Alpha | Responsive Premium Theme for Moodle

Alpha 2.5.24 [December 13, 2025 ] for Moodle 5.1, 5.0, 4.5 LTS
Alpha 2.5.21 – 4.4, 4.3 – Preview

Alpha 2 – A Cutting-Edge Moodle Theme

Alpha 2 is a powerful, modern Moodle theme to provide a sleek, immersive user experience. Designed with flexibility and performance in mind, it caters to a wide range of educational institutions—whether you’re managing a university, college, school, academy, course hub, training center, or any learning management system (LMS). With robust customization options, broad plugin compatibility, and built-in SEO enhancements, Alpha 2 makes it easier than ever to build a professional, user-friendly online learning environment that stands out.

Supported Moodle Versions and Security Support Timelines

The Alpha 2 Moodle Theme is compatible with the following Moodle versions. Staying informed about each version’s security support timeline ensures your platform remains secure and up-to-date.

• Moodle 5.0
  Released: 14 April 2025; Security support ends: 14 April 2026
• Moodle 4.5 (LTS)
  Released: 7 October 2024; Security support ends: 6 October 2027
• Moodle 4.4
  Released: 22 April 2024; Security support ends: 8 December 2025
• Moodle 4.3
  Released: 9 October 2023; Security support ends: 21 April 2025
• Moodle 4.2
  Released: 24 April 2023; Security support ended: 7 October 2024
• Moodle 4.1 (LTS)
  Released: 28 November 2022; Security support ends: 8 December 2025

For the most current information on Moodle release schedules and support timelines, please refer to the Moodle Developer Resources.

Why Choose Alpha 2 Moodle Theme?

Alpha 2 isn’t just another Moodle theme—it’s a comprehensive design solution that merges sleek dark-mode UI with robust customization and broad plugin support. Crafted for scalability and user-friendliness, it allows you to create a visually cohesive and functionally advanced learning platform with ease.

Wide Plugin Compatibility

• Kickstart Format
• Tiles Format
• Collapsed Topics
• Onetopic Format
• Edwiser Course Format
• Flexible Sections Format
• And many more…

SEO-Optimized Architecture

• Custom Meta Descriptions to boost search engine visibility
• Custom Favicon and Apple Touch Icon for branding
• Theme Color Tag to enhance appearance in mobile browsers

Design & Layout Customization

1. Color Customization: Tweak the theme’s palette to match your brand identity
2. Top Bar: Customize height, colors, and include an optional “Edit Mode” toggle
3. Sidebar & Footer: Complete control over layout, colors, and displayed content

Custom Login Page Layouts

• Choose from 5 professionally designed login layouts
• Enhance the first impression and user experience

Advanced Course Page Configuration

• Hide Course Index Navigation for a cleaner interface
• Simple Course List View for intuitive browsing
• Display Course Progress Bars and Teachers Sections globally
• Use custom course images for visual enhancement

Enhanced Footer Options

• Add social media icons, custom HTML blocks, or quick access buttons

Engagement & Notification Tools

• Custom Alert Bar for urgent announcements or promotions
• Front Page Blocks with 23 predefined layouts for ultimate flexibility

Typography Flexibility

• Supports Google Fonts
• Upload and use self-hosted custom fonts

Right-to-Left (RTL) Layout Support

• Perfect for Arabic, Hebrew, and other RTL languages

Comprehensive Documentation

• Step-by-step guides to make customization simple—even for non-developers

Final Thoughts

With Alpha 2, you’re not just getting a Moodle theme—you’re getting a powerful design toolkit that transforms the way learners and educators interact with your platform. From unmatched customization options and dark mode brilliance to SEO best practices and multilingual readiness, Alpha 2 empowers you to build a learning environment that is both beautiful and functional.

Changelog:

CHANGELOG
alpha Moodle Theme
- - -
[2.5.21] - May 20, 2025
### Fixed:
 - Mod Lesson Missing Editor
 - Popover - Icon Color
 - Minor Bug Fixes and Improvements

## [2.5.18] - [2.5.20] - May 14, 2025
### Fixed:
 - Badges, 
 - Grade Filter Issues,
 - Minor Bug Fixes

## [2.5.18] - [2.5.20] - April 11, 2025
### Fixed:
  - Minor bug fixes related to Moodle 4.5, 5.0

## [2.5.17] - February 9, 2024
### Fixed:
  - Minor bug fixes related to Moodle 4.5 and Tiles Course Format.

## [2.5.16] - January 15, 2024
### Fixed:
  - Resolved issues with the missing Course Progress Bar.

## [2.5.15] - December 6, 2024
### Fixed:
  - Minor bug fixes for Moodle 4.5 and Tiles Course Format.

## [2.5.15] - October 18, 2024
### Fixed:
  - Minor bug fixes for Moodle 4.5.

## [2.5.14] - October 11, 2024
### Fixed:
  - Minor bug fixes for Moodle 4.5.

## [2.5.13] - August 16, 2024
### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.12] - July 5, 2024
### Improvements:
  - Enhanced WCAG compliance.

### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.11] - April 5, 2024
### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.10] - February 21, 2024
### Added:
  - Additional SEO Favicon options.

### Improvements:
  - UI enhancements for Quizzes, Lesson, and Feedback.

### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.9] - February 5, 2024
### Fixed:
  - Added support for FontAwesome 4.
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.8] - February 3, 2024
### Added:
  - My Courses Area Position (Alpha - Sidebar - Display My Courses Area before Main Navigation).

### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.7] - January 21, 2024
### Added:
  - Custom Alert ID (Alpha - Custom Alert - Custom Alert ID) to reset the visibility of the alert.
  - Realtime Quiz UI Support.

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Block Timeline UI.
  - Improved Feedback Activity UI.
  - Login Form - "Show/Hide Password" button now works on key press (Space/Enter).
  - Login Form - Additional icon for "Show/Hide Password".
  - OneTopic format - Dark mode support.
  - Improved Messages UI.
  - Adjusted Top Bar Logo Height (SCSS improvements).
  - Enhanced Responsive Layout.
  - Adjusted Secure Layout - Logo Size.

### Fixed:
  - Badges UI improvements.
  - Resolved Badges Remote Badge Missing Image Issue.
  - Fixed Custom Alert - Close Once functionality.
  - Resolved Remote badge image issue.
  - Improved Report Grades UI.
  - Enhanced RWD Improvements.
  - Fixed 'Skip to' button z-index issue.
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.6] - December 14, 2023
### Improvements:
  - Advanced checkboxes feature.
  - Border Radius Generator (Space - Customization - General - Button Border Radius).
  - Enhanced RWD Improvements.

## [2.5.5] - December 13, 2023
### Added:
  - Updated to FontAwesome 6.5.1.
  - UI Support for QuickMail Plugin.

### Improvements:
  - Google Analytics Code moved to the head and rendered only for logged-in users.
  - Enhanced Quiz (Drag-and-drop quiz UI).
  - Improved Course Activities Moving/Dragging UI/UX.

### Fixed:
  - Competencies - Relocate Button issue.
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.4] - December 1, 2023
### Fixed:
  - Course Card - Details Button issue.
  - Course Index - Indentation issue (Moodle 4.3).

## [2.5.3] - November 28, 2023
### Fixed:
  - Several improvements and bug fixes (Moodle 4.3).

## [2.5.2] - September 28, 2023
### Added:
  - Child theme support.

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Course Competency UI (checkboxes, dark mode).
  - Improved Glossary UI.
  - Enhanced Course Index (Moodle 4.3).

### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.5.1] - September 12, 2023
### Improvements:
  - Improved Course Index Drawer List Indentation.

## [2.5] - September 7, 2023
### Added:
  - Back To Top Button (Space - General - Back to Top Button).
  - Course Card - Custom Fields (Space - Course Page - Course Card - Show Custom Fields).
  - New features and better UI/UX for My Courses Box.
  - Show/Hide Sidebar Button Aria Label (Open/Close).
  - New Admin Settings Icon.
  - Sidebar Label on Hover (Space - Sidebar - Sidebar Label Customization).
  - Tooltips for Messages and Notifications (on the top bar).
  - Additional Settings for Custom Items (Secondary Navigation - Only on the main course page).
  - Optional Group menu item (depends on user roles capabilities moodle/course:managegroups).
  - Mass Actions block UI Support.

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Backup UI.
  - Improved Calendar UI.
  - Enhanced Course Management UI.
  - Improved Forms UI.
  - Enhanced Label Module (RWD).
  - Improved Lesson Module.
  - Proctorio Support.
  - Enhanced Course Format Tiles UI.
  - Improved Course Image display (on the course page).
  - Enhanced Grade Report UI.
  - Improved Login Page (Full-width Select Field).
  - Enhanced Message UI.
  - Improved Subcourse Module Dark Mode Support and UI.
  - Enhanced Quiz Page - UX improvements for quiz navigation.
  - Fixed missing aria-label for Notification Icon (Top Bar).
  - Additional WCAG improvements (checkboxes, aria-label, colors).
  - Enhanced Forum Module UI.
  - Theme Translations now use parameter {$a} instead of hard-coded site URL.
  - Enhanced RWD Improvements (Admin layout).

