Currency Switcher – WebServiceX is down, please use Open Exchange Rates

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WebServiceX, one of the exchange rates providers supported by the Currency Switcher for WooCommerce, went down today due to a server issue. Attempting to retrieve an exchange rate from it would return an error message, which, hopefully, should be fixed soon (apparently, their server ran out of disk space). This means that, if you configured the Currency Switcher to use WebServiceX to automatic update the exchange rates, it won’t work. Unfortunately, the plugin can’t do anything about the issue, since it depends on an external server, but there are a few steps you can take to get your site back to normal:

  1. Go to the Administration section of your site and open the Currency Switcher Options page.
  2. Switch to Open Exchange Rates as the exchange rates provider. It requires an API key, which can be obtained free of charge using their Free Forever plan.
  3. Click on Save and update exchange rates. This will fetch the exchange rates from the provider and update them automatically.
  4. Update the Currency Switcher plugin to version 1.9.22.130827 or later, which improves the handling of abnormal conditions that may occur while retrieving the exchange rates.

All done! Your site will be now operational again, and you won’t have to worry about downtime of exchange rates provider.

Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 updated to version 1.9.22.130827

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Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 has been updated to version 1.9.22.130827. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Improved handling of unexpected conditions when exchange rates cannot be retrieved from a provider. When a provider becomes unavailable (as in the case of WebServiceX outage occurred on 27/08/2013) the existing exchange rates are not affected, rather than being incorrectly overwritten with zero.

How to get latest version

New customers

Simply place your order and you will get the latest version.

Existing customers

You should be able to download the updated file using the link you received with your order. If the link doesn’t work, please contact Support to receive the latest version. Thanks.

Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 updated to version 1.9.20.130821

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Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 has been updated to version 1.9.20.130821. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Fixed minor bug that caused the PayPal Pro payment gateway not to be displayed when the Admin area was accessed without using HTTPS protocol.

How to get latest version

New customers

Simply place your order and you will get the latest version.

Existing customers

You should be able to download the updated file using the link you received with your order. If the link doesn’t work, please contact Support to receive the latest version. Thanks.

 

Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 updated to version 1.9.19.130820

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Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 has been updated to version 1.9.19.130820. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Fixed issue with formatting of shipping and tax totals when displaying past orders. In some configurations, it could happen that the numeric code of a currency symbol was interpreted as the shipping amount, thus always displaying “36” for US Dollars, no matter what the real amount was. Note: the issue was purely cosmetic, and it just affected the rendering of order pages and order confirmation emails. Despite that, orders were processed normally and the correct amount was charged for shipping and taxes.

How to get latest version

New customers

Simply place your order and you will get the latest version.

Existing customers

You should be able to download the updated file using the link you received with your order. If the link doesn’t work, please contact Support to receive the latest version. Thanks.

 

Currency Switcher 2.0 with multiple currency pricing – Beta version is available

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WooCommerceCurrencySwitcher_BlogPostAs announced earlier, the Beta version of Currency Switcher 2.0, with support for multiple currency pricing of each product, is now available. As per original schedule, this version has been tested on WooCommerce 2.0.x, thus, while it may be also working on WooCommerce 1.6.x, compatibility is not guaranteed.

How to get the Beta version

New customers

Simply order the Currency Switcher and you will receive two download links:

  • Link to version 1.x, currently stable and supported.
  • Link to version 2.x, currently in Beta and not covered by support.

Existing customers

Please contact Support, quoting your order number and the email address you used to place it. You will be re-sent an order confirmation, which will contain a download link for version 2.0.

Important note about the Beta

Please note that, Beta version is being provided as a preview, for evaluation purposes only, due to the high interest expressed by many visitors. As per Terms and Conditions of sale, Beta versions are not covered by free support. It’s therefore recommended not to use Beta versions in production.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank all the customers  and readers who contributed their ideas towards the improvement of the Currency Switcher for WooCommerce, your feedback is greatly appreciated. I will endeavour to continue providing the best possible service, and expand the product selection in the near future. Thank you all for your support.

Diego

Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 updated to version 1.9.18.130816

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Currency Switcher for WooCommerce 1.6/2.0 has been updated to version 1.9.18.130816. This update brings the following improvements and fixes:

  • Plugin now allows to indicate how many decimals should be used when each currency is selected. Such information is then used to display and round prices during conversion, making it easier to accept currencies that don’t use decimals, such as Japanese yen (JPY) and South Korean won (KRW).

How to get latest version

New customers

Simply place your order and you will get the latest version.

Existing customers

You should be able to download the updated file using the link you received with your order. If the link doesn’t work, please contact Support to receive the latest version. Thanks.