Install & update content types

It is important that you keep your H5P content types up to date to make sure that you have all the latest features (and bugfixes).

Important notice: On April 12th 2017 the H5P Hub was released, which replaces the old way of installing content types. You must make sure you are using a plugin version including the HUB if you want to install and update content types. For the different plugins, this means:
Drupal: minimum version 1.28
WordPress: minimum version 1.8.0
Moodle: minimum version 1.1 (2017041200)

Below are the instructions on how to update and install new content types with the latest version of the H5P plugin.

Comments

BV52

Sun, 10/15/2017 - 15:45

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Hi David-Bisk,You should have

Hi David-Bisk,

You should have a download button at the buttom of the content. That will save a .h5p file that you can upload in Wordpress.

-BV52

ewa_icn

Wed, 12/13/2017 - 11:11

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Hi BV52,I have the same issue

Hi BV52,
I have the same issue like David-Bisk, and any download button at the buttom of the content ?!
????

BV52

Thu, 12/14/2017 - 07:54

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Hi ewa_icn,If you don't see

Hi ewa_icn,

If you don't see the download button at the bottom of the content you just need to update the content and put a check on "Download button" option.

-BV52

ewa_icn

Thu, 12/14/2017 - 11:39

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update the content, you mean

update the content, you mean save the content? I have only 'Save' and 'Delate' buttons... and of course I've puted a check on "Download button" ???

BV52

Fri, 12/15/2017 - 06:31

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Hi ewa_icn,I'm sorry for the

Hi ewa_icn,

I'm sorry for the confusion and yes you are correct the download button is what I mean. Are you not seeing the option once you save the content?

-BV52

ewa_icn

Fri, 12/15/2017 - 08:59

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Hi BV52,Exaclly, I don't see

Hi BV52,
Exaclly, I don't see the option once I saved the content, I see only 'Save' and 'Delate' buttons at the buttom of the content. Thaks for your support.

BV52

Fri, 12/15/2017 - 10:15

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Hi ewa_icn,The download

Hi ewa_icn,

The download button should show up once you save the content. It is available when using the content not when editing it.

-BV52

boniface

Fri, 01/12/2018 - 04:28

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Unable to upload modified content types to Moodle

Hi,

i tried to upload a modifed content type on H5p.org however it has been communicated that h5p.org doesn't accept modifed content types. So i tried to upload the modified content type on my moodle Instance and i keep getting the same error:

Validating h5p package failed.

Could not find library.json file with valid json format for library normal-5.h5pGet help

A valid content folder is missingGet help

A valid main h5p.json file is missingGet help

the only difference in the downloaded h5p memory game and the modifed memory game is that the border-radius in the /H5P.memoryGame-1.2/memory-game.css was changed from 4px to 50px (making it round). All the library files and folders are the same and in their same locations.

Any suggestions???

thomasmars

Fri, 01/12/2018 - 09:46

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Where are you trying to

Where are you trying to upload the .h5p file ? Through editor or through the library list ?

Do you get any messages in your browser's console when this happens, and do you get any errors in your server's PHP error log ?

As the message says the h5p file can not be validated, there can be numerous reasons for this, most likely your .h5p file is broken, server is not properly configured or you're trying to upload the file in the wrong place.

Lila

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 17:34

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Working without the HUB

I understand the note above this article as it is not possible to install and update content types WITHOUT the HUB. So, if we block the HUB on our moodle, it will not be possible to install or update anything?

Besides this: What would happen to the current installed content types if we deactivate the HUB ?

Thank you for your trouble!

Greetings from Berlin,

Lila

otacke

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 18:12

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Hello to the HWR!You can

Hello to the HWR!

You can deactivate the Hub, but then you'll have to check the sources on github for updates manually and also update them yourself. If the question behind your question is: Does the Hub collect personal data, then the answer is: no. May 25 is not only the day that the GDPR comes into effect, but it's also Towel Day. So: Don't panic.

If you deactivate the link to the Hub, nothing will happen to your content types. They'll work as before. There's no dependency that requires the Hub in order to run.

