Activity Names Auto-Linking

How to automatically link activities in Moodle

Last Updated: October 21st, 2025

Moodle has a feature that automatically links to activities when those activities are named elsewhere in the course. This is best to use when wanting to link to activities as this type of linking will not break when you import your course into a future term. 

Turn Off Auto-Linking For An Entire Course, a Specific Moodle Resource, or an Activity Page

This feature is normally on by default but continue to learn how to turn it on and off:

  1. Click on the More tab at the top of your course and select Filters
    More tab at the top of the course and Filters in the drop down menu.
  2. Scroll down to find the Activity names auto-linking and change from On by clicking on the drop-down menu from the arrow. Switching this to off will remove auto-linking for all pages in the course. This can also be done on specific pages.
    Filter settings page showing Activity names auto-linking filter, the drop down to turn it on and off, and the Save changes button at the bottom.
  3. Scroll down and click on Save Changes, this will return you back to your course.

When you add a new activity or resource, and include any link, the link will show up in blue and when clicked on will open up. When this filter is off all text on that page will no longer have links unless placed there with inserting the link manually.

Please Note

Auto-links will remain working after importing a course into another course. If you manually insert a URL to a Moodle course page as a hyperlink, not utilizing auto-linking, the link will be broken after import.

 

 

The name of a Moodle resource is a text editing area highlighted and showing the No-Auto link button near the hyperlink button in the text editing controls.

 

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