WordPress EU VAT Helpers

This WordPress plugin is basically a wrapper around the nifty mpociot/vat-calculator library. Use at your own risk!

Shortcode Usage

[localize_currency value="133.42" currency="EUR"]

Add EU VAT to value and format the result as a currency.

Attributes:

• value (required): The amount to format
• currency (optional, default: ‘EUR’): Currency format as three-letter ISO-4217 code
• country (optional, default by user’s IP address): Override the country for which to apply taxes and adapt the format (two-letter ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 code)

[vat_rate]

Display the EU VAT rate applicabe in the current user’s country in percent.

Attributes:

• country (optional, default by user’s IP address): Override the country whose VAT rate to display (two-letter ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 code)

[ip_country]

Display the current user’s country based on their IP address.

[if_taxable]Echo something[/if_taxable]

Condtitionally display a piece of content if EU VAT is applicable in the current user’s country.

Attributes:

• country (optional, default by user’s IP address): Override the country for which to check (two-letter ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 code)

[unless_taxable]Echo something[/unless_taxable]

Condtitionally display a piece of content if EU VAT is not applicable in the current user’s country. (Inverse of if_taxable)

Attributes:

• country (optional, default by user’s IP address): Override the country for which to check (two-letter ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 code)

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

1. Upload the wp-eu-vat-helpers directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

1.1.2

• Fix critical bug to allow installation via wordpress.org 😉

1.1.1

• Fix performance related to geo-ip lookups

1.1.0

• Add ip_country shortcode

1.0.0

• Initial Release