Cheers,
Olli

Lila

Tue, 05/22/2018 - 18:22

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Greetings to the head quarter!

Thank you so much for the galactic quick answer! ;)

All the best!

Lila

ademozgur

Tue, 10/16/2018 - 08:30

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lang to tr

Hi all,

i want to change interactive video editor' language from English to Turkish but I couldn't find it. Could you help me?

otacke

Tue, 10/16/2018 - 09:15

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Hi ademozgur!There is a

Hi ademozgur!

There is a language file for Turkish, but it seems that nobody has translated it so far. Feel free to help out!

Best,
Oliver

ademozgur

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 10:56

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Hi otacke, i partially

Hi otacke, i partially translated interactive video to tr on github (tr.json file). And I also think all of them translate to Turkish. Bu I couldn't found how can I add tr.json to drupal h5p editor-ineractive video, it's already English.

otacke

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 11:05

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Hi ademozgur!I can't find any

Hi ademozgur!

I can't find any trace of your translation on github in the official repository. Did you possible not create a pull request for your changes? If it's merged in, then the translation file would be updated with the next update of Interactive Video.

You can, of course, replace the language files locally on your drupal system, too, but that would require some manual tweaking and would not be future proof. Please also note that even if you replace language files, this will not change any content that has already be created. The changes will only have an effect for newly created content.

Best,
Oliver

ademozgur

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 13:43

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Hi oliverTacke, could you

Hi oliverTacke, could you look again? I propesed a file change on github. Thanks.

otacke

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 13:51

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Hi ademozgur!I can find your

Hi ademozgur!

I can find your changes in your own repository. This doesn't mean they will show up in the H5P repository. You will have to create a pull request. When you are logged in into your repository on github, you should see a button labeled "pull request" in the upper right hand corner of the file list. Click on it, complete the form that pops up, and then we can see your request to merge your changes into the official repository.

As I mentioned before: We'll have to merge if in first (you'll automatically receive a notification about this) and then release an update which will contain the changes.

Best,
Oliver

ademozgur

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 14:03

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Hi Oliver, I'm guessing it's

Hi Oliver, I'm guessing it's ok right now =)

Thanks...

otacke

Wed, 10/17/2018 - 14:04

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It is!

ademozgur

Sun, 12/09/2018 - 09:42

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Oliver hi again

I translated language file to Turkish. But it still English. When Turkish language update come to interactive Video?

Best regards...

otacke

Mon, 12/10/2018 - 00:46

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I think that Interactive

I think that Interactive Video was updated since you contacted me for the first time, so Turkish should be available for new content that you create. Please note that existing content will not be upgraded automatically.

Best

Oliver

hcaprette

Wed, 03/06/2019 - 01:45

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Wordpress update caused missing content types, then H5P gone

Hello H5P users,

Our admin recently upgraded our WordPress multisite (Pressbooks) to what I think may be 5.0.3. We're getting a notification that WordPress 5.1 is available but we haven't updated to it because Pressbooks may not work with it. After the WordPress update, many of the H5P content types weren't showing as available in the hub, e.g. interactive vide was gone. We downloaded the latest H5P plugin from https://wordpress.org/plugins/h5p/ today. Instead of installing manually into the /wp-content/plugins folder, it was installed in the Network Admin interface by first deactivating the existing H5P plugin and then installing the new one. It fixed the problem with the missing content types. 41 appeared. But, all of our H5P content items that people created in the past disappeared from our Pressbooks.

How should we have updated the H5P plugin to avoid the loss of the existing H5P content?

We have a VM Snapshot that the admin took of the server before the H5P deactivation. Can we reinstate our WordPress/Pressbooks instance from this and get all of the H5P work back?

Thank you for your help,

Heather Caprette
Cleveland State University

icc

Tue, 04/16/2019 - 13:11

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Hi Heather, It's difficult to

Hi Heather,

It's difficult to tell what might have happened in this instance but your content should still be in the database/files unless you've run the uninstall process for the plugin. Regarding upgrading to a newer version, putting the site into maintenance mode and then just deleting the wp-content/plugin/h5p folder and copying in the new plugin h5p folder should do the trick. But do make sure to backup everything first.

