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Manage blocks

An administrator can manage Moodle's blocks for the site in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Blocks > Manage blocks, including any contributed blocks that have been added.

Instances

The blocks page lists the number of instance for each block. Clicking on a number results in the list of courses containing that block being displayed. See Block settings for configuration settings that might be of interest to a site administrator or someone with Front Page editing permissions.

Version

Listed with each block is its version number — in the format 2012061700. This is helpful to ensure that you have the latest version of each block.

Hiding a block

The hide/show column allows selected blocks to be hidden i.e. they do not appear in any course "Add a block" dropdown menu and cannot be used in any course. To hide a block, click the eye icon so that it changes to a closed eye.

To reduce the length of course "Add a block" dropdown menus, you should hide blocks which will not be used, such as mentees (unless you have added a mentor role) and network servers (unless you are using Moodle Network|Moodle Networking).

Protecting blocks from deletion

By clicking the padlock against a block in this column, you are preventing it from being deleted on the site. The Settings block and Navigation block are already padlocked, as major difficulties arise if these blocks are deleted. Only unlock them if you are absolutely sure you understand the consequences and have alternative settings and navigation features in place.

Block deletion

Blocks can be deleted using the link in the delete column (but see comments about the Settings block and Navigation block in the previous section) There is usually no reason for standard blocks to be deleted (they are usually hidden) However, non-standard blocks may need to be deleted before upgrading.

Note: To delete a block completely, in addition to deleting it on the blocks page, you also need to remove/delete the actual block folder from the moodle/blocks folder, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.

Block settings

Certain blocks have additional settings, which can be accessed via the links in the settings column.

Block capabilities

Contributed blocks

In addition to using the blocks included in the standard download, other Moodlers have developed their own blocks which they share with the Moodle community. You can download these contributed blocks from the Moodle.org Moodle Plugins directory. See Installing plugins for details of how to install a block.

