A very simple plugin which allows admin to set redirects based on url. Redirects can be from existing Moodle pages like from one course to another, or they can be 'vanity' urls from non existing urls into a page inside Moodle.

Using git submodule:

git submodule add [email protected]:catalyst/moodle-tool_redirects.git admin/tool/redirects

OR you can download as a zip from github

https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_redirects/archive/master.zip

Extract this into /var/www/yourmoodle/admin/tool/redirects

Then run the moodle upgrade as normal.

https://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_plugins

This plugin requires MDL-66340, which was added in 3.8.

You can easily backport these patches in one line for 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7:

For Moodle 3.5:

git apply --whitespace=nowarn admin/tool/redirects/patch/core35.diff

For Moodle 3.6:

git apply --whitespace=nowarn admin/tool/redirects/patch/core36.diff

For Moodle 3.7:

git apply --whitespace=nowarn admin/tool/redirects/patch/core37.diff

In case the patches do not work due to an update to older Moodle branches (such as security updates), you can manually perform the cherry-picks.

For MDL-66340:

git cherry-pick 4ed105a9fd4c37e063d384ff155bd10c3bfbb303

If there are merge conflicts, ensure the lines that you are adding are consistent with the lines being added inside the patch files. Everything else can safely be ignored.

Once this has been performed, you can generate your own patch files using git format-patch. An example for Moodle 3.5 is below:

git format-patch MOODLE_35_STABLE --stdout > admin/tool/redirects/patch/new_core35.diff

• Navigate to Site Administration > Plugins > Admin tools > Redirects
• Add rules. Each line should be a redirect rule like [php regex of local moodle URL to redirect from]=>[any URL to redirect to]. E.g. #/my/#=>/course/view.php?id=2
• Enable or disable redirects for administrators

If you wish to use redirects for urls which do not exist, eg /some-vanity-url then your webserver needs to be configured to have Moodle handle error pages. Setup details are here:

https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Error_pages

Admins can bypass redirect by adding noredirect=1 parameter to requested URL. E.g. http://moodle.example.com/my/?noredirect=1

Issues, and pull requests using github are welcome and encouraged!

https://github.com/catalyst/moodle-tool_redirects/issues

If you would like commercial support or would like to sponsor additional improvements to this plugin please contact us:

https://www.catalyst-au.net/contact-us

This plugin was developed by Catalyst IT Australia:

https://www.catalyst-au.net/