WORDPRESS PLUGIN – WORLD CURRENCY
This WorldPress Plugin recognises users by their IP address and shows them converted values in their local currency, you can also write post/pages in multiple currencies. Its initial version is 1.0 released on 19th February 2012 under the GPL licence
This plugin Shows currency values to readers in their local currency, you can use multiple currencies per post. [worldcurrency curr=”THB” value=”120″] will become (~3.5$ USD) in United States and (~3€ EUR) from Europe)
It is really useful especially for travel and commerce blogs to show prices in the currency of the reader, so they will find themselves at home. With this plugin you can get the currency value display like this: The price of the green curry is 120 baht (~3€ EUR)
Features of WORLD CURRENCY Plugin:
- Determines the reader’s country via their IP address, using IP2C (small library that provides IP to country resolution using a binary file.)
- Obtains the exchange rates for the currency from Yahoo! Finance
- Uses AJAX so that converting currency values doesn’t delay the page load times
- Caches exchange rates locally to minimize calls to Yahoo! Finance
- Functions only if there is a currency value in the post
- Allows to specify different currencies per post/page
- It is possible to totally personalize the output format, for example: EUR 2 | 2€ | (~2 EUR)
- Gives site owner the choice of using current or historic (at publishing time) rates (globally or also per single conversion/post).
- Allows the visitors to change their currency through a selection box
- Currency selection box widget is available
- The currency selection box can be placed anywhere via html placeholder
Installation of the plugin
1. Initially the plugin file has to be downloaded and unzip it.
2. Next you can Upload the worldcurrency folder to the wp-content/plugins/ folder.
3. Activate the WorldCurrency plugin within WordPress.
Alternatively, you can also install the plugin automatically through the WordPress Admin interface by going to Plugins -> Add New and searching for WorldCurrency.
Compatibility:
This plugin is compatible with WordPress version 3.0 or above.
Using the Plugin after Installation
Enter any currency values you want to convert with the [worldcurrency] short tag.
[worldcurrency cur=”EUR” value=”25″]
in united states will show:
(~30$ USD)
NOTE:
This plugin uses IP2C to determine which country the visitor is from.
This plugin uses Yahoo! Finance to determine the exchange rates.
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