Languages and currencies

Loco comes with its storefront text in English. You can sell in other languages, countries and currencies with Shopify's own tools. The theme picks up what you set there, so you don't need to change any theme file.

Change the English text

To change the wording customers see, such as a button label or an empty cart message:

1. In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
2. Next to Loco, open the ... menu and click Edit default theme content.
3. Search for the text you want to change, type your own wording, and click Save.

Text you typed into the theme editor yourself, such as section headings and button labels, is changed in the theme editor.

Add a language

1. In your Shopify admin, go to Settings > Languages.
2. Click Add language, choose the language and click Save.
3. Translate your store with the free Translate and Adapt app by Shopify. It covers the theme's text, the text you entered in the theme editor, and your products, collections, pages and menus.
4. Back in Settings > Languages, publish the language when the translation is ready.

Some text in Loco is built from numbers, such as “Only 3 left” on the product page or “1 item” and “2 items” in the cart. Each one has a form for one item and a form for several, so check both when you translate.

Sell in other countries and currencies

Countries, currencies and the languages each country uses are set in Settings > Markets. Shopify converts prices and shows them in the customer's currency. Loco shows whatever price Shopify sends.

• Show currency codes in Theme settings > Currency format adds the code after prices, for example $25.00 USD. Turn it on when you sell in more than one currency that uses the same symbol, such as US and Canadian dollars.
• Free shipping threshold in Theme settings > Cart is entered in your store's default currency. Other currencies are converted automatically. Add a matching free shipping rate in Settings > Shipping and delivery for each market.

Country and language selectors

The selectors sit in the bottom bar of the footer. Each one appears only when there is a choice to make:

• Show country/region selector appears when your store sells in two or more countries or regions.
• Show language selector appears when your store is published in two or more languages.

To turn them off, open the theme editor, select the Footer section and clear the setting. On phones, the Contents menu in the header also lists country and language at the bottom when your store has more than one of either. The footer settings don't change that list.

Right-to-left languages

When a customer views your store in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu or another language written from right to left, Loco mirrors the layout on its own. The menu, columns, arrows and the margin column switch sides. You don't need a separate theme or setting.

A few things keep their direction on purpose:

• Photos and illustrations are not flipped.
• Product names written in Latin letters and SKUs keep their own reading order inside right-to-left text.

To check how your store looks, publish the language, then switch to it with the language selector in the footer.