### Fixed:
  - Resolved duplicate reactions with Point of view - Feedback Plugin.
  - Fixed several issues with TinyMCE editor.
  - Fixed first-time drawer block open (forceblockdraweropen) - Mod Book, Quiz, Lesson.
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.4.4] - June 20, 2023
### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.4.3] - June 6, 2023
### Fixed:
  - Resolved missing buttons on Manage course categories and courses.

## [2.4.2] - May 30, 2023
### Fixed:
  - Resolved quiz bugs (Moodle 4.2).

## [2.4.1] - May 23, 2023
### Added:
  - Default Course Image support.

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Course Card (all area is clickable).
  - Improved Block Navigation UI.
  - Showing blocks area on hover.
  - UI for Grid Format.
  - Enhanced Grader UI for Moodle 4.2.

### Fixed:
  - Resolved Badges UI elements issues.
  - Fixed Grading UI issues.
  - Added support for Point of view - Feedback.
  - Added support for OpenAI Chat.
  - General minor bug fixes.

### Removed:
  - Course Card Get access button (cccfooter).

## [2.4] - April 21, 2023
### Added:
  - Course Index Drawer: Custom HTML Area Above and Below the Content Sidebar - Custom Course Index Drawer Area (Top/Bottom).
  - Additional Body Class depending on user roles.
  - Additional ID attributes for front page blocks.

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Right Sidebar.
  - General UI Improvements.

### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.3] - March 18, 2023
### Added:
  - New block area on the Course page (Right Sidebar).
  - Front Page Block Area #1 and #2.
  - New options for course cards including course description and teacher avatars.

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Dark Mode support.

## [2.2.6] - March 8, 2023
### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes (e.g., H5P Custom Styles).

## [2.2.5] - March 6, 2023
### Added:
  - Hide Details Link (Space - Sidebar - My Courses).

### Improvements:
  - Workplace course certificate UI Support.
  - Database UI for Moodle 4.1.
  - SCORM UI improvements.
  - Enhanced RWD Layout.

### Fixed:
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.2.4] - February 27, 2023
### Fixed:
  - Resolved Grader Page - Select Field Issue (Moodle 4.1).

## [2.2.3] - February 25, 2023
### Added:
  - Optional Admin button on the top bar (Alpha - Top bar - Display "Admin button" on the top bar).

## [2.2.2] - February 23, 2023
### Added:
  - Optional Dashboard Link inside the User Menu (Top Bar).

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Frontpage Admin menu.
  - Theme settings: Options that disable features are now highlighted in red.

### Fixed:
  - Resolved Top Bar Logo Settings issues.
  - Fixed Sidebar access for Guest users.

## [2.2.1] - February 21, 2023
### Added:
  - Settings for Call to action blocks including text size, weight, and color.

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced Layout Responsiveness.
  - Improved Dropdown UI.
  - Enhanced Admin navigation UI on the front page.

### Fixed:
  - Resolved Dark Mode issues.
  - Fixed Secure Layout issues.
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.2] - February 18, 2023
### Added:
  - Updated to FontAwesome 6.2.1.
  - Icons for custom modules including:
    - Card Box
    - Debate
    - Learning map
    - Live poll
    - Sticky Notes
    - StudentQuiz

  - Layout enhancements including:
    - New UI for the Course Index Sidebar with consistent color schema.
    - New Dropdown and User Dropdown.
    - New Debugging UI and Page Navigation.
    - Additional CSS class (.underline--anim).

  - Course Index Page enhancements:
    - New Course Index Icon.
    - Optional Course Index Sidebar.

  - Theme Settings improvements:
    - Block order UX improvements (sorting by position).
    - Enhanced Blocks settings (#15 - #17).
    - Dark Mode - translatable title and main theme.
    - Custom H5P CSS.
    - Course Index - Sections inside always collapsed (optional).
    - Main Navigation customization.
    - Top Bar - Optional Company/Site Name next to the Logo.
    - Two additional Block Areas on the Front-page (Front Page Blocks Area #1 and #2).