If you've transitioned from a regular installation to a network installation it might be that a new table has been created for the content instead of the old one being renamed. To try and figure out what has happened you should have a look at the *_h5p_contents tables in the database to see where the content is.

muyanik09

Tue, 10/15/2019 - 17:08

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enabling h5p hub

i have had many problems after the release of PHP 7x. Luckily come over all except for activating the h5p hub on the settings panel of WP dashboard. And now i want to try to uninstall and install "H5p" again. Now the question is this:

What will happen to my all previous contents?

BV52

Wed, 10/16/2019 - 18:44

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Hi muyanik09,You would have

Hi muyanik09,

You would have to create a backup prior to uninstalling/reinstalling the plugin since you will lose all your content if don't.

-BV52

Kirstenb

Thu, 11/21/2019 - 12:03

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Hello,Im using an E-learning

Hello,

Im using an E-learning system that has a h5p plugin. Only, this is version 1.19, which means most of the content can not be used. It was now suggested that I use 'older'. versions of plug-ins (like the interactive video program) from github.
I am not a programmer or something like that, so I do not know how I can do this. Is there a tutorial available for using sources from github?

Thank you for your time.

BV52

Thu, 11/21/2019 - 19:12

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Hi Kirstenb,I'm not sure I

Hi Kirstenb,

I'm not sure I understand why there is a need to use an older version of the H5P plugin. If you use an older version you will not get the full potential of the content types as well as have bugs that are already resolved.

-BV

brianpnagy

Tue, 01/28/2020 - 15:52

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BrightSpace

Does this workflow apply to BrightSpace/D2L platforms? When I try to create content through the integrated tool in BrightSpace, I only see 26 content types, when there are 20 more that I see when I look at the " Examples and Downloads" section on this page. My admin says he doesn't see anything to click on to add more tools.

BV52

Tue, 01/28/2020 - 17:36

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Hi brianpnagy,There are some

Hi brianpnagy,

There are some content types that are disabled by default for H5P.com and some that are not available altogether. To enable the content types the administrator needs to go to Manage Organization -> Settings -> Content Type settings, in there you can enable the contents.

Below is the documentation for the content types overview and limitations:

https://documentation.h5p.com/content/1290410474004879128

For your reference this is the page for the list of content types that are not available in H5P.com:

https://documentation.h5p.com/content/1290591871936510658

-BV

crisona

Fri, 06/19/2020 - 20:36

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where I can download the examples?

I'm getting this error: Your site is having difficulties connecting to H5P.org and listing the available content types.

There is a link where I could download some example of interactive video to install in my site? thank you for naswering

BV52

Mon, 06/22/2020 - 18:04

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Hi Crisona,You can download

Hi Crisona,

You can download the sample contents here. I suggest that you download the complex content types first like Column, Course Presentation etc. since these content types also installs the libraries of the content types that can be created within them.

-BV

edson12

Sat, 07/04/2020 - 21:26

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Problems with installation of H5P content types

Good day.

I tried to add the content types foloowing this process, but I had some troubles. Downloaded the content from the web site, but when I tried to upload them, some error messages appear (The messages originally were in spanish. So, I try to translate the to english. That's why they may not match exactly, but the main idea is for you to understand the situation):

