{"id":50605,"date":"2015-07-16T07:45:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T11:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=50605"},"modified":"2016-02-17T06:06:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T11:06:59","slug":"opencart-2-x-how-to-manage-currencies-and-set-up-a-default-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/opencart-2-x-how-to-manage-currencies-and-set-up-a-default-one.html","title":{"rendered":"OpenCart 2.x. How to manage currencies and set up a default one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial will show you how to manage currencies and set up a default one in Opencart 2.x.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y76FJ6vBbSM?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">OpenCart 2.x. How to manage currencies and set up a default one<\/a><\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Log into your OpenCart admin panel. In your browser address bar type <strong>http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/admin<\/strong>. If you have installed your Opencart under a subfolder &#8216;store&#8217;, the above URL will change to <strong>http:\/\/yourdomain.com\/store\/admin<\/strong>. Log in using your username and password.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Navigate to <strong>System > Settings<\/strong>. Click <strong>Edit<\/strong> button:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one1.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one1.jpg-300x76.jpg\" alt=\"OpenCart 2.x. How manage currencies and setup default one1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one1.jpg-300x76.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one1.jpg-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one1.jpg-1024x258.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one1.jpg.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Select <strong>Local<\/strong> tab. It is better to enable <strong>Auto Update Currency<\/strong> option. That will automatically set the conversion rate for each currency in your store:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one2.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one2.jpg-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"OpenCart 2.x. How manage currencies and setup default one2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one2.jpg-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one2.jpg-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one2.jpg.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Navigate to <strong>System > Localization > Currencies<\/strong>. Click <strong>&#8216;Add new&#8217;<\/strong> to add a new currency:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one3.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one3.jpg-300x125.jpg\" alt=\"OpenCart 2.x. How manage currencies and setup default one3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one3.jpg-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one3.jpg-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one3.jpg-1024x428.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one3.jpg.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Here we should insert <strong>Currency Title, Code, Symbol Left<\/strong> or <strong>Symbol Right, Decimal Places<\/strong> and set <strong>Status<\/strong> for our currency:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one4.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one4.jpg-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"OpenCart 2.x. How manage currencies and setup default one4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one4.jpg-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one4.jpg-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one4.jpg.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"list\">\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Currency Name<\/strong> \u2013 Name of the currency.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Code<\/strong> \u2013 Name of the currency. You can find a list of codes <a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.xe.com\/iso4217.php' rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>. All currency codes must be in uppercase.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Symbol Left<\/strong> \u2013 The left currency symbol if the currency has one. For example, the pound sign (\u0408) for pound sterling.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Symbol Right<\/strong> \u2013 The right currency symbol if the currency has one. For example, the euro sign (\u0402).<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Decimal Places<\/strong> \u2013 The number of decimal places used for a particular currency. Some currencies use more than 2 decimal places such as the Kuwaiti Dinar.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Value<\/strong> \u2013 The currency value compared to your default currency. If the currency you are entering is going to be your default currency, you should set the value to 1.00000. The currency value will change automatically if you have auto update currency set to yes.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p><strong>Status<\/strong> \u2013 You can enable\/disable the currency on the frontend.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Please set up your currency and <strong>Save<\/strong> the changes.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>To remove any currency, navigate to <strong>System > Localization > Currencies<\/strong>, mark it with a tick and click <strong>Delete<\/strong> button:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one5.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one5.jpg-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"OpenCart 2.x. How manage currencies and setup default one5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one5.jpg-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one5.jpg-150x54.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one5.jpg-1024x368.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one5.jpg.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>To change a default currency, navigate to <strong>System > Settings<\/strong>. Click <strong>Edit<\/strong> button and select <strong>Local<\/strong> tab. From <strong>Currency<\/strong> field choose any currency required and save the changes:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one6.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one6.jpg-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"OpenCart 2.x. How manage currencies and setup default one6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-50611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one6.jpg-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one6.jpg-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/OpenCart-2.x.-How-manage-currencies-and-setup-default-one6.jpg.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y76FJ6vBbSM?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">OpenCart 2.x. How to manage currencies and set up a default one<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will show you how to manage currencies and set up a default one in Opencart 2.x.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":50613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1156],"tags":[549,1323,1157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}