H5p content type is not included in the Installed H5P in Moodle

Submitted by emily-lambrou on Mon, 10/06/2025 - 09:01
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Bugs in content types

As a Moodle Administrator, I am trying to upload three content types, Interactive Book, Branching Scenario and Game Map in Moodle (Moodle version 4.5) but the content files uploaded successfully without them being included in the "Installed H5P" list.

Steps I followed:
Go to: Site administration
Search H5P
Click Manage H5P content types
You will see the list with all the content types for H5P
Navigate to H5P.org
Find the content type you want
Click on it and then click reuse
The download will begin for the H5P type
Once downloaded, upload it to the H5P content types drop-box
Click Upload H5P content types

I attempted to use the Branching Scenario package from the following source: https://h5p.org/node/1515899
I was also able to install the Essay and Documentation Tool libraries (both downloaded from h5p.org).

However, the remaining two libraries, Interactive Book and Game Map, could not be installed. I searched for alternative .h5p or .zip files (similar to the one used for Branching Scenario), but I was unable to find any working versions.

Based on this, I conclude that the issue is with the files from h5p.org.

Could you please have a look and advice or provide a working version of a zip file for Interactive Book and Game Map content types?

Summary: 
Bug: H5p content type is not included in the Installed H5P in Moodle
Content types: 
Branching Scenario
interactive book
BV52's picture

BV52

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 01:59

Hi,

You can use this link instead: https://bv-demo.h5p.com/content/1290686392339409269

Edit:

These are additional links

https://bv-demo.h5p.com/content/1292566984855312229 - Interactive Book

https://bv-demo.h5p.com/content/1291745440291222589 - Essay

-BV

emily-lambrou

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 10:00

Thank you!

The Interactive Book worked.

The Essay and Branching Scenario were already installed.

Could you also please provide another zip for the Game Map?

emily-lambrou

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 10:01

Thank you!

The Interactive Book worked.

The Essay and Branching Scenario were already installed.

Could you also please provide another zip for the Game Map?

 

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BV52

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 18:10

Sure! Here's the link: https://bv-demo.h5p.com/content/1292712966632467649

-BV

emily-lambrou

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 07:59

Thank you again BV52! This link is working.

Coud you please let me know if something changed in the procedure I described?

Some content types (https://h5p.org/content-types-and-application) are not working as I said previously and I see that many of the links are very old.

Is there any other page where we could find them to avoid further issues in the future and without the need of reaching out to you?

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BV52

Thu, 10/09/2025 - 18:46

Hi Emily,

Oliver has answered your questions: https://h5p.org/comment/54214#comment-54214

-BV

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otacke

Tue, 10/07/2025 - 12:47

Are you trying to install libraries from content files? That will not work if the files stem from h5p.org. That site does not include library files in content files that you download. Not a bug.

emily-lambrou

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 07:55

This is the process we follow a long time and it is working.

Go to Site administration
Search H5P
Click Manage H5P content types
You will see the list with all the content types for H5P
Navigate to H5P.org
Find the content type you want
Click on it and then click reuse
The download will begin for the H5P type
Once downloaded, upload it to the H5P content types drop-box
Click Upload H5P content types

The content types are shown in the Installed H5Ps.

This time, when trying to use some content types (Interactive Book, Game Map and Branching Scenario) from h5p.org, they were not working. The other files were working normally as I was able to install them. Then I used the links provided by BV52, and thanks to him we managed to installed the missing content types.

Could you please let me know if something changed in the process and we need to do from now on to avoid issues in the future?

I would appreciate your feedback.

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otacke

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 09:02

Hi!

So, you're using Moodle's own H5P integration, not the H5P plugin for Moodle created by H5P Group.

In that case, you usually would not install content types by hand, but let Moodle do the job. It has an automated cronjob that runs once a month and updates all content types automatically. If you don't want that, you can deactivate that automation or run it manually as needed.

If you only want to install certain content types, then the way that you're doing it is fine H5P files normally contain all the libraries that are needed to run the content, but not in the case of h5p.org. That site does only give you the parameters and media of the content, not the libraries. So, you cannot install libraries that way. You can download the respective files for installing via https://codepen.io/otacke/pen/xbxYMZK though.

However, when you upload the files from h5p.org, no libraries get installed, so nothing should happen to content that's already installed. I suggest you check the browser's development console and your server's PHP error log for error messages. Please have a look a https://snordian.de/2024/02/17/how-can-i-craft-an-effective-bug-report-for-h5p-components/ for a guide on how to create effective bug reports.

Best,
Oliver