Description
WP RupeeFont is a lightweight WordPress plugin that automatically converts « Rs » or « Rs. » in your content to the Indian Rupee symbol (₹) — the official sign for the Indian Rupee (INR), Unicode code point U+20B9.
Once activated, every Rs 100, Rs.100, or Rs. 100 written in your posts, pages, excerpts, and text widgets is rendered as ₹ 100 on the front end. No JavaScript, no bundled fonts, no external requests, no configuration.
Why a plugin for the rupee symbol?
The ₹ symbol was introduced by the Government of India in 2010 and added to Unicode the same year. Most systems render it natively today, but a lot of older WordPress content was written with « Rs » or « Rs. » because the Unicode character wasn’t widely supported at the time. This plugin upgrades that legacy text to the modern Indian Rupee symbol on the fly — without you having to find-and-replace anything in your database.
Features
- Server-side conversion — runs in PHP via standard WordPress filters; no flash of unconverted content.
- Zero front-end overhead — no JavaScript, no CSS, no font files loaded on your site.
- Zero configuration — install, activate, done.
- Word-boundary matching — words like « Mrs » and « users » are never touched.
- Code-safe — text inside
<script>,<style>,<pre>,<code>, and<textarea>is left alone. - Block editor and classic editor both supported.
- Filters covered:
the_content,the_excerpt,widget_text,widget_block_content. - Single PHP file — no dependencies, no admin UI, no database tables.
Common use cases
- Indian blogs and news sites with legacy « Rs » pricing in older articles.
- Business and personal sites listing prices in Indian Rupees.
- Travel, finance, and review sites that mention rupee amounts in post content.
- Any WordPress site migrating older content to the modern Unicode rupee symbol.
About the Indian Rupee Symbol (₹)
The Indian Rupee sign (₹) was officially adopted by the Government of India on 15 July 2010, designed by D. Udaya Kumar of IIT Guwahati. The design combines the Devanagari letter « र » (ra) with a horizontal stroke representing the Indian tricolour. Its Unicode code point is U+20B9 INDIAN RUPEE SIGN, added in Unicode 6.0, and the ISO 4217 currency code for the Indian Rupee is INR.
Captures d’écrans
Installation
- Upload the plugin to
/wp-content/plugins/or install it via the Plugins Add New screen. - Activate it through the Plugins menu.
- Done — there is no configuration screen. Existing « Rs » / « Rs. » text in your posts will display as ₹ immediately.
FAQ
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How do I add the Indian Rupee symbol (₹) to my WordPress site?
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Install and activate WP RupeeFont. Any « Rs » or « Rs. » already written in your posts, pages, excerpts, and text widgets will render as ₹ on the front end automatically. There are no shortcodes, no settings, and no database changes.
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What is the Unicode for the Indian Rupee symbol?
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The Indian Rupee sign is U+20B9 in Unicode (named INDIAN RUPEE SIGN), introduced in Unicode 6.0 in October 2010. The character itself is ₹.
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How does the plugin convert Rs to ₹?
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It hooks into the standard WordPress content filters and runs a server-side PHP regular expression that matches « Rs » or « Rs. » at word boundaries and replaces them with the Unicode character ₹. The conversion happens before the page is sent to the browser, so visitors never see « Rs » flicker on screen.
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Does the plugin load any JavaScript or fonts?
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No. Version 2.0 removed all bundled JavaScript, CSS, and font files. The plugin adds zero requests and zero bytes to your front-end page weight.
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Does it work with the block editor (Gutenberg)?
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Yes. The plugin filters
the_content, which is what both the block editor and the classic editor produce on the front end. -
Will it touch text inside code blocks or scripts?
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No. Text inside
<script>,<style>,<pre>,<code>, and<textarea>is left untouched, so code samples and embedded scripts are not affected. -
Why is « Mrs » or « users » not converted?
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The plugin uses a word-boundary match, so « Rs » only converts when it stands alone as a word. Words that happen to contain the letters « Rs » are never changed.
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Why is lowercase « rs » not converted?
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Conversion is case-sensitive (only « Rs » or « Rs. »). This is a deliberate choice to avoid false positives such as filenames, identifiers, and words that contain « rs » in lowercase.
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Does this plugin affect prices shown by e-commerce or shop plugins?
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No. E-commerce plugins render prices through their own templating, not through
the_content, so this plugin does not change cart, checkout, product, or order prices. Most e-commerce plugins already support Indian Rupee as a built-in currency option — that is the right place to configure store pricing. WP RupeeFont is for ordinary post and page text. -
Where in the post content does it run?
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On
the_content(post body),the_excerpt(excerpts),widget_text(legacy text widgets), andwidget_block_content(block widgets). -
How do I disable it for a specific filter?
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Call
remove_filter( 'the_content', 'wp_rupeefont_convert' );(or any of the other filter names) from your theme’sfunctions.phpor another plugin.
Avis
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Journal des modifications
2.0.0
- Complete rewrite. Replaced client-side WebRupee JavaScript and bundled font with server-side Unicode (₹) substitution.
- Removed all bundled assets (JS, CSS, font files). The plugin is now a single PHP file.
- Conversion runs in PHP via standard WordPress filters. No front-end requests.
- Skips content inside
<script>,<style>,<pre>,<code>, and<textarea>. - Conversion is now case-sensitive (only « Rs » / « Rs. ») to reduce false positives.
- Now also filters
the_excerpt,widget_text, andwidget_block_content. - Tested with WordPress 6.7. Requires PHP 7.4 or later.
1.1.0
- Missing WebRupee CSS file error resolved.
1.0.0
- First public release.