WhatsApp Generator

Local plugins ::: local_whatsappgen

Maintained by

Stephan Waetzig

Using this plugin, you can create WhatsApp messages for your course participants.

Latest release: 4 hilabete

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Release v1.109

Moodle 3.10, 3.11, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4

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For many participants and in situations where you need a fast reply from them, WhatsApp is more effective. With this plugin, you can create messages with placeholders, such as name, groups, etc., and send them to the participants.

This plugin is not intended for sending bulk messages for non-educational or commercial purposes.

For trainers, it's easy to navigate to the course members, select the participants, craft one message, and generate this message for all the selected participants.

It's easy to use

Select the course and open the participants list.
Check the boxes next to the students for whom you want to generate a WhatsApp message.
A symbol with the WhatsApp logo will then appear. A click / tab will redirect you to the message generator
Type your WhatsApp message in the textarea. Below the textarea, you will see the standard placeholders. For example, use %%firstname%% to insert each participant's first name. You'll also find special formats for WhatsApp, allowing you to format text in bold, italics, etc. Also you see a list for which participants the message will generated. On the right side of the page, you can see which participants, marked in green font, you can create the message for.
Once you've finished typing the message, click the "Generate" button. A new tab will open for each participant with the generated message. You can then choose to send the message via WebWhatsApp or the WhatsApp Application. It's highly recommended to install the application and configure your browser to allow pop-ups for seamless redirection to the WhatsApp application.
It's automatically recirect to your course participants.

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ig., 2024(e)ko abe.ren 15(e)an, 12:40(e)tan
Approval issue created: CONTRIB-9780
Gerrit Botha
az., 2025(e)ko urt.ren 29(e)an, 01:26(e)tan
I installed as indicated.
However, the WhatsApp logo does not appear when I select the students in the participants list.
Moodle 4.5 with Edwiser RemUI Version 4.5.3
I have a teacher role.
Click on student.
Stephan Waetzig
az., 2025(e)ko urt.ren 29(e)an, 09:37(e)tan
Hello Gerrit Botha,

Thank you for your request. A new issue opened in https://github.com/WaetzigS/moodle-local_whatsappgen/issues/20 . Could we continue the discussion there?

Best regards
Stephan
Vincenzo DI MAURO
al., 2025(e)ko mar.ren 10(e)an, 20:59(e)tan
Hi!
Just installed buuuut... It doesn't work! Here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XVYuOLTtQK_fUMC9KSHjSYQ1qBIImX2T/view?usp=drive_link

Help! )
Stephan Waetzig
al., 2025(e)ko mar.ren 10(e)an, 23:41(e)tan
Hello Vincenzo DI MAURO,

thank you for the request. A new issue opened in https://github.com/WaetzigS/moodle-local_whatsappgen/issues/21 . Could we continue the discussion there?

Best regards
Stephan
Ernani da Silva
ig., 2025(e)ko api.ren 27(e)an, 19:23(e)tan
Hello. It was installed in Moodle 5.0 and it does not work
Stephan Waetzig
ar., 2025(e)ko api.ren 29(e)an, 01:46(e)tan
Hello Ernani da Silva,

thank you very much for the request. A new issue opened in https://github.com/WaetzigS/moodle-local_whatsappgen/issues/25 . Could we continue the discussion there?

Best regards
Stephan
Jennifer Pereira
al., 2025(e)ko eka.ren 30(e)an, 21:30(e)tan
não aparece o simbolo do whatsapp
Alex Barajas
lr., 2025(e)ko abu.ren 16(e)an, 23:26(e)tan
I installed but didn't work
Stephan Waetzig
ig., 2025(e)ko abu.ren 17(e)an, 14:49(e)tan
Hello Alex Barajas,

Thank you for your comment. Please follow the instructions in the readme-file carefully. If this does not work, please create a ticket in GitHub with a detailed and productive description.
Please also note that if you encounter problems with JavaScript when opening the participant list, the trigger won't load. I am currently working on this, but at the moment I do not have a good idea or the resources to render it without JavaScript.

Best regards
Stephan