Moodle Plugins directory: Multi-Language Content (v2): Comments

Friday, 3 April 2026, 10:55 PM - Iñaki Arenaza

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:55:17 GMT

by Iñaki Arenaza.

Hi John,

except for language pack changes, nothing has change in the code since version 2.5.0. That was published on 2024.11.27. Even if we take the language pack changes into account, version 2.5.0.2 (the latest one) was published on 2025.04.17 (nearly a year ago). And nothing has changed in the plugin since then.

I don't know what plugin version, and what Moodle version you are using, so it's difficult to diagnose what could be going on. If you are using a very recent Moodle version (that we may have not tested yet), there could have been changes in Moodle core that broke that functionality?

Saludos.

Iñaki.

Saturday, 28 March 2026, 10:19 PM - John Gourlay

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:19:22 GMT

by John Gourlay.

Wondering what, if anything, has changed - Not honouring: Multi-Language Content (v2) "Always use parent languages, including 'en'" ?

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=473743

John

Saturday, 6 September 2025, 4:41 PM - Iñaki Arenaza

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:41:35 GMT

by Iñaki Arenaza.

Hi @David,

I'm sorry, but there is nothing that the multilang2 plugin can do about it. Filter plugins can only filter text that is sent to the user (browser, mobile app, emails), and only when asked to do so. It is the responsability of the search engine to either ignore or hide the `{mlang}`filter markers (and other filters' markers too, if relevant).

Saludos.
Iñaki.

Friday, 5 September 2025, 7:44 PM - Davide Vigano

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:44:31 GMT

by Davide Vigano.

Hello!
I would like to know if it is possible to hide {mlang} in search results in Moodle 4.5.5. Thank you!

Friday, 5 September 2025, 7:44 PM - Davide Vigano

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:44:17 GMT

by Davide Vigano.

Ciao!
Vorrei sapere se è possibile non visualizzare gli {mlang} nei risultati delle ricerche in Moodle 4.5.5. Grazie!

Thursday, 24 July 2025, 3:07 PM - Iñigo Zendegi Urzelai

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 07:07:50 GMT

by Iñigo Zendegi Urzelai.

Hi, Melvyn

Those Moodle 4.5 notification messages not applying correctly the filters are Moodle core code bugs, and there are already two issues in the Moodle Tracker working to solve them (both already have fix proposals):
https://moodle.atlassian.net/browse/MDL-85802
https://moodle.atlassian.net/browse/MDL-85684

Thursday, 24 July 2025, 2:54 PM - Dave Foord

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:54:45 GMT

by Dave Foord.

@Melyvn - we will need to wait for one of the plugin owners/developers to answer your question, as this goes beyond my level of understanding.

In terms of the pop up issue - I know for example that if you use the glossary autolinking set up, the header of that doesn't currently support filters, so it may be that the message pop up also doesn't. A useful way to test this, is to apply a different filter in an item and see if that works or not. If all filters don't work, then you know it is a 'core' issue. If other filters work, but {mlang} doesn't then it is probably a plugin issue.

Can I check - within the 'manage filters' page on your site, is the Multi-Language Content (v2) filter set to 'Content and Headings' or just 'Content'. If it is just set to 'Content' then change it to 'Content and Headings' and see if that helps.

Thursday, 24 July 2025, 2:45 PM - Melvyn Gomez

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:45:44 GMT

by Melvyn Gomez.

my bad Dave, i mean the tags in general are not working, not only spanish, for example is not working in the popup notification and when you want to see the full notification message, i found that error is in the file /message/output/popup/classes/popup_notification.php, function export_for_template and line $context->shortenedsubject = shorten_text($context->subject, 125); must be $context->shortenedsubject = shorten_text(format_text($context->subject, FORMAT_HTML), 125);

Other issue is in the file /mod/assign/classes/notification_helper.php, funcion send_due_soon_notification_to_user and this code
$stringparams = [
'firstname' => $user->firstname,
//'assignmentname' => $assignmentobj->get_instance()->name, //old code wrong
//'coursename' => $assignmentobj->get_course()->fullname, //old code wrong
'assignmentname' => format_string($assignmentobj->get_instance()->name, true, ['context' => $context]), //new code
'coursename' => format_string($assignmentobj->get_course()->fullname, true, ['context' => $context]), //new code
'duedate' => userdate($duedate),
'url' => $url,
];

but that's only for viewing purposes, in the email notification, the tags are not working, before worked in Moodle 4.1, i'm getting emails like this
Due on Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 23:59: {mlang es}Actividad preparatoria: Análisis de una negociación subóptima{mlang}{mlang pt_br}Atividade preparatória: Análise de uma negociação subótima{mlang}{mlang en}Preparatory activity: Analysis of a suboptimal negotiation{mlang}

All the due notifications and their lang tags are not working; so maybe is not a core issue, is a plugin glitch, what do you think?

Thursday, 24 July 2025, 2:21 PM - Dave Foord

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:21:10 GMT

by Dave Foord.

@Melvyn - is your issue that:

a) the mlang tags are not working at all, or
b) is it just that the {mlang es} is not working, but other languages are working?

If a) then certain areas in Moodle don't support filters at all, so they won't work, and not much we can do apart from raise a ticket for someone to look into this and make filters work in that area.

If b) then first thing to check is that you have Spanish available as one of the languages in the site. If that is avaialble, then something I spotted once was the {mlang es} tags were not working within a certain context (I forget which), when other languages were working. What I found was I had to rearrange the order of the filters - effectively moving the {mlang} filter down the list until it worked.

Thursday, 24 July 2025, 8:45 AM - Melvyn Gomez

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:45:39 GMT

by Melvyn Gomez.

I'm using moodle 4.5.4 and all the notifications popup and via email using this sintax {mlang es}{mlang} are not working, all the text is not being filtered, i found some places outside of the plugin to apply the patch and use format_string and format_text but it can be a plugin bug or core bug?

Friday, 4 April 2025, 3:01 PM - Dave Foord

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:01:35 GMT

by Dave Foord.

@Sandra - I have created a ticket for this issue at https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-85108 - hopefully someone will pick this up, and get a fix sorted soonish. If others are interested, please vote for the ticket.

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 3:38 PM - Dave Foord

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:38:36 GMT

by Dave Foord.

@Sandra - I ahve checked on the Moodles that I support, and I am seeing exactly the same as you - which does suggest that the tags are not working within the search function. This is probably an issue with the search function, rather than this plugin (e.g. the search function doesn't recognise any filters). I have posted to the general developer forum, to see if anyone else has any ideas here:

https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=467266

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 2:48 PM - Sandra Stickelmann

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:48:35 GMT

by Sandra Stickelmann.

Hi,
thanks a lot for this plugin - just one question:
Normally, a user only sees the language he/she should see.
If I use the search function however, the result shows the complete coded text, such as {mlang de}Verifizierung{mlang}{mlang en}Verification{mlang}.

Are the tags not working when using the search-function?

Friday, 12 July 2024, 5:44 PM - Dave Foord

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 09:44:06 GMT

by Dave Foord.

It turns out that the issue that I raised regarding this, is a non-issue - in that the mlang tags are working correctly. The key when testing, is if you have already visited an item (e.g. a book) in one language, and then you change your preferred language within your Moodle preferences, we have to re-download that book on the mobile app in order for the change to get actioned. What was happening before, was I was viewing a cached version of the book showing the old language, rather than the book showing the correct language.

Thursday, 11 July 2024, 8:46 PM - Dave Foord

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:46:08 GMT

by Dave Foord.

I have reported the above issue to Moodle HQ - https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MOBILE-4629