desraj Currency Switcher for WooCommerce
This plugin detects a visitor’s country from their IP address and automatically switches the WooCommerce display currency. Supports the top 5 currencies:
- India → INR (Rs)
- USA → USD ($)
- Australia → AUD (A$)
- Canada → CAD (C$)
- Europe → EUR (€)
Visitors can also manually override the auto-detected currency using a floating switcher widget or the [dcswc_switcher] shortcode.
This plugin is an independent third-party integration and is not affiliated with or endorsed by WooCommerce or Automattic.
Features
- Auto IP-based country detection
- Cloudflare-compatible (reads the
CF-Connecting-IPheader) - Floating currency switcher widget, with manual override
[dcswc_switcher]shortcode for an inline dropdown- Admin settings page under WooCommerce with per-currency exchange rates
- Transient caching of IP lookups (12 hours per IP) to minimize external requests
- INR displayed as “Rs” instead of the ₹ symbol
External services
This plugin uses the free ip-api.com service to look up a visitor’s country from their IP address, in order to select the correct display currency.
- What is sent: the visitor’s IP address. Note: ip-api.com’s free tier only supports plain HTTP for this lookup (their paid plan offers an HTTPS endpoint).
- When: on a visitor’s first page view, when no cached result exists for that IP (results are cached for 12 hours per IP using WordPress transients, so the same visitor is not looked up repeatedly).
- Why: ip-api.com is a free geolocation API and does not require an account or API key.
- Third-party terms: ip-api.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
If you require full control over data sent to third parties (e.g. for GDPR compliance), please review ip-api.com’s terms before activating this plugin on a site with EU visitors.
Shortcode
Place the currency switcher dropdown anywhere:
[dcswc_switcher]