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Cryptocurrency Price Widget

Add live cryptocurrency prices with a Gutenberg block or shortcode. No API key, free setup, and fast browser-side widget rendering.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.4.8
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.3 · PHP 5.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update20 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations200Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.4 / 5 from 7 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Cryptocurrency Price Widget version 1.4.8 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Add a live cryptocurrency price widget to any WordPress site in minutes with the Gutenberg block or the classic shortcode.

Cryptocurrency Price Widget is designed for publishers, crypto blogs, fintech products, landing pages, and market-focused websites that want real-time price visibility without API keys, paid feed setup, or market calculations running on WordPress itself. Add the block, choose your coins and currencies, adjust the look, and publish. Shortcodes remain fully supported for existing pages, widgets, and classic-editor workflows.

Live demo and video

  • Demo and generator: CO-IN.IO

Why site owners use Cryptocurrency Price Widget

  • Gutenberg block for modern WordPress editing, plus the original shortcode for backward compatibility.
  • No API key required: install, add the block, choose assets, and publish.
  • Live streaming prices in a compact, attention-grabbing widget.
  • Fast setup with a built-in preview, block controls, and shortcode generator.
  • Flexible design controls for color, rounded corners, shadow, border, striped rows, streaming, and source attribution.
  • Lightweight WordPress integration: your site only outputs the widget embed code and settings, while rendering and live market delivery happen in the visitor’s browser.
  • 14,280 supported unique-symbol cryptocurrency choices and 160 bundled fiat currencies in the admin selector and block controls.
  • Updated local fiat flags, CO-IN.IO crypto asset JSON v3, CoinLore-backed metadata, and a more resilient setup experience for WordPress 6.x and 7.0.
  • Multilingual-ready output with localized widget script loading.

Perfect for

  • Crypto blogs and market news sites
  • Web3, wallet, exchange, and fintech landing pages
  • Price overview pages and comparison pages
  • Affiliate and education content around Bitcoin, Ethereum, and altcoins
  • Publishers who want a live widget without building their own price feed integration

Quick start

  • Install and activate the plugin.
  • Open a post or page in the block editor.
  • Add the Cryptocurrency Price Widget block.
  • Choose the currencies for the top row and the assets for the price list.
  • Adjust the widget design, preview the result, and publish.

Shortcode users can still open Settings > CR Crypto Price, generate a shortcode, and paste it into any post, page, or shortcode-friendly area.

Gutenberg block and shortcode

Use the Cryptocurrency Price Widget block in the WordPress editor for the fastest setup. The shortcode remains available for classic editor content, widgets, templates, and existing installations.

Shortcode example

[cryptocurrency-price-widget base=”USD,EUR,CNY,GBP” items=”BTC,ETH,LTC,XMR,DASH” backgroundColor=”fff” streaming=”1″ rounded=”1″ boxShadow=”1″ border=”1″ signature=”1″]

Block controls and shortcode attributes

The Gutenberg block exposes these settings in the block sidebar. Shortcode users can use the same values as attributes:

  • items – comma-separated asset symbols shown in the main list
  • base – comma-separated currencies shown in the top row
  • backgroundColor – background color in hex format without the # symbol
  • streaming – 1 to enable live updates, 0 to disable them
  • striped – 1 to enable striped rows, 0 to disable them
  • rounded – 1 to enable rounded corners, 0 to disable them
  • boxShadow – 1 to enable a shadow, 0 to disable it
  • border – 1 to show a border, 0 to hide it
  • signature – 1 to show the Source: CurrencyRate.Today attribution, 0 to hide it

External services

This plugin uses external services to deliver live prices, front-end rendering, Gutenberg/admin previews, and some admin assets.

  • CO-IN.IO loads the front-end widget script and the admin preview.

io/crypto-price-widget/

  • CO-IN.IO publishes the public cryptocurrency asset metadata used by the admin selector and Gutenberg block controls.

json

  • The CO-IN.IO widget runtime may request CoinLore for crypto prices and MoneyConvert CDN for fiat cross-rates in the visitor browser. Gutenberg editor previews load the same browser-side runtime inside an authenticated preview iframe.

json

  • CurrencyRate.Today is used for the optional Source attribution link.

today/

today/page/privacy

today/page/disclaimer

  • CryptoCompare is used in the admin area for cryptocurrency icon assets only. It is not used as the supported-asset list.

com/

com/privacy-policy/

com/terms-conditions/

When the widget or admin preview is loaded, requests may include selected asset symbols, selected display options, language context, and the browser request needed to return the remote widget script, preview, icon assets, or browser-side market data.

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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • crypto widget
  • live prices
  • price ticker
  • bitcoin
  • cryptocurrency
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.3 · PHP 5.4
Update activity20 Aug 20262mo ago

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