How To Manage Currencies And Set as Default | PrestaShop 1.7

Adding A New Currency :

  1. In your Prestashop admin panel go to the InternationalLocalization section :

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2. Choose the Currencies block. Click the Add new currency button at the top of the page:

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3. You need to set the options mentioned below :

  • Currency – Select the name of the currency.
  • Exchange rate – The currency exchange rate has to be defined according to your shop’s default currency. If you don’t know the exchange rates, leave it as 1, and when the currency is created, update the exchange rates by clicking Update Exchange Rates.
  • Status – You can Enable/Disable the currency.

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4. Click the Save button to confirm the details you filled.

Changing The Default Currency :

  1. Go to the InternationalLocalization section. In the Localization block, find the configuration section. For the Default currency option choose the currency you want to use as default :

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2. Click on the Save button to confirm the changes you made.

Updating The Currency Rates :

  1. Go to the InternationalLocalization section. Choose the Currencies Block. Click the Update exchange rates button on the top right of the page :

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2. After updating refresh your website to see changes.

Hope this tutorial will be helpful to you!

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