accordion-6-7138: Required library H5P.Accordion 1.0 is missing.
advanced-blanks-example-1-503253: Required library H5P.AdvancedBlanks 1.0 is missing. Required library RactiveJS 0.8 is missing,
arithmetic-quiz-22-57860: Required library H5P.ArithmeticQuiz 1.1 is missing. Required library Odometer 1.0 is missing.
chart-7143: Required library H5P.Chart 1.2 is missing
collage-3065: Required library H5P.Collage 0.3 is missing
dictation-389727: Required library H5P.Dictation 1.0 is missing
documentation-tool-3022: Required library H5P.TextInputField 1.2 is missing. Required library H5P.StandardPage 1.5 is missing. Required library MustacheJS 1.0 is missing. Required library H5P.GoalsPage 1.5 is missing. Required library H5P.GoalsAssessmentPage 1.4 is missing. Required library H5P.DocumentExportPage 1.5 is missing. Required library H5P.ExportPage 1.1 is missing. Required library docxgenJS 1.0 is missing. Required library H5P.DocumentationTool 1.8 is missing
essay-4-166755: Required library H5P.Essay 1.2 is missing
example-content-find-the-words-557697: Required library H5P.FindTheWords 1.4 is missing. Required library H5P.Timer 0 is missing.
find-the-hotspot-3024: Required library H5P.FindTheWords 1.4 is missing. Required library H5P.Timer 0.4 is missing
flashcards-51-111820: Required library H5P.Flashcards 1.5 is missing
four-seasons-3-80289: Required library H5P.Agamotto 1.5 is missing
guess-the-answer-2402: Required library H5P.GuessTheAnswer 1.4 is missing
image-hotspots-2-825: Required library H5P.ImageHotspots 1.8 is missing
image-juxtaposition-65047: Required library H5P.ImageJuxtaposition 1.4 is missing
image-multiple-hotspot-question-65081: Required library H5P.ImageMultipleHotspotQuestion 1.0 is missing
image-sequencing-3-110117: Required library H5P.ImageSequencing 1.1 is missing. Required library H5P.Audio 1.2 is missing. Required library H5P.Timer 0.4 is missing
image-slider-2-130336: Required library H5P.ImageSlide 1.1 is missing. Required library H5P.ImageSlider 1.1 is missing
impressive-presentation-7141: Required library H5P.ImpressPresentation 1.0 is missing. Required library FontAwesome 4.3 is missing. Required library H5P.JoubelUI 1.2 is missing
interactive-video-2-618: Required library H5P.InteractiveVideo 1.22 is missing
memory-game-5-708: Required library H5P.InteractiveVideo 1.22 is missing
personality-quiz-21254: Required library H5P.PersonalityQuiz 1.0 is missing
question-set-616: Required library H5P.QuestionSet 1.17 is missing
speak-the-words-73595: Required library H5P.SpeakTheWords 1.3 is missing
speak-the-words-set-example-120784: Required library H5P.SpeakTheWords 1.3 is missing. Required library H5P.SpeakTheWordsSet 1.1 is missing
timeline-3-716: Required library H5P.Timeline 1.1 is missing. Required library TimelineJS 1.1 is missing

What (and how) can I do to get and install those libraries?

Thank you for all your help.

geeth

Thu, 01/07/2021 - 18:28

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please help me!

hi. i use wordpress using xampp localhost. after so many errors i was able to install h5p plugin. but now when i try to add new, i cannot seem to install content types. it always fails. it says

Failed to download the requested H5P.

A valid URL was not provided.

please help me... im stuck. forgive me i'm new here.

charlie0913

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 09:23

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Unable to download any content types

I am using Moodle and in the editor column, it said that

"Your site is having difficulties connecting to H5P.org to check for content type updates. You may not be able to update or install new content types."

May i know the reason or anywhere else i can download the latest content types files?

Thank you

BV52

Thu, 02/25/2021 - 18:08

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Hi charlie0913,As a

Hi charlie0913,

As a workaround you can download the sample contents and upload it in the H5P editor. Please note that you need admin access to be able to install libraries.

-BV

plindgreen

Thu, 04/28/2022 - 15:47

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permanent solution?

has a pernmanet solution been found? Moodle 3.9 and moodle 3.11 have the same issue on windows iis server.

mhdch3eb

Sun, 02/26/2023 - 10:30

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H5P Question Set

Whenever i add a mutliple choice question in a question set, the options available in a question are not displayed. i get the option to choose only answer 1

while when i add a multiple choice question outside a question set , it works perfectly.

any help please