{"id":8282,"date":"2025-12-29T12:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/woocommerce-currency-switching-checklist-and-switching-stores-to-euro\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:43:33","slug":"woocommerce-currency-switching-checklist-and-switching-stores-to-euro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/woocommerce-currency-switching-checklist-and-switching-stores-to-euro\/","title":{"rendered":"WooCommerce Currency Switching Checklist and Switching Stores to Euro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basic Information:<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date of introduction of the euro in Bulgaria: 1 January 2026 (the euro becomes the official currency in Bulgaria, the lev ceases to be the official currency)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Double circulation period: from 1 January to 1 February 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The period of dual indication of prices of goods and services in euro and in lev ends on 8 August 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Payments in euros only: all new payments -&gt; in euros; taxes, fees, contributions -&gt; in euros; salaries, pensions -&gt; paid in euros<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to prepare online stores:<\/h2>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Backup the database (via the hosting or with UpdraftPlus &#8211; Backup\/Restore or another plugin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pause the store while making changes (e.g. maintenance mode)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change the store currency from WooCommerce &gt; Setting -&gt; Currency options<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recalculate product prices (regular and with variations)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have a lot of products &#8211; you can make it by hand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have a lot of products you can use:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpsheeteditor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Sheet Editor and<\/a> bulk edit function to convert prices \/1.95583<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bulgarisation-for-woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bulgarisation for WooCommerce<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mreja.net\/produkt\/woocommerce-plugin-za-prehod-ot-vel-bgn-kum-evro-eur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WooCommerce plugin for transition from BGN to EUR<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/dual-currency-display\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dual Currency Display<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gbogdanov.com\/bg\/product\/dvoyno-pokazvane-na-tsenite-v-bgn-i-eur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Double display of prices in BGN and EUR<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/websycraft.com\/woocommerce-plugin-dvojna-valuta-lev-bgn-i-evro-eur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">websycraft.com Free WordPress plugin to convert from BGN to EUR for WooCommerce<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1418\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bulgarisation-eur-bgn.webp\" alt=\"Screenshot from the Bulgarisation for WooCommerce plugin\" class=\"wp-image-8275\" title=\"Screenshot from the Bulgarisation for WooCommerce plugin\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bulgarisation-eur-bgn.webp 1418w, https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bulgarisation-eur-bgn-300x179.webp 300w, https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bulgarisation-eur-bgn-1024x609.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bulgarisation-eur-bgn-768x457.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1418px) 100vw, 1418px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Screenshot from the Bulgarisation for WooCommerce plugin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<ol start=\"5\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check other plugins if you are using ones that manipulate prices. For example, plugins that add discounts with a fixed price (which used to be in euros); show a different price depending on the role of the customer; affiliate plugins, subscription plugins, etc. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check the shortcodes and plugins if you use them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check POS terminals:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stripe require<\/strong> to enter IBAN in Euro: Settings-&gt;Business-&gt;<strong>Bank accounts and currencies-<\/strong>&gt;<strong> Add a settlement currency<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Borica:<\/strong> in the plugin settings transfer everything from Terminal BGN to Terminal EUR and save.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DSK vPOS<\/strong> &#8211; To ensure payment acceptance and processing, you must change the currency code on your virtual POS terminal after January 1, 2026: <code>\u043e\u0442 BGN (975) \u279d \u043d\u0430 EUR (978)<\/code>. After this date, the BGN (975) currency will no longer be available for payment processing. (You need to log in to https:\/\/vpos.dskbank.bg\/auth\/login and change the currency via the Dashboard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update product feeds (for Google, Meta, etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update the currency in the shipping plugins. For WooCommerce Speedy Shipping Method By EXTENSA WEB DEVELOPMENT is mandatory from the settings. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are using WPML or another multilingual plugin and you use two currencies, turn off the lev one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/levavevro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leu to Euro converter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/evro-lev.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Euro to Leu converter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/levavevro.com\/resto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Change calculator in euros<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Information: How to prepare online stores: See also:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-woocommerce-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8282"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8349,"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8282\/revisions\/8349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pixadoro.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}