Category Banner

Maintained by Fanny Boitard

The Category Banner plugin allows to display custom banners at the top of Moodle course pages based on their category. It features rich text editing, subcategory support, and the ability to display multiple banners simultaneously, all managed through Moodle's admin interface.

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Supports Moodle 4.1-5.1 See all versions

Latest release: 9 months ago

Installations: 48

Downloads (last 90 days): 31

Frankenstyle name: local_categorybanner

Local plugins

Current version

2.3.1 (2025081401)

Moodle 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Uploaded on Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 09:50 (GMT+0)

Plugin type: Local plugins

Frankenstyle component name: local_categorybanner

Version build number: 2025081401

Version release name: 2.3.1

Maturity: Stable

Supported Moodle versions: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0, 5.1

Repository URL (Git): https://github.com/Fanny1203/moodle-local_categorybanner

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Issue/bug tracker URL: https://github.com/Fanny1203/moodle-local_categorybanner/issues

Change Log

2.3.1 – 2025-08-14

Fixed issue where global banners were not displayed on all pages

2.3.0 – 2025-08-14

Removed manual CSS loading as it's handled automatically by Moodle

Added Privacy API implementation (provider implementing null_provider as no personal data is stored)

Added Events API implementation for banner management (create/update/delete)

Modified global banners to display on all pages, not just course-related ones

2.2.0 – 2025-08-14

Migrated to the new Moodle hook API (4.4+).

Added db/hooks.php and class-based callbacks.

Backward compatibility preserved via legacy functions (to be deprecated in a future release).

Thanks to @bwalkerl for the contribution.

Version 2.0.1 (2025042301)

Changed

Renamed "Every pages" to "Global banner" for better clarity

Fixed language string consistency using global_banner instead of all_categories

Removed duplicate language string entry

Version 2.0.0 (2025042300)

Added

Global banner option to display messages on all pages

Support for applying banners to subcategories

Support for multiple banners with visual separators

Improved user interface and documentation

Version 1.0.6 (2025022606)

Added

Initial release

Basic banner management per category

Rich text editor support

Course page integration

2.0.1 (2025042301)

Moodle 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0

Uploaded on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 at 15:48 (GMT+0)

2.0.0 (2025042300)

Moodle 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.0

Uploaded on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 at 13:27 (GMT+0)

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Category Banner

Versions

2.3.1 (2025081401)

2.0.1 (2025042301)

2.0.0 (2025042300)