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-Location: ''Administration > Modules > Blocks''
+{{Blocks}}
-[[Image:blocks admin.png|thumb|Blocks administration]]
+==Manage blocks==
-The blocks administration page enables administrators to manage installed blocks and their settings.
+An administrator can manage Moodle's blocks for the site in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Blocks > Manage blocks'', including any contributed blocks that have been added.
+===Instances===
-==Hiding a block==
+The blocks page  lists the number of instance for each block. Clicking on a number results in the list of courses containing that block being displayed.  See [[Block settings]] for configuration settings that might be of interest to a site administrator or someone with Front Page editing permissions.
+===Version===
+Listed with each block is its version number &mdash; in the format 2012061700. This is helpful to ensure that you have the latest version of each block.
+===Hiding a block===
 The hide/show column allows selected blocks to be hidden i.e. they do not appear in any course "Add a block" dropdown menu and cannot be used in any course. To hide a block, click the eye icon so that it changes to a closed eye.
-To reduce the length of course "Add a block" dropdown menus, you should hide blocks which will not be used, such as global search (unless you have enabled the global search feature in ''Administration > Miscellaneous > Experimental''), mentees (unless you have added a [[Parent role|mentor role]]) and network servers (unless you are using [[Moodle Network|Moodle Networking]]).
+To reduce the length of course "Add a block" dropdown menus, you should hide blocks which will not be used, such as mentees (unless you have added a [[Parent role|mentor role]]) and network servers (unless you are using [[MNet|Moodle Network|Moodle Networking]]).
-==Instances==
-The blocks page also lists the number of instance for each block. Clicking on a number results in the list of courses containing that block being displayed.
-==Multiple blocks==
-Some blocks, such as the HTML block, can be used more than once on a course page. You can choose whether or not to allow this by clicking the change link in the Multiple column.
-==Block deletion==
-Any block can be deleted using the link in the delete column. There is no reason for standard blocks to be deleted, however non-standard blocks may need to be deleted before upgrading.
-Note: To delete a block completely, in addition to deleting it on the blocks page, you also need to remove/delete the actual block folder from the ''moodle/blocks'' folder, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.
+===Protecting blocks from deletion===
+By clicking the padlock against a block in this column, you are preventing it from being deleted on the site. The [[Settings block]] and [[Navigation block]] are already padlocked, as major difficulties arise if these blocks are deleted. Only unlock them if you are absolutely sure you understand the consequences and have alternative settings and navigation features in place.
-==Block settings==
+===Block deletion===
-A few blocks have additional settings, which can be accessed via the links in the settings column.
-*[[Courses block settings]]
+Blocks can be deleted using the link in the delete column (but see comments about the [[Settings block]] and [[Navigation block]] in the previous section) There is usually no reason for standard blocks to be deleted (they are usually hidden) However, non-standard blocks may need to be deleted before upgrading.
-*[[Online Users block settings]]
-*[[Remote RSS Feeds block settings]]
-==Blocks (administrator) list==
+:''Note:'' To delete a block completely, in addition to deleting it on the blocks page, you also need to remove/delete the actual block folder from the ''moodle/blocks'' folder, otherwise Moodle will reinstall it next time you access the site administration.
-In edit mode, a Moodle page can show a block which contains a list of blocks that are available to add in that context for a [[Roles and capabilities|role]].  There are special blocks only available to [[administrators]].
-Examples of context include  a Site's front page or a Course's main page and more recently to include a block in an activity module. Some blocks only appear once in a specific context. Only being able to show one site administration block on the main page.  A few [[Blocks (teacher)|teacher blocks]] are available to administrators in their contextual pull down menu.
+===Block settings===
-The list below has the administrator blocks shown in '''bold''':
+Certain blocks have additional settings, which can be accessed via the links in the settings column.
-{| border="0"
+==Block capabilities==
-| |
-{| border="2";"
-|'''[[Activities block]]'''
-|-
-|'''[[Student projects/Admin page cleanup/Bookmarks|Admin bookmarks block]]'''
-|-
-|'''[[Blog Menu block|Blogs Menu]]'''
-|-
-|'''[[Blog Tags block|Blogs Tags]]'''
-|-
-|[[Calendar block|  Calendar]]
-|-
-|Course/Site description links to '''[[Front Page settings|Site Front Page settings]]''' or '''[[Course settings]]'''
-|-
-|'''[[Courses block|Courses]]'''
-|-
-|  [[Global Search block]]
-|-
-|[[HTML block|HTML]]
-|-
-|'''[[Latest News block]]'''
-|-
-|[[Loan calculator block|Loan Calculator]] (from 1.6 onwards)
-|-
-|'''[[Main menu block]]'''
-|-
-|'''[[Log in|Login]]'''
-|-
-|[[Mentees block]] (from 1.8 onwards)
-|-
-|[[Messages block|Messages]]
-|-
-|'''[[Network Servers block]]'''
-|-
-|'''[[People block]]'''
-|-
-|[[Random Glossary Entry]]
-|-
-|'''[[Recent Activity block]]'''
-|-
-|[[Remote RSS Feeds]]
-|-
-|'''[[Search Forums block|Search Forums]]'''
-|-
-|'''[[Site administration block|Site Administration]]'''
-|-
-|[[Upcoming Events block]]
-|-
-|'''[[Sticky blocks]]'''
-|-
-|}
-| style="width:100px" |
-|[[Image:Block add dropdown list admin 1 8.JPG|thumb| Example of a Blocks pulldown menu for Administrators]]
-|}
-==Non-standard blocks==
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/my:manageblocks|Manage My Moodle page blocks]]
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/tag:editblocks|Edit blocks in tags pages]]
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:manageownblocks|Manage blocks on own public user profile]]
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/user:manageblocks|Manage blocks on user profile of other users]]
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/block:edit|Edit a block's settings]]
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/block:view|View block]]
+*[[Capabilities/moodle/site:manageblocks|Manage blocks on a page]]
-In addition to using the blocks included in the standard download, other Moodlers have developed their own blocks which they share with the Moodle community. A partial list can be found at [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Category:Block_%28non-standard%29 Category:Block (non-standard)].  You can download and install these non-standard (also known as ''third-party'') blocks from the Moodle.org [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6009 Modules and plugins database].
+==Contributed blocks==
-'''Warning:''' Be aware that third-party blocks may have quality issues, may not work correctly, and may not work when you upgrade Moodle. You should test them thoroughly before using them and be prepared to uninstall them before upgrading.
+In addition to using the blocks included in the standard download, other Moodlers have developed their own blocks which they share with the Moodle community. You can download these contributed blocks from the Moodle.org [http://moodle.org/plugins Moodle Plugins directory]. See [[Installing plugins]] for details of how to install a block.
 ==See also==
 *[[Block layout]]
-*[[:Category:Block (non-standard)|non-standard blocks]] - a list of additional blocks available plus installation instructions
-[[Category:Block]]
+[[Category:Site administration]]
+[[eu:Blokeak_%28Kudeatzailea%29]]
 [[ja:ブロック管理 (管理者)]]
+[[de:Administration_von_Bl%C3%B6cken]]

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