Site backup and Developer Assist

Local plugins ::: local_devassist
Maintained by Mohammad Farouk
Easy tool for admins to backup all data and download it in local machine and restore it via upload, this is usefull for migration. For plugin developers: Sort language strings alphabetically by key. Search for missing lang strings. Create a translation in other language in lang directory directly from browser interface. Add or Edit capabilities in access.php file in easy human readable way. Edit plugin files and test a php code. and more to come.

Site backup and Developer Assist 2.0.0

Moodle 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0
Released: יום שני, 14 יולי 2025, 8:26 AM

Developer Assist

Developer Assistance provides several tools helping developers

  • Language string sorter:
    • Automatically sort lang-strings for selected plugin
  • Backup:
    • Plugins: Create a backup of all additional plugins in your moodle installation and download it as a zip file.
    • Database: Create a backup of your Moodle database records and download it as a zip file.
    • Files: Create a backup of all files stored in moodle system and download it as a single zip file.
  • Restore:
    • Restore plugins, database records and files that has been backed up by the same plugin in another moodle installation.
  • Missing language strings and local translation:
    • Searching all php files for any missing lang strings and easily adding them to lang files.
    • Also this tool is excellent to create local translation files for other languages.
  • Editing and Adding capability
    • Easily add or edit capabilities in your plugin access.php file.
  • Advanced utilities for developer users
    • Execute a php code from browser interface.
    • Edit plugins files from browser interface.

Installing via uploaded ZIP file

  1. Log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration > Plugins > Install plugins.
  2. Upload the ZIP file with the plugin code. You should only be prompted to add extra details if your plugin type is not automatically detected.
  3. Check the plugin validation report and finish the installation.

Installing manually

The plugin can be also installed by putting the contents of this directory to

{your/moodle/dirroot}/local/devassist

Afterwards, log in to your Moodle site as an admin and go to Site administration > Notifications to complete the installation.

Alternatively, you can run

$ php admin/cli/upgrade.php

to complete the installation from the command line.

License

2023 Your Name you@example.com

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Version information

Version build number
2025071300
Version release name
2.0.0
Maturity
גרסה יציבה
MD5 Sum
db071d5110907ed9624a9d8bc0334d35
Supported software
Moodle 4.1, Moodle 4.2, Moodle 4.3, Moodle 4.4, Moodle 4.5, Moodle 5.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.1
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.2
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.3
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.4
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.5
  • Latest release for Moodle 5.0

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL
VCS tag
v2.0.0

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Local plugins

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder in the "local" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation.