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Hello everyone, I'm testing LimeSurvey and would like to learn how to create plugins. However, all the manuals and guides I've found are outdated and not compatible with version 6. Additionally, in LimeStore, there are no plugins available that are compatible with version 6 for me to study.

Could someone provide me with some guidance on this?

Hi,

Additionally, in LimeStore, there are no plugins available that are compatible with version 6 for me to study.

Correct, Limestore is not active at the moment.

But there is a lot of plugins available
by DenisChenu
[url] gitlab.com/SondagesPro/ [/url]

If some seem to be not compatible, just try to add the compatibility in the "config.xml"
    <compatibility>
        <version>3</version>
        <version>4</version>
        <version>5</version>
        <version>6</version>
    </compatibility>
 
 

All the ones I've tested still indicate "incompatible version."

Could you please point me to one that is compatible with version 6? All the projects I've looked at only have compatibility up to version 5.

Did you edit the config.xml file like Joffm show you ?

I think addScriptToQuestion can be comptaible without other update for example.

Else: you can have a look at github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/tree/ma...ication/core/plugins
All 6.X compatible plugins.

All the ones I've tested still indicate "incompatible version."

Hm, which did you test.

Just an example.
"updateTokenByResponse" works.

 

Yes, i update one by one.

portaisversatec wrote:

Could you please point me to one that is compatible with version 6? All the projects I've looked at only have compatibility up to version 5.

@portaisversatec let me provide some background information (also for others):
There are many free Limesurvey plugins, a good starting point is  www.limesurvey.org/manual/Available_third_party_plugins . But many of these may have been developed for the older 3.x or 5.x versions. Sometimes you can easy add support for new versions by adding compatibility details at the plugin's config.xml file as Joffm had already pointed out. But there can be cases at which this will not work, for example:

• At Limesurvey 5.x the database layout for loading response details has changed. So any 3.x plugins referring to answer data need to be fully re-worked.
• Some plugins load additional sources from a "vendor" folder. The location of this folder has changed (at version 5.5 if I remember correctly). So if you see an "require_once(vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory" error, then this part needs to be adjusted.
• Between version 3.x and 5.x the location for uploading plugins has changed fro /limesurvey/plugins to /limesurvey/upload/plugins. So any plugin using fixed paths e.g. for loading internal JS or CSS files may require path adjustments.
• We have also seen some issues with 3.x plugins adding new question attributes. Depending on the way the attributes are used within the plugin, such plugins also require further adjustments.

From our experience free plugins are often not adjusted for new versions. But we can help with that if needed (check survey-consulting.com/about-us/contact/ ).
There are also some paid plugins available for example at survey-consulting.com/product-category/limesurvey-plugins . These are usually updated for new versions.

Hope this helps!