Are you planning to sell goods or services online internationally? If so, then it’s a good idea to consider providing users with currency conversion.
Currency converting software tools allow your visitors to have the price of an international currency amount converted to their home currency when purchasing or checking out products online. It also lets customers view the exact amount their credit card or PayPal account will be charged, expressed in their home currency.
One benefit of adding currency conversion is that it allows customers to view and understand pricing in foreign countries in their own home currency, and makes it easier for customers to calculate their costs and expenses.
If your site is powered by WordPress, you can add currency conversion using a plugin to currency conversion to your website using a plugin, allowing your site visitors to quickly calculate the cost of your goods.
Currencyr – Free Currency Converter For WordPress
Currencyr is an intuitive, easy-to-use and complete currency converter WordPress plugin with a unique converter tooltip. It’s also free!
The Currencyr plugin features:
- Inline converter
- Supports various exchange rates providers, such as Yahoo! & European Central Bank
- Supports Shortcodes
- Currency table and converter widget
- Supports integration with a number of e-commerce plugins such as WP-eCommerce & Shopp.
- Can determine local currency automatically
- Full translation support
Note: This plugin requires your server to be running PHP 5.3.0 or later. Do not use this plugin if you currently have an older version of PHP installed on your server. Alternatively, ask your web hosting support team to upgrade your PHP server installation.
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You can install the plugin from your WordPress dashboard by searching for “currencyr” in the Plugins section and clicking “Install Now” …
After the plugin has been installed and activated, you can configure the plugin’s settings by selecting Currencyr from your WP administration navigation menu …
The plugin settings section offers you various configuration options …
For example, you can select a base currency from a dropdown menu. The default option is ’United States Dollar’ …
Similarly, you can choose any supported data provider from a dropdown menu. The default option is ‘Yahoo! Finance’, but you can choose one of the other options, such as European Central Bank, FoxRate, Google Finance or Open Exchange Rates …
Note: If you choose Open Exchange Rates, you will need an API (Application Programming Interface) ID …
You can select how frequently you would like to update the currency exchange rates by selecting an option from the ‘Update Rates’ dropdown menu …
The plugin uses jQuery, which allows web developers to add things like animation effects to web applications (such as WordPress plugins).
Unless there is a reason to modify the jQuery settings, leave these as they are …
Edit the rest of the plugin settings to suit your own needs and click the Save Changes button when finished …
After your plugin settings have been configured, you can start adding currency conversion to your WP pages or posts using shortcodes and widgets.
See the ‘Additional Plugin Notes’ section below to learn more about using currency codes (e.g. USD, NZD, CAD, etc …) with this plugin.
Currencyr Shortcodes
You can insert currency conversion into WordPress pages, posts and widgets with no technical skills or knowledge using shortcodes.
Let’s take a look at some examples of currency shortcodes that you can add to posts and pages:
Let’s say that you are selling your product for a set price (e.g. $175) in US Dollars (USD), and you want to display this conversion amount in British pounds (GBP) on your sales page.
To do this, simply insert the following shortcode into your post or page …
Note: You can also display pricing in dollars and cents (e.g. 155.25, 97.00, 1356.87, etc …)
The example below shows how your shortcode looks when added to your product page …
After publishing the content, your currency conversion will display like this …
Using the same example, let’s now convert the same amount into different currencies.
To do this, use following shortcode (you can add as many currency symbols as you like by using vertical pipes) …
The example below shows how the shortcode appears when inserted into your content …
After publishing your information, the currency conversion will then display as you can see in the example below …
See the ‘Additional Plugin Notes’ section below to learn more about changing the currency separator symbol within this plugin.
Now, suppose you want to select a different base currency than the one you have selected as your default.
For example, say you have set your default base currency as EUR and you have a section on your site targeted to customers in countries like Australia or Canada, you can change the base currency using the following shortcode …
Here’s how the above shortcode looks when added to your content …
After publishing the page or post, the currency conversion will then display like this …
Currencyr Widget
You can also insert a currency converter into your site’s sidebar section using the plugin’s widget.
To add the currency converter to your sidebar menu, select Appearance > Widgets in the WP user admin menu …
In the Widgets > Available Widgets area find the ‘Currencyr’ widget and add it to an ‘Active Widgets’ location …
Configure the widget settings as shown in the example below (add any currency codes you want displaying on your widget separated by a comma), and click ‘Save’ to update your settings …
Your currency conversion tool will now display on your sidebar menu with the settings you have specified …
Additional Plugin Notes
This section contains additional 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 change the symbol in the Multiple Separator settings section.
So, for example, entering the default symbol “/” (forward slash) …
Separates all your currency values with the forward slash as you can see in the screenshot below …
If you choose another symbol and resave your plugin settings …
Your web visitors will see the new symbol display as the currency separator …
Integration With WP e-Commerce Software
As stated earlier, the plugin integrates with various WordPress-compatible e-commerce plugins like WooCommerce, WP-eCommerce and Shopp …
(above image sourced from plugin site)
Congratulations! Now you can go and easily add currency conversion to your e-commerce web site.
To learn more about WordPress e-commerce plugins, see the tutorial below:
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