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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 Webnet77's Ip2Country IP Address databases for IP Address lookup.

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

Manual Installation

1. The module's files should be placed in folder: app/code/Chapagain/AutoCurrency
2. Open terminal/command-prompt
3. Go to your Magento website’s root directory with the following command:
   • cd /path/to/your/magento/root/directory
4. Enable the module and clear static content with the following command:
   • php bin/magento module:enable Chapagain_AutoCurrency –clear-static-content
5. Do setup upgrade with the following command:
   • php bin/magento setup:upgrade

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 chapagain/magento2-autocurrency
3. Enable the module and clear static content with the following command:
   • php bin/magento module:enable Chapagain_AutoCurrency –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 enabled by default.

Updating GeoIP Databases

The GeoIP database should be updated from time to time in order to make this extension work accurately.

1. Download IPV4 CSV file
2. Extract the file. This will extract IPtoCountry.csv file.
3. Use Ip2Country lookup classes for PHP to create binary-optimized version of the csv file.
4. Upload the binary file (.dat file) to your [Module Folder]/geoip/ip2country/ folder.

Links

• BLOG: Auto Currency Switcher 2: Magento 2 Extension [FREE]

• GitHub Repository: Magento 1.x - Auto Currency Switcher

• BLOG: Magento 1.x Extension: Auto Currency Switcher