Jigoshop. How to add new currency

This tutorial is going to show you how to add a new currency to your Jigoshop template.

1. Open a file called functions.php on your server located under wp-contents/themes/theme###/
2. Add the following at the end of the file before ?>

function jigoshop_add_my_currency( $currencies ) {
     $currencies['ARS'] = ' Argentine peso ($)';
     asort($currencies);
     return $currencies;
}
add_filter('jigoshop_currencies', 'jigoshop_add_my_currency', 1, 1);

You need to change currency code, currency name and currency sign: ARS and Argentine peso ($).

Note, $ is the HTML number of currency symbol, you can find HTML number of your currency at: http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm

3. To add the currency symbol, add the following to the same file:

function jigoshop_add_my_currency_symbol( $currency_symbol, $currency ) {
    if ($currency=='ARS') $currency_symbol = '$';
    return $currency_symbol;
}
add_filter('jigoshop_currency_symbol', 'jigoshop_add_my_currency_symbol', 1, 2);'jigoshop_add_my_currency_symbol', 1, 2); 

You need to change currency code and currency sign: ARS and $.

4. Save the changes, from your WordPress admin panel go to the menu Jigoshop-> Settings.



5. Select the new currency in the Currency drop-down  and click “Save Shop Changes” at the bottom.

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

Jigoshop. How to add new currency