Using the calculator is straight forward. User enters a "loan amount", "number of months", "annual interest rate". The calculator calculates the number of monthly payments.
The "Payment Method" determines when the first payment is due. With the default selection, "End-of-Period", the first payment will be due one month after the loan is made. If "Start-of-Period" is selected, then the first payment will be due on the loan date.
The term (duration) of the loan is expressed as a number of months.
- 60 months = 5 years
- 120 months = 10 years
- 180 months = 15 years
- 240 months = 20 years
- 360 months = 30 years
Need more options including the ability to solve for other unknowns, change payment / compounding frequency and the ability to print an amortization schedule? Please visit, https://financial-calculators.com/loan-calculator
Currency and Date Conventions
All calculators will remember your choice. You may also change it at any time.
Clicking "Save changes" will cause the calculator to reload. Your edits will be lost.
kyle says:
Trying to use FC Auto Loan Calculator http://cjinternationalcars.com/inventory
Here is the shortcode I used
[fcautoloanplugin sc_size= "large" sc_custom_style= "No" sc_add_link= "Yes" sc_brand_name= "CJ International Cars" sc_hide_resize= "Yes" sc_price= "5.5" sc_dwn_pmt= "0" sc_loan_amt= "0" sc_n_months= "72" sc_rate= "0" sc_currency="1" sc_date_mask="2"]
My issue is with sc rate = “5.5”
When looking at the calculator on the website it adds 4 zeros after 5.5 making the interest 50000% I have tried .05 but no matter what I do it puts a comma in and charges 50,000%. It is not even putting the comma in the correct place.
I have tried copying and pasting the example short code above and it give the same result.
I Looked around in the dashboard and I don’t not see any plugin settings, just the short codes I found here.
What am I missing?
Karl says:
What country currency convention do you want to use? Per the contents of the "currency_and_date_conventions.txt" file, located in the plugin’s folder, I do not see 1 as a valid country code.
If you are in Everett, WA, then you want the U.S. code which is "48"
As it is set now, the comma is the decimal character, and when you see 5,5000, that is 5.5%.
Vitaly says:
Hi. Is it possible to add email option for person whos calculating to send this as an email to admin?
Karl says:
Hello, I have no plans to add such a feature. However, the plugin includes all the source code. Another programmer could add an email feature.
Bill says:
Hi! Is it possible to add more than one calculator to a page? Thanks!
Karl says:
It is possible to add more than one plugin to a page if they are different calculators.
You cannot add multiples of the same calculator to a page.
Bill says:
Karl,
I’m the one that is having issues printing the calculator posted on the plugin’s WordPress support page.
Per your suggestion, I removed all custom styles, and it still won’t print. Even if I use the browser’s print function to print the page, the page is still blank. If I remove the calculator from the page, the page prints fine.
Thanks!
Karl says:
Thanks for posting here.
Pretty strange. As you can see if you try the plugin installed on this page, printing does work. There has to be an incompatibility with your theme.
Let’s see if we can figure it out.
In the plugin’s folder, there’s a CSS folder which contain these 2 files:
printer.widget.css
printer.widget.min.css
please rename them to anything you like. Then reload the page and try the print feature by clicking on the print button.
Do you see anything?
Bill says:
Well, we’re getting closer. Now, it prints the entire page. So, apparently there’s some kind of conflict somewhere in those css files.
Karl says:
I was trying to figure out what the problem is, and just on a hunch, I did a hard refresh of your page and I see that you’ve made some changes.
The calculator is wider, and the print feature, for me, works perfectly.
Do you agree?
Bill says:
I did some experimenting, and it had nothing to do with the css changes I made, so I added them back in. This sounds strange, but I had to add a div with 1px height at the bottom of the content and added css to give it top padding of 565px for print. Any less than that and it starts cutting off the bottom of the calculator. The less the padding the more it cuts off until it just doesn’t show up. It’s hacky, but it works for some reason.
There is still some sort of print css conflict with the plugin and my theme (Flatsome) that you might want to look into.
detasha says:
wait these calculator widgets are free??
Karl says:
Yes, they are. 🙂
MR.Frias says:
Hello, I would like to make a small modification to pass it into Spanish, so I live in the Dominican Republic and I see the code, but I don’t see where I can do it, thanks
Karl says:
Hi, are you familiar with PO files? You need a PO editor (there are some free ones on the internet). Edit the PO file as needed and regenerate the MO file.
PO files are located in the plugin’s folder in the ‘languages’ subfolder.
Do you currently see the plugin in Spanish and you just need to correct a few of the computer-generated translations?
In the same folder, see the file, languages.txt, for some additional details
Wen says:
Hello,
I’m using this shortcode: [fcloanplugin]
I would like to ask if there is any way to remove the “.00” at the end of the amount?
For example: $32,500.00 –> I just want to show $32,500
Thank you!
Karl says:
Not easily. However, the plugin is shipped with all source code. If you are a programmer or have a programmer working on the site, they should be able to make the necessary modification to the display code to show the numbers without the decimal.
Wen says:
Okay I see.
Could you let me what is the position where should I fixed?
( e.g. I need to fix in the plugin, or the funtion php from the theme)
Karl says:
There’s not going to be just one place. For example, you need to find the place in the JavaScript code that initializes the plugin – shows the values to the users. You need to find the place that returns the calculated results. You’ll also need to modify the JavaScript code that creates the payment schedule. Once you’ve modified the code, you’ll need to use the Google Closure Compiler to rebuild the minified code. These steps are well beyond the support that I am prepared to provide.