WooCommerce – Change a Currency Symbol

To change a currency symbol in WooCommerce, all you need is a code snippet. In the following example we’re going to change the symbol for Canadian Dollars from “$” to “CA$”:

add_filter('woocommerce_currency_symbol', 'snippetpress_change_woo_currency_symbol', 10, 2);

function snippetpress_change_woo_currency_symbol( $symbol, $currency ) {
    switch( $currency ) {
		case 'CAD': $symbol = 'CA$'; break;
    }
    return $symbol;
}

As you can see, this will change the symbol for Canadian Dollars.

To modify the snippet, replace CAD with the three letter code for your currency, and CA$ with what you want to use for your currency symbol. A full list of currency codes in WooCommerce can be found in our post on WooCommerce Currency Codes List.

Where to add the snippet?

The snippet should be placed at the bottom of the functions.php file of your child theme. Make sure you know what you’re doing when editing this file. Alternatively, you can use a plugin such as Code Snippets to add the custom code to your WordPress site. If you need further guidance on how to add the code, check out our post on How to Add WordPress Snippets.