moodle-availability_ipaddress

Enhance activity security by restricting access based on IP address. This plugin allows you to control the availability of any chosen activity, making it accessible only to users from specified IP addresses.

Author

Author: Luuk Verhoeven, ldesignmedia.nl
Author: Vincent Cornelis, ldesignmedia.nl
Min. required: Moodle 4.0
Supports PHP: 7.3+

List of features

Supports comma separate list of ip-addresses
Subnet support, eg 192.168.1.0/24
Inline ip-address validation
Turning on/off with eye icon, without losing the input value.

Installation

Copy this plugin to the availability\condition\ipaddress folder on the server
Login as administrator
Go to Site Administrator > Notification
Install the plugin

Usage

Add or edit an activity in a Moodle course.
Go to the section "Restrict access"
Click IP address in the modal
There's a new input field that supports a list of comma separated ip address e.g. 127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.0/24
1. The users with matching ip addresses can view the activity.
Save the activity

TODO

Behat tests ip validation

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email luuk@ldesignmedia.nl instead of using the issue tracker.

License

The GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. Please see License File for more information.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome and will be fully credited. We accept contributions via Pull Requests on Github.

Changelog

5.0.3 (15.03.2026)

Fixed PHP 7.3 compatibility issue that broke Moodle 4.0.x servers (#13)
Removed typed properties (PHP 7.4+) to support PHP 7.3+
Lowered environment.xml PHP requirement from 7.4 to 7.3

5.0.2 (04.08.2025)

Added support for pre-configuring IP ranges by admins

5.0.1 (22.05.2025)

Tested on Moodle 5.0

4.5.0 (04.04.2025)

Tested on Moodle 4.5

4.4.0 (20.07.2024)

Tested on Moodle 4.4

4.0.2 (28.05.2022)

Tested on Moodle 4.0 @hamzatamyachte

4.0.1 (28.05.2022)

Fixed issue 6 @hamzatamyachte

3.9.0 (11.02.2022)

Added ip-range support @juacas