Can you tell if a plugin has been used or not?

Can you tell if a plugin has been used or not?

by Richard Beazley -
Number of replies: 4
I am new to LMS as an administrator and we are planning our move from one platform to another.

Is there a way to report on whether a particular plugin has been used, or is in use, within a site?

Using plugin activities I thought I had tracked down all the plugins that had been used in our site (e.g. red box in the attached image).
However, there are some plugins that I have been made aware of, that I would like to check if they are in use or have been used in our site (e.g. green box in the attached image).  This screenshot is from Plugins > Activities.
A URL to this specific plugin is Moodle plugins directory: Microsoft Word File Import/Export (Book) | Moodle.org

I don't have ready access to SQL so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks.Plugins
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Re: Can you tell if a plugin has been used or not?

by John Provasnik -
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Natively... for some plugin types that you "add" per use somewhere in Moodle, this information can be found on various admin settings pages. Beyond that, the "Plugins overview" page will at least display of a plugin is Enabled or Disabled...   

  • Activity Modules: # of times in use found on the Manage activities admin settings page
    /admin/modules.php
  • Blocks: # of times in use found on the Manage blocks admin settings page
    /admin/blocks.php
  • Quiz Question Types: # of times in use found on the Manage question types admin settings page 
    /admin/qtypes.php
  • Enrollment Types: # of times in use found on the Manage enroll plugin admin settings page
    /admin/settings.php?section=manageenrols
  • Authentication Types: # of times in use found on the Manage authentication admin settings page
    /admin/settings.php?section=manageauths



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Re: Can you tell if a plugin has been used or not?

by Richard Beazley -
Thanks John - greatly appreciated and exactly what I was looking for.
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Re: Can you tell if a plugin has been used or not?

by Gregor McNish -
For other plugins, if they generate log entries, you can look at your server logs to see if they're used.
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Re: Can you tell if a plugin has been used or not?

by William Bergman -

Thank you, that information was extremely helpful!

Sincerely,

Bill Bergman

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