Installing plugins

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:

• the Modules and plugins database or
• cvs:moodle/contrib using the URL http://download.moodle.org/download.php/modules/directory_name.zip

Module installation

To install a contributed module:

1. Download the zip file and unzip it to your moodle/mod directory.
2. Visit your admin page http://your_moodle_address/admin/index.php to complete the installation.

Note: The module may contain language files. If so then just leave them in the folder and they'll be found automatically. However, language strings cannot be edited using the Site Administration > Language editing interface.

To install a contributed module to a local Mac OS X web server:

Download the zip file and unzip it to:

   /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/moodle19/mod

Visit your Local Moodle site http://localhost:8888/moodle19/

Site Administration
  Notifications
   Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "Continue"

Check your new module has been installed:

  Site Administration
   Modules
    Activities
     Manage activities

Block installation

To install a contributed block:

1. Download the zip file and unzip it to your moodle/block directory.
2. Visit your admin page http://your_moodle_address/admin/index.php to complete the installation.

Plugin installation

Plugins are installed in various places in Moodle, depending upon the plugin. For example, plugin question types need to be unzipped to your moodle/question/type directory.

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.

See also

• Using Moodle Activity modules forum and Blocks forum
• Installing contributed modules in Moodle video
• Using Moodle Please help - Cannot get additional blocks to install forum discussion