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Installing plugins

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Warning: Please be aware that some contributed modules and plugins have not been reviewed, and the quality and/or suitability for your Moodle site has not been checked. The modules and plugins may have security problems, data-loss problems, interface problems or just plain not work. Please think carefully about maintenance before relying on contributed code in your production site, as some of this code may not work with future versions of Moodle.


Downloads

Contributed modules and plugins may be downloaded from:

Module/plugin installation

To install a contributed module or plugin:

  1. Download the zip file and unzip it to your moodle/mod directory. Please note that some modules and plugins may require to be installed to a different destination. For instance the "plugin" question types (i.e. those which are not part of Moodle regular distribution) need to be installed to your moodle/question/type directory, and blocks need to be installed to your moodle/blocks directory.
  2. Some of the modules may contain their own language files. If so then just leave them there, they'll be found automatically. Note however, that if you try to edit any of the module's language strings using the Site Administration > Language editing interface, such language files will not be found.
  3. Visit your admin page http://your_moodle_address/admin/index.php to complete the installation.

Module and block removal

To remove a contributed module:

  1. Access Administration > Modules > Activities > Manage activities (or Administration > Modules > Activities in versions of Moodle prior to 1.9).
  2. Click on delete next to the module you wish to remove.
  3. Use a file manager to remove/delete the actual module directory from moodle/mod, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.

To remove a contributed block:

  1. Access Administration > Modules > Blocks > Manage blocks (or Administration > Modules > Blocks in versions of Moodle prior to 1.9).
  2. Click on delete next to the block you wish to remove.
  3. Use a file manager to remove/delete the actual module directory from moodle/blocks, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.

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