hgati/auto-currency-switcher

Automatic Currency Switcher Extension for Magento 2

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dev-master 2024-05-26 12:36 UTC

OSL-3.0, AFL-3.0 217a963c9c608eb8dd37d9d879c4f0f4b02e04fd

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Last update: 2024-10-26 13:29:49 UTC

README

Automatically switches shop's currency to visitor's local currency - "Magento 2" Extension

Auto Currency extension tracks visitor's IP address and automatically changes the store currency to the visitor's location currency. Visitor can switch to his/her desired currency at any time.

This extension uses Nginx GeoIP2 databases for IP Address lookup.

Warning!! Here is Google's official stance on multilingual websites.

  • If you have multiple versions of a page:
  • Avoid automatically redirecting users from one language version of a site to a different language version of a site. For example, don't redirect based on what you think the user's language may be. These redirections could prevent users (and search engines) from viewing all the versions of your site.
  • Consider adding hyperlinks to other language versions of a page. That way users can click to choose a different language version of the page.
  • Therefore, using this extension is highly discouraged as it can have a very negative impact on Google SEO.
  • Therefore, I abandoned this automatic extension and chose a method where users manually select the language and currency.

Prerequisite

Enable Multiple Currency on your Magento 2 Store

  1. Login to Magento 2 Admin
  2. Go to STORES -> Configuration -> GENERAL -> Currency Setup -> Currency Options
  3. In Allowed Currencies box, select the currencies that you want to enable on your site/store
  4. Now, go to STORES -> Currency Rates
  5. Import currency rates by clicking the Import button, Or add the rates manually
  6. Then, click the Save Currency Rates button

Installation

Composer Installation

  1. Go to your Magento website’s root directory with the following command:
    • cd /path/to/your/magento/root/directory
  2. Run the following command:
    • composer require hgati/auto-currency-switcher:dev-master
  3. Enable the module and clear static content with the following command:
    • php bin/magento module:enable Hgati_AutoCurrencySwitcher –clear-static-content
  4. Do setup upgrade with the following command:
    • php bin/magento setup:upgrade

Configuration Settings

  1. Login to your Magento site's admin
  2. Go to STORES → Settings → Configuration page
  3. On left sidebar, click on CHAPAGAIN EXTENSIONS → Auto Currency menu
  4. From there, you can Enable/Disable the module. The module is disabled by default.