### Improvements:
  - Layout enhancements including:
    - Advanced Grading UI.
    - Atto Editor UI.
    - Calendar UI improvements.
    - Categories List - indent for subcategories and number of courses.
    - Calendar Popover UI (Dark Mode).
    - Course Index - Icons Alignment.
    - Block Sidebar UI, RWD improvements.
    - Grades Report Table enhancements.
    - Login Page UI improvements.
    - Quiz UI enhancements.
    - RTL improvements.
    - Messages Index improvements.
    - Sidebar Responsiveness enhancements.

  - Core improvements:
    - Course List UI enhancements.
    - Minor UI improvements for Messages.
    - Optional Course Progress Bar for Course Card and Course Index Page.
    - PHP code optimization.
    - Several RTL improvements.

### Fixed:
  - Resolved Course progress bar issues.
  - Fixed Login Page Language Selector (Layout #5).
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.1.4] - September 22, 2022
### Fixed:
  - Resolved Sign up layout issues.

## [2.1.3] - September 21, 2022
### Added:
  - Block #1 - Slider Interval.
  - Additional Class for Guest Users (moodle-guest-user).

### Fixed:
  - Resolved H5P bug fixes.
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.1.2] - September 15, 2022
### Fixed:
  - Resolved Course Summary Image issues (added via file manager).
  - Improved Login page layouts for RWD.
  - Added BigBlueButton UI Support.

## [2.1.1] - September 12, 2022
### Fixed:
  - Resolved Course Card Description issues.
  - Fixed minor mobile bugs in Login Layout.

## [2.1] - September 12, 2022
### Added:
  - Course Card Description - Max Height (Alpha - Course Page).
  - Course Card Description - on/off toggle.
  - Course Card Teachers - on/off toggle.
  - Login page - Optional Forgot Password Link.
  - Login page - Additional Content under the password field.
  - Login page - Display a list of identity providers before or after the login form.
  - Login page - New layout options #4 and #5 (Full height left/right).
  - Login page - Show/Hide Password feature.
  - FontAwesome (Theme Setting - General).
  - Footer Social Icons.
  - Footer Color Customization.
  - Front Page - Main Moodle content included in front page content builder.
  - Front Page Block - customization options (Main Moodle Content Position - Block #0).
  - Front Page Block - Slider from Alpha 1.5 (Block #20).
  - Front Page Block - Content with Images 2-column grid (Block #21).
  - Front Page Block - Categories List (Block #22).
  - Front Page Block - Categories List - Legacy Block from Alpha 1.5 (Block #23).
  - Main Menu & Course Navigation Customization (navigation items on/off) (Alpha - Sidebar, Alpha - Course Page).
  - Optional teacher avatar inside the course card (Alpha - Course Page - Display teachers).
  - Optional Default Moodle Footer Buttons (Alpha -> Footer).
  - Top bar - Color Customization - Custom HTML Area -> Link Color, Link Color on Hover.
  - Theme Setting - Sidebar Icon Color.
  - Sidebar - Additional field inside the main navigation container with sample code snippet (Sidebar - Custom Navigation Items).

### Improvements:
  - Enhanced RWD Improvements.
  - Improved Course Card UI (each card has the same height).
  - Enhanced Course Index Sidebar on the left.
  - Improved Hidden Sidebar (up to 1440px sidebar is next to the content).
  - Adjusted Pagination Hover Color (Blue to Primary 600 - text, Primary 100 - background).
  - Site home - redirect=0 when the Start page for users is different than "Site home".
  - Enhanced Theme Settings - description improvements.
  - General UI Improvements.
  - Improved Report Builder UI.
  - Enhanced Progress bar with percentage information (File manager).

### Fixed:
  - Resolved missing titles on the course index page (Moodle 4.0.2+).
  - General minor bug fixes.
  - Fixed Block #0 (Main Moodle Blocks) position issues.
  - Resolved Block #2 Issue (Video Hero) - Show Colorized Content Wrapper.
  - Fixed Block #4 (FAQ) translation issue.
  - Improved Calendar UI.
  - Ensured My Courses section is fully translatable.
  - Resolved issues with Plugins table and Settings and Uninstall button (UI).
  - Enhanced Sidebar Color Customization.
  - Fixed Theme settings issue - Top bar - Turn on a logo area.
  - Resolved Quiz edit question issue.
  - Removed unnecessary background image on the login page (Layout #2, #3).
  - General minor bug fixes.

## [2.0.0] - June 14, 2022
### Added:
  - Initial release of the alpha Moodle Theme.
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## [1.0.0] September 17, 2019
+ Released