More moodle registration fields and styles | extending the form

Here is a moodle plugin we developed to extend the moodle registration form to have step wise fields and a better layout than the default signup. Yours can also be extended the you want.

In the example moodle signup form developed in this demo, we are Creating a stepwise (multi-step) registration form in Moodle like:

1. Introduction

2. Personal Info

3. Profession

4. Finish

This requires overriding the default moodle signup form or building a custom local plugin that replaces the signup.php flow. Moodle doesn’t support multi-step registration out of the box, so you need to implement it yourself.

Specifically, we will create a local moodle plugin that handles all these and is customizable just the way you like it.

How extended moodle registration form works

✅ Best Approach: Create a Custom Local Plugin (local/stepregister)

This plugin will:

• Replace the standard signup process

• Use multiple steps (stored in session)

• Collect data across pages

• Submit and create the user on the final step

✅ Step-by-Step: Install Plugin via Moodle Admin

📁 1. Ensure Proper ZIP Structure

Before uploading, make sure your moodle plugin ZIP archive you downloaded from payment-plugins.com follows this structure:

✅ Inside the ZIP file, the top-level must be the stepregister/ folder.

⛔️ Do not zip the files directly without this folder.

🧩 2. Upload via Admin Interface

• Login to Moodle as Admin

• Under “Install plugin from ZIP file”:

  • Click Choose a file

  • Select your stepregister.zip

  • Click Install plugin from ZIP file

• Moodle will automatically detect it as a local plugin.

• Go to:

  Site administration → Plugins → Install plugins

• Ensure guest access works

• Walk through steps

• Register a test user

• Ensure guest access works

• Walk through steps

• Register a test user

• ⚙️ 3. Install & Upgrade Moodle Database

  1. Moodle shows plugin validation (green checkmarks ✅).

  2. Click Continue

  3. On the “Plugins check” page, scroll and click:
     ✅ “Upgrade Moodle database now”

  This will:

  • Install your plugin

  • Run the install.php to create all custom user fields

  🧪 4. Test It

  After install:

  • Visit:

    https://yourmoodlesite.com/local/stepregister/index.php

• Ensure guest access works

• Walk through steps

• Register a test user

5. Add a Link to Registration Page

You can link it from the login page by editing:

• Site administration → Appearance → Theme settings

• In “Login page footnote”, add:

<p>Don’t have an account? <a href=”/local/stepregister/index.php”>Register here</a></p>

Or use a custom theme template override.

🧼 Summary