Do you sell products online globally? If so, then you may want to consider providing your prospects with the convenience of currency conversion on your e-commerce site.
Currency converting tools let your prospects convert international currency amounts to their home currency when purchasing products on e-commerce sites. It also allows your customers to see the exact amount their credit card or PayPal account will be charged, displayed in their own local currency.
One great benefit of adding currency conversion to your website is that it lets customers see and understand prices in foreign countries in their own home currency, making it it easier for customers to calculate their costs and expenses.
Fortunately, if you are a WordPress user, it’s really easy and simple to add currency conversion using a plugin to currency conversion to WordPress via a plugin, allowing your prospective customers to quickly and easily perform currency conversions to determine the cost of your goods.
Currencyr – Free Currency Converter For WP Websites And Blogs
Currencyr is a simple, easy-to-use and complete currency converter plugin with a beautiful and unique converter tooltip. It’s also free to install and use on your website or blog.
This currency conversion WordPress plugin features:
- Inline conversion tool
- Supports several exchange rates providers, such as Yahoo! & FoxRates
- Supports Shortcodes
- Widgetized currency table and converter
- Can be integrated with various online store plugins such as WooCommerce, WP-eCommerce & Easy Digital Downloads.
- Can detect local currency automatically
- Full language translation support
Note: The Currencyr plugin requires your server to be running PHP 5.3.0 or later. Do not install this plugin if you currently have an older version of PHP installed. Ask your web host to update your PHP.
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You can install the Currencyr plugin from your WP dashboard by typing in “currencyr” into the Plugins search field and clicking the ”Install Now” button …
After installing and activating the plugin, you can visit the plugin’s settings area by choosing Currencyr from your admin user area …
This takes you to the plugin settings page …
For example, you can choose a base currency from a dropdown menu if you prefer a different currency than the default option ’USD’ …
You can select a data provider from a dropdown menu. The default provider is ‘Yahoo! Finance’, but you can also choose one of the other options, such as European Central Bank or Open Exchange Rates …
Note: If you select ‘Open Exchange Rates’, you will need an API (Application Programming Interface) ID …
You can choose how often you would like the exchange rates to be updated by choosing an option from the Update Rates dropdown menu …
The Currencyr plugin uses jQuery, which is an open-source library of Javascript code that allows web developers to add things like animation effects to web applications (such as WP plugins).
Unless you have a reason to modify the jQuery settings, you can just ignore this setting …
Configure the remainder of the settings to suit your own needs and remember to click the ‘Save Changes’ button when finished …
After you have finished configuring your plugin settings, you can easily start adding currency conversion to any WP page or post using widgets.
Refer to the ‘Additional Plugin Notes’ section further below to learn how to use currency codes (e.g. USD, GBP, ZAR, etc …) with the Currencyr plugin.
Plugin Shortcodes
You can add currency conversion to WordPress posts, pages and widgets without touching code using shortcodes.
Here are some examples of currency shortcodes that you can add to your WP pages and posts:
Let’s say that you are selling an item for a fixed price (e.g. $175) in US Dollars (USD), and you would also like to display the conversion amount in British pounds (GBP) on your sales page.
All you need to do is insert the shortcode below into your post or page …
Note: You can also add prices in dollars and cents (for example, 19.95, 47.00, 149.00, etc …)
The screenshot below shows how the above shortcode should look after being added to the post …
After publishing the page or post, your currency conversion will appear as you can see below …
Using the same example, let’s also translate the same price into different currencies.
To do this, use following shortcode (add as many currency symbols as you want by using vertical pipes) …
The example below shows how the above shortcode appears when inserted into a post …
After publishing your information, the currency conversion will then appear like this …
refer to the ‘Additional Plugin Notes’ section further below to learn how to change the currency separator symbol with the Currencyr plugin.
Now, let’s say that you would like to select a different base currency than the one selected as your default.
For example, say you have specified your default base currency as EUR and you have a section on your website targeted to visitors in countries like Australia or Canada, you can change the base currency using the following shortcode …
The example below now shows how the above shortcode looks when added to a page …
Once the content has been published, your currency conversion will then appear as seen below …
Plugin Widget
You can also add a currency converter to your site’s sidebar using a widget.
To add the currency converter to your sidebar, choose Appearance > Widgets in the WordPress admin menu …
In the Widgets > Available Widgets section find the ‘Currencyr’ widget and drag it to an Active Widgets location …
Configure the widget settings as shown below (add currency codes separated by commas), and click ‘Save’ to update your settings …
Your currency converter will now appear on your website’s sidebar menu with the options you have specified when configuring the widget …
Additional Plugin Notes
Here are some additional notes and useful information about using the Currencyr plugin.
Currency Separator
The Currencyr plugin lets you specify a symbol of your choice to display as the currency separator when using multiple currencies.
You can select a different symbol in the Multiple Separator settings field.
So, for example, using the default symbol “/” (forward slash) …
Displays your currency values separated by a forward slash as you can see in the example below …
If you change this symbol and update your settings …
Your web visitors will see the new symbol used as the currency separator …
E-Commerce Integration
As stated earlier, the Currencyr plugin can be integrated with a number of WP-compatible e-commerce plugins like WooCommerce, WP-eCommerce, Shopp, and Easy Digital Downloads …
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Congratulations! Now you know how to easily add currency conversion to your WordPress website.
To learn more about WordPress e-commerce plugins, see the tutorial below:
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