Title: Cryptocurrency Ticker Author: CryptoBadger Published: April 23, 2013 Last modified: January 4, 2019 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/cryptocurrency-ticker/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1230824) # Cryptocurrency Ticker By [CryptoBadger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rbbrdckybk/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/cryptocurrency-ticker/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/cryptocurrency-ticker/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/cryptocurrency-ticker/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/cryptocurrency-ticker/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/) ## Description Cryptocurrency Ticker displays current cryptocurrency prices (bitcoin, ethereum, and/or litecoin) on your WordPress site. You may select which quotes to show, in either USD or EUR prices. Prices are fetched from coinbase.com using their API (https://developers.coinbase. com/). Ticker prices are cached for a duration that you specify in the widget menu, to improve performance and prevent your site from making a ton of requests to coinbase. com. ### Donations If this plugin helped you, feel free to tip me some beer money. =) * BTC: 1Gryw6P4xDgpysdtPbBDYN8Vz78uCSmN2K * LTC: LQGpAD5eQPXbR2NpHDzj77LBq7oQgeakqA * ETH: 0x32FD4a5DF96Af70b0D4644Cf4dce44cFc988BEE4 ## Screenshots * [[ * Example of the plugin running on the right sidebar of the author’s own website. Colors, fonts, etc can be easily changed via .css settings. * [[ * Easy setup via the Wordpress admin interface. ## Installation 1. Upload the contents of the plugin .zip to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. In the ‘Widgets’ menu in WordPress, place the widget where you want it to appear on your site 4. Verify that the plugin’s settings are what you want in the widget menu ## FAQ Can I change the look of the widget? Yes, simply modify the included crypto-ticker.css file, located in the plugin’s / css directory. What about support for other cryptocurrencies? I may add the smaller altcoins in the future if there is enough interest. If you can’t wait, adding them yourself should be a trivial task; just keep in mind that because of the way the btc-e API is set up, each additional currency means an additional request, which will impact performance on cache misses. If I do decide to add the other altcoins, I’ll probably re-write the widget so that the requests are asynchronous. I have a referrer ID at Coinbase. Can I use it? Yes! Version 1.2 and up allows you to enter your Coinbase referral ID in the widget settings. Please note that if you don’t have your own referral ID, a default one will be used. The ticker is showing different prices on all of my site’s pages, and/or doesn’t seem to be updating – help! You most likely have a WordPress caching plugin installed that is either misconfigured or out-of-date. Make sure that you’re running the latest version. Older versions of W3 Total Cache will cause this problem (the most recent release should be fine). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b6c12c3e10de96dfbc2665e189ab83bed1d0e0e0ca3e51f7e4c834510d24d2a4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great idea to personalize widget!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-idea-to-personalize-widget/)󠁿 [Earnie Rhyker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyker2u/) January 20, 2017 Thanks for thinking outside of the box and for us to be able to add in our coinbase referral link. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/78040b8ce9dd1226fb6057b18206579f702c0dfa9749f26696f1e26f7c0ad734? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Slows down my site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slows-down-my-site-5/)󠁿 [ZEN0N](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zen0n/) September 3, 2016 would be nice, but i cant use this if its going to slow down my site considerably for each page load. as soon as i deactivate the plugin, my site loads snappy fast. Also it appears as if the referral section does not work and puts in some default referral code. [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Cryptocurrency Ticker” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ CryptoBadger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rbbrdckybk/) [Translate “Cryptocurrency Ticker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cryptocurrency-ticker) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cryptocurrency-ticker/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cryptocurrency-ticker/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cryptocurrency-ticker/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cryptocurrency-ticker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.5 * Fixed Coinbase referral URLs – Coinbase changed their format and didn’t tell anyone. #### 1.4 * Litecoin price is now fetched from Coinbase instead of btc-e.com (which has been offline for over a week). #### 1.3 * Added support for Ethereum (ETH, fetched from Coinbase). * Updated Coinbase requests to use their newer v2 API. #### 1.2 * Updated PHP4-style constructor to avoid deprecation warnings in WordPress 4.3 +. * Added support for Coinbase referral IDs. Referral IDs will be used on the ticker links. Please note that if you don’t have your own referral ID, a default one will be used. #### 1.1 * Added ability to display cryptocurrency values in EUR, in addition to USD. * Bitcoin quote is now fetched from Coinbase, instead of Mt. Gox (due to the ongoing issues at Gox, the price is unreliable). #### 1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.5** * Last updated **7 years ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.0.25** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cryptocurrency-ticker/) * Tags * [bitcoin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bitcoin/)[cryptocurrency](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cryptocurrency/) [ethereum](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ethereum/)[Litecoin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/litecoin/) [ticker](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ticker/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/cryptocurrency-ticker/advanced/) ## Ratings 4 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 2 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cryptocurrency-ticker/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ CryptoBadger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rbbrdckybk/) ## Support Got something to say? 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