What is WooCommerce’s variation swatches plugin used for?

WooCommerce Variation Swatches is the plugin that replaces the usual drop-down menus in WooCommerce with swatches, images and labels. It makes product choices easy for customers such as color, size, and style of the product to be produced among others. 

Key Features of the Plugin:

• Color Swatches
• Image Swatches
• Label Buttons
• Tooltips
• Custom Styling
• Stock Indication

Benefits:

• Improved User Experience: Enhances customer’s’ perception of the products so they can easily decide on which product to purchase.
• Enhanced Visual Appeal: An enhanced graphical interface of the store not only enhances the consumer’s experience of the store but may also increase the sales.
• Mobile-Friendly: The swatches are as responsive as possible to enable their function across various devices.

Popular WooCommerce Variation Swatches Plugins:

1. WooCommerce Variation Swatches by WooCommerce (official plugin – best one).
2. Variation Swatches for WooCommerce by RadiusTheme.
3. YITH WooCommerce Color and Label Variations.
4. Variation Swatches for WooCommerce by Woosuite.
5. WooSwatches – Woocommerce Color or Image Variation Swatches.