Tip for UK users – how to change the $ sign to a ￡
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I hate hacking things in WordPress – really don’t like to do it. But I’ve hacked Etsy Shop for several versions now because I want to display my shop on my website with my prices in GBP.
It’s really easy to do, but, as with any hack, as soon as you update the plugin you lose the hack and it’ll revert to displaying a $ sign.
Instructions below are for the current version of the plugin (0.16.2).
Warnings
Editing a plugin has the potential to stop the plugin working, or even crash your site, if you make a mistake.
If you’re nervous about messing around with the plugin, copy its code from the plugin editor (see instructions below) to Notepad before you start editing. If something goes wrong, you can copy the original version back in to restore it.
I take no responsibility for what happens if you follow these instructions. ??
Instructions
Go to Plugins > Plugin Editor and choose Etsy Shop (top-right dropdown). You’ll see the plugin code.
The line you want to edit is:
<p class="etsy-shop-listing-price">'.$currency_symbol.$price.' <span class="etsy-shop-currency-code">'.$currency_code.'</span></p>Click in the editor box and use Ctrl-F to find “etsy-shop-listing-price” – the above is the only line to include this class reference, so you won’t accidentally edit the wrong line.
Delete $currency_symbol near the start of the line and replace with just ￡. Leave the full stops before and after it. Your line will then read:
<p class="etsy-shop-listing-price">'.￡.$price.' <span class="etsy-shop-currency-code">'.$currency_code.'</span></p>Leave all the other dollar signs in that line in place – it’s fine.
Then click ‘Update file’ at the bottom.
Check your site (refresh if you already had it open) and you should now see pound signs.
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