Core plugins review for Moodle 4.0
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| Core plugins review | |
|---|---|
| Project state | In progress |
| Tracker issue | MDL-72046 (epic) |
| Discussion | Moodle core plugins review |
| Assignee | Sara Arjona |
Introduction
This project is about reviewing the plugins in core Moodle LMS with the aim of removing any which are no longer or hardly used, and if appropriate, adding them to the Moodle plugins directory.
Plugins to be deleted from core
- WebCT question import/export format (qformat_webct)
- Flash animation media player (media_swf)
- VideoJS Flash plugin
- Picasa repository (repository_picasa)
- Picasa portfolio (portfolio_picasa)
- Microsoft OneDrive (legacy) (repository_skydrive)
Plugins to be removed from core and added to the plugins directory
- Word censorship filter (filter_censor)
- Health center admin tool (tool_health)
- Jabber notification plugin (message_jabber)
- Assignment 2.2 module (mod_assignment)
Plugins we are thinking about removing from core and adding to the plugins directory
- Quiz results block (block_quiz_results)
- Flickr block (block_tag_flickr)
- Examview question import/export format (qformat_examview)
- Algebra notation filter (filter_algebra)
- HTML tidy filter (filter_tidy)
- Box repository (repository_boxnet)
- Legacy course files repository (repository_coursefiles)
- Equella repository (repository_equella)
- Flickr repository (repository_flickr)
- Flickr public repository (repository_flickr_public)
- Merlot.org repository (repository_merlot)
- URL downloader repository (repository_url)
- Box portfolio (portfolio_boxnet)
- Flickr portfolio (portfolio_flickr)
- Mahara ePortfolio (portfolio_mahara)
- Survey activity (mod_survey)
How will these plugins be removed from core?
- The plugin folder (for instance, question/format/webct/ for qformat_webct), will be completely removed from Moodle core. IMPORTANT: if you want to keep any of the plugins removed from core in your Moodle site, you will need to download and copy the plugin folder to the right place BEFORE running the upgrading process.
- Each plugin will be removed from the standard_plugins_list() method and added to the is_deleted_standard_plugin() method (both placed in lib/classes/plugin_manager.php).
- The upgrading steps will be added to lib/db/upgrade.php, to remove specific tables and settings (when it applies).
The plugins data will be removed only if the plugins files are not present anymore in the code. So, if a site wants to keep any of the plugins removed from core, they should download and copy the plugin folder to the right place (as they use to do with third-party plugins) BEFORE running the upgrading process.
