Administration

All MNET host keys are stored in the table: mdl_mnet_host. The id of the local MNET host key (yo...

The instructions that appear on the Moodle login page are stored in the Moodle configuration prop...

The moodle front page is actually a course has the reserved course ID of 1. So you can update thi...

You can use Gmail (including Google Workspace) to send emails via Moodle. Here are the settings r...

You might have the need to update the Moodle front page summary through the database rather than ...

You can now manage all Moodle caches from Cache Administration navigation: Site administration...

The server environment page is a really useful page for checking the health of your server softwa...

You can purge the language pack cache through the Cache Administration page. Simply find the Lang...

To run a scheduled task immediately, navigate to: Site administration, Server, Scheduled Tasks...

Schedule tasks can use two types of locks: Database locks — lock_db table File locks — dirroot...

There is a tool provided with Moodle to replace strings in your database with another value. This...

If you have access to the Moodle application server, you can use the admin/cli/reset_password.php...

There are a number of settings provided by Moodle for test and development environments specifica...

If you need to use extended characters in usernames, there is a setting under: Site administra...

There is a very handy CLI tool admin/cli/check_database_schema.php which compares the structure o...

You can enable site maintenance mode through: Site administration > Server > Maintenance M...

Moodle environment requirements are defined in the file admin/environment.xml. For each major Mo...

The site administration search page is fantastic as it lets you find the plethora of site configu...

There's a handy CLI tool available in recent versions of Moodle to get and set site and plugin/co...

Sometimes rather than navigating, it is easier to type in the relevant URLs, particularly if you ...

To hide the navigation: My Profile > Forum Posts For all users: Set the configuration ...

Moodle time zone information in the first instance is loaded from: https://download.moodle.org/t...

To hide the navigation: My Profile > Messages For all users: This is set by the config...

The fields displayed on the user profile page (public profile) are controlled by the code in lib/...

You can use the site configuration admin/cli/cfg.php tool to add a site admin if you know the use...

There are two settings in your Moodle related to search engine indexing of the site. These can be...

The Site administration > Plugins > Plugins overview page is a really important section to ...

The latest versions of Moodle include a HTTPS conversion which helps you search for and change ov...

Here are the settings to use in Mailtrap.io if you want to capture all emails sent from Moodle to...