Module Development
Updated Oct 18, 2026
A module is a folder with a module.json and a Laravel service provider. It can add pages to the creator panel, the admin panel and the public site, store its own data, react to quiz attempts and run scheduled tasks, all without editing Quizora.
This page is the contract between Quizora and modules. Only what's listed here is stable. Anything else in Quizora is internal and may change in any release. Changing an item on this list is a breaking change: it bumps Quizora's major version, and modules declare which versions they support in module.json ("requires": {"product": "^1.5"}).
Quick start
On a development copy of Quizora:
-
Turn on developer mode in
.env(loads unsigned modules frommodules-dev/):LICENTRA_MODULES_DEV=true -
Get the example module: Admin → Configuration → Modules → More → Download example module, then Upload module with the zip (or unzip it into
modules-dev/). Or start from scratch:php artisan module:make certificates-plus # creates modules-dev/quizora-certificates-plus/ -
Create its tables and publish its CSS/images:
php artisan module:migrate quizora-hello -
Give it to a plan (Admin → Plans → Modules included) and open its pages.
Never on a live site: Developer mode loads code that isn't checked.
Anatomy of a module
The example module, quizora-hello:
quizora-hello/
├── module.json identity, versions, what it touches
├── src/
│ ├── ModuleServiceProvider.php entry point: routes, views, hooks, tasks, panel pages
│ ├── Models/Greeting.php its own model
│ └── Filament/
│ ├── CreatorPlugin.php pages for the creator panel (/creator)
│ ├── Creator/Greetings.php a page with a form
│ ├── AdminPlugin.php pages for the platform admin (/admin)
│ └── Admin/Overview.php
├── routes/web.php public pages, under /quizora-hello/...
├── resources/views/ view('quizora-hello::public')
├── lang/en/messages.php __('quizora-hello::messages.title')
├── database/migrations/ its own tables
└── public/hello.css published to /modules/quizora-hello/hello.css
The provider:
class ModuleServiceProvider extends \Pacific\Licentra\Modules\Laravel\ModuleServiceProvider
{
public function bootModule(): void
{
$this->loadModuleResources(); // views + translations
$this->loadModuleRoutes('routes/web.php', ['web']); // under /quizora-hello, gated per plan
$this->observe(Attempt::class, 'created', function (Attempt $attempt) {
Greeting::create(['creator_id' => $attempt->quiz->creator_id, 'message' => 'New attempt!']);
});
$this->schedule(fn ($schedule) => $schedule->call(fn () => Greeting::prune())->daily());
}
public function filamentPlugins(string $panel): array
{
return match ($panel) {
'creator' => [CreatorPlugin::make()],
'admin' => [AdminPlugin::make()],
default => [],
};
}
}
module.json
{
"manifest": 1,
"slug": "quizora-hello",
"name": "Hello (example module)",
"description": "Shown on the Modules page.",
"version": "1.0.0",
"product": "quizora",
"requires": { "product": "^1.5", "licentra": "^1.5" },
"namespace": "Modules\\QuizoraHello\\",
"provider": "Modules\\QuizoraHello\\ModuleServiceProvider",
"envato_item_id": null,
"plan_feature": true,
"capabilities": {
"tables": ["quizora_hello_greetings"],
"outbound": [],
"routes": ["GET /quizora-hello/{creator}"],
"schedule": true
}
}
| Key | Notes |
|---|---|
slug |
quizora-{name}, lowercase. The same slug is used everywhere: folder, URLs, view namespace, license. |
version |
x.y.z. An older version can never replace a newer one. |
requires.product |
Quizora versions you support (^1.5, >=1.5 <2.0). On other versions the module is switched off, not broken. |
namespace, provider |
PSR-4 root for src/; the provider must be inside it. |
plan_feature |
true: sold per plan (a checkbox on plans and users). false: every creator gets it. |
capabilities |
What the module adds, shown to the admin before install. Be accurate; it isn't enforced. |
Pages: creator, admin and public
Creator panel and admin panel (Filament 3). Add pages and resources in a Filament plugin returned from filamentPlugins(). Every module page and resource must:
use Pacific\Licentra\Modules\Laravel\GatedByModule;
class Greetings extends \Filament\Pages\Page
{
use GatedByModule; // hidden unless the module runs and the plan includes it
protected static string $module = 'quizora-hello';
protected static ?string $slug = 'quizora-hello/greetings'; // must start with your slug
}
A page whose slug doesn't start with the module slug gets the module switched off, so a module can never take over a Quizora page.
Public pages. Put routes in routes/web.php and load them with loadModuleRoutes(). Everything is placed under /{slug}/ and named {slug}.*:
// routes/web.php → GET /quizora-hello/{creator}, route name "quizora-hello.public"
Route::get('/{creator}', fn (User $creator) => view('quizora-hello::public', compact('creator')))
->name('public');
With a {creator} parameter the plan check uses that creator; otherwise it uses the logged-in creator. Add 'auth' to the middleware list for logged-in pages.
Hooking into Quizora safely
React to Quizora only through these helpers. If your callback throws, Quizora's own action (saving the attempt, rendering the page) still completes; the error is logged and charged to your module.
| Helper | Example |
|---|---|
observe($model, $events, $fn) |
$this->observe(Attempt::class, 'created', fn ($attempt) => …) |
listen($events, $fn) |
$this->