Edit roles by capability

Administration tools ::: tool_editrolesbycap
Maintained by TimTim Hunt, at the OU (Perry building)Mahmoud Kassaei, Hieu Vu Van
A Moodle admin tool to edit the permissions for one capability in all roles on one screen.

Edit roles by capability 2.1 for Moodle 5.0+

Moodle 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0
Released: Friday, 3 October 2025, 4:56 PM
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Change log for the Edit roles by capability tool

Changes in 5.0

  • Update GitHub Actions CI workflow for Moodle 5.0.
  • Fixed pipeline warnings.
  • Rewrote Javascript in tool_editrolesbycap to remove YUI dependencies.
  • Updated templates and sessionStorage usage to Javascript. Replaced use if a random cookie for storing filterValue with window.sessionStorage. This avoids the need to document/manage an extra cookie and follows modern browser best practices.

Changes in 2.0

  • Re-build the JavaScript with the latest version grunt.

Changes in 1.9

  • Fixed a bug which caused not all capabilities to appear in the list.

Changes in 1.8

  • Small styling improvements.

Changes in 1.7

  • Fix Behat to work in Moodle 3.6.

Changes in 1.6

  • Privacy API implementation.
  • Fix some coding style.
  • Due to privacy API support, this version now only works in Moodle 3.4+ For older Moodles, you will need to use a previous version of this plugin.

1.5 and before

Changes were not documented here.

Version information

Version build number
2025100300
Version release name
2.1 for Moodle 5.0+
Maturity
Stable version
MD5 Sum
bee7547d9b8ddb7cd53c7d66e9cc8ad7
Supported software
Moodle 4.0, Moodle 4.1, Moodle 4.2, PHP 8.2, Moodle 4.3, PHP 8.3, Moodle 4.4, Moodle 4.5, Moodle 5.0
  • Latest release for Moodle 4.0
  • 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

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Administration tools

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