How To Add Currency Conversion To Your Web Site

Are you thinking about setting up an e-commerce site or selling goods online to a worldwide market? If so, you should think about providing users with the convenience of currency conversion on your web site.

Currency converting software lets your visitors convert international currency prices to their home currency at the purchase or checkout phase. It also lets customers see the exact amount their card or PayPal account will be charged, displayed in their home currency.

The obvious advantage of adding currency conversion to your website is that it allows customers to see and understand prices in foreign countries in their own local currency, making it it easier for visitors to calculate their costs and expenses.

If your site is powered by WordPress, you can add a currency converter to your WordPress website, allowing your prospective customers to easily understand the cost of your products.

Currencyr – Currency Conversion Plugin For WordPress

Currencyr is a simple yet advanced, intuitive, easy-to-use and complete currency converter plugin with a unique converter tooltip. Best of all, it’s free!

Some of the features of this great plugin include:

• Inline converter
• Supports various exchange rates providers, such as Yahoo! and European Central Bank
• Supports Shortcodes
• Widgetized currency table and converter
• Can be integrated with a number of e-commerce plugins such as WooCommerce, WP-eCommerce, Shopp, and Easy Digital Downloads.
• Automatically determines local currency
• Supports full translations

Important: The Currencyr plugin needs your server to be running PHP 5.3.0 or later. Do not install this plugin if you are running an older version of PHP on your server. Alternatively, ask your web host to check and upgrade your PHP.

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You can install the plugin from your WordPress admin area by searching for “currencyr” in the Plugins area and clicking the “Install Now” button …

After the plugin has been installed and activated, you can configure the plugin’s settings by selecting Currencyr from your WordPress dashboard navigation menu …

This takes you to the plugin settings screen …

For example, you can select a base currency from the Base Currency drop-down menu. The default base currency is ‘USD’ …

You can also select which data provider you want to use from a dropdown menu. The default selection is Yahoo Finance, but you can also choose another provider, such as FoxRate or Google Finance …

Note: If you select Open Exchange Rates, you will need an API (Application Programming Interface) ID …

You can choose how frequently you would like the currency exchange rates to update 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 (e.g. WP plugins).

Unless there is a reason to edit the jQuery settings, leave this option alone …

Configure the remainder of the settings according to your own preferences and click ‘Save Changes’ when you have finished configuring this screen …

Once your plugin settings have been configured, you can easily start adding currency conversion to WordPress pages using widgets.

See the ‘Additional Plugin Notes’ section at the end of this tutorial to learn more about using currency codes (e.g. USD, GBP, CAD, etc …) in this plugin.

Using Shortcodes

You can easily insert currency conversion into posts, pages and widgets with no web coding skills using shortcodes.

Let’s take a look at some examples of currency shortcodes that you can add to your WordPress pages and posts:

Let’s say that you retail an item online for a set price (e.g. $175) in US Dollars (USD), and you want to show the conversion amount in British pounds (GBP) on your page.

All you need to do is add the shortcode below to your page content …

Note: You can also insert amounts in dollars and cents (e.g. 19.95, 79.45, 544.97, etc …)

The example below shows how your shortcode will look after being added to a post …

After the post or page has been published, your converted currency amount will appear like this …

Using this example, let’s also convert the same amount into multiple currencies.

To do this, use the shortcode below (add as many currency symbols as you want separated by vertical pipes) …

The example below now shows how the above shortcode appears when added to a page …

Once the page has been published, the converted currency amounts will then display like this …

See the ‘Additional Plugin Notes’ section further below to learn more about changing the currency separator symbol within this plugin.

Now, let’s say that you would like 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 e-commerce pages targeted to non-European customers (e.g. Australia or Canada), you can change the base currency using the following shortcode …

Here’s how the above shortcode appears when you add it to your content …

Once your post has been published, your converted currency will then display as shown below …

Using The Widget

You can also insert currency conversion into your site’s sidebar using the Currencyr widget.

To add currency conversion to your sidebar menu, select Appearance > Widgets in the WP dashboard 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 below (add currency codes separated by a comma), and click Save to update your settings …

Your currency converter will now display on the sidebar menu with the options you have specified when configuring the widget …

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 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 shown below …

If you choose another symbol and resave your plugin settings …

Your web visitors will see the new symbol display as the currency separator …

E-Commerce Platform Integration

As mentioned earlier, the Currencyr plugin integrates with various WP-compatible e-commerce plugins such as WooCommerce, WP-eCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads …

(image source: plugin website)

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And there you have it! Now you can go and easily add a currency converter to your e-commerce site.

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