Product Filters Plugin.
Version: 1.2.1 -Date: 10 Apr 2023
- Added: Security nonce verification for recommended plugins
Version: 1.2.0 -Date: 04 Apr 2023
- Added: 2 new action hooks
- Added: YITH infinite scroll support
Version: 1.1.9 -Date: 19 Jan 2023
- Fixed: Swatches doesn't show in elementor preview mode
Version: 1.1.8 -Date: 06 Oct 2022
- Fixed: Product loop gallery navigation doesn't change after variation update
- Updated: Readme file
Version: 1.1.7 -Date: 11 Aug 2022
- Tweak: Compatibility for Elementor's related products
- Fixed: Related product's Alignment issue
Version: 1.1.6 -Date: 17 Jul 2022
- Tweak: Added product type condition to avoid generating error
- Fixed: get_current_screen Undefined function issue
- Fixed: Tooltip override issue
- Fixed: Codestar file not found issue
- Added: Full Compatibility with the infinite scroll support
- Added: Compatibility for the WooLentor's universal product quick view & position
- Added: Compatibility for the Astra theme
Version: 1.1.5 -Date: 29 May 2022
- Fixed: Show selected variation name issue
- Fixed: Shortcode notice was shown on products loaded via ajax
- Added: Compatibility for the "Urna" theme ajax loading issue on shop page
- Added: Compatibility for the "jet smart filters" plugin
- Added: Compatibility for the "Airi" theme infinite scroll & all major infinite scroll
Version: 1.1.4 -Date: 28 Apr 2022
- Improved: Global Settings
- Updated: Pot file
Version: 1.1.3 -Date: 23 Mar 2022
- Fixed: swatchly_pl_swatches shortcode error while using it outside it's scope
Version: 1.1.2 -Date: 12 Mar 2022
- Fixed: Duplicate variation JS file on single product page
- Changed: Demo link
Version: 1.1.1 -Date: 26 Feb 2022
- Added Compatibility: For the "annasta WooCommerce Product Filters" plugin
Version: 1.1.0 -Date: 14 Feb 2022
- Fixed: e.indexOf is not a function JS error
Version: 1.0.9 -Date: 8 Jan 2022
- Recommended extensions added in admin
- Hello elementor theme support
- Updated pot file
Version: 1.0.7 -Date: 1 Nov 2021
- Fixed: Tooltip image size override issue
- Fixed: Tooltip options were overridden even if the the swatch type is = select/inherit at product level
- Fixed: Event preventDefault for the product loop
- Improved: Global settings
Version: 1.0.6 -Date: 9 Oct 2021
- Fixed: Attribute slug show instead of the the label
- Fixed: Ordering support for the swatches
- Fixed: Tooltip image size value override
- Added: swatchly_return_default_select filter to return default select programmatically
- Added: swatchly_exclude_variation filter to exclude variation programmatically
- Added: Tooltip image size global option
- Added: Catalog mode help text
- Improved: Undefined array key warning
- Improved: Variable naming into the code
- Improved: Some global options
Version: 1.0.5 -Date: 4 Oct 2021
- Updated: Language file
- Fixed: Version name parameter with enqueue CSS/JS
Version: 1.0.4 -Date: 13 Sep 2021
- Fixed: Single product variation form's table tr,td CSS apply for only swatchly tr,td. Conflict fixed for pricing tier plugins.
- Fixed: Swatches does not show for out of stock products in the product loop
- Added: Show "out of stock" status when a variation combination chosen from product loop
- Improved: Typo of plugin settings options
Version: 1.0.3 -Date: 4 Sep 2021
- Fixed: Notice conflict with whols plugin
- Added: Support link to the description after intro
- Fixed: Menu position conflict problem
Version: 1.0.2 -Date: 1 Aug 2021
- Fixed: Pro notice width
- Fixed: "Remove Image" button of product Meta Box
Version: 1.0.1 -Date: 29 Jun 2021
- Added quick view support
- General settings indicator improved
- Added Ajax variation threshold
- Preview admin column warning fix
- Added "reset to default swatch settings" option for product Meta Box
Version: 1.0.0