How edit default currency on opencart theme 2.0 to another currency

Set default currency in opencart

Welcome to my another blog post how to set default currency in OpenCart. OpenCart is an open source PHP-based online e-commerce solution. We create an eCommerce store for selling our products online. For selling a product online currency play a very important role. If your online store target US customer then your store product price must be in US dollar(USD), if your store target Australian customer then your store product price must be in Australian dollar(AUD). So you have to set the default currency of your online store. In this article I will show the exact solution to set default currency in OpenCart. This is a very simple task. Please follow the below step to set default currency in OpenCart.

Here at first I show the steps for below OpenCart 2 version and then OpenCart 2.0 or higher.

Set default currency in OpenCart for below 2.0 version

Step1: Login into OpenCart dashboard and click Settings menu

At first go to your website admin panel by putting your site name/admin(like www.myonlineshop.com/admin). Now give your admin username and password and click “Login” button. Now you are in website admin panel. Now mouse over “System” menu and click on “settings” sub menu. Please see the below image.

Step2: Edit your Store

After clicking “settings” menu it will open a page where you can see your store name, your store URL. Beside your store URL click on “Edit” link under “Action”. This will open another page.

Select Local tab and select default currency

Now you are in site settings page where you see various tabs like “General”, “Store” etc. Click on “Local” tab and select your default currency from currency dropdown. Please see the below image and then click “Save” button on top right corner and you are done.

Set default currency in OpenCart for 2.0 version and above

Login into OpenCart dashboard and click Settings menu

At first go to your website admin panel by putting your site name/admin(like www.myonlineshop.com/admin). Now give your admin username and password and click “Login” button. Now you are in website admin panel. Now you see a left panel in your OpenCart admin panel. Mouse over on third(3rd) icon from bottom and click on “settings” menu. Please see the below image.

Edit your Store

After clicking “settings” menu it will open a page where you can see your store name, your store URL. Beside your store URL click on “Edit” icon under “Action”. This will open another page.

Select Local tab and select default currency

Now you are in site settings page where you see various tabs like “General”, “Store” etc. Click on “Local” tab and select your default currency from currency dropdown. Please see the below image and then click “Save” icon on top right corner and you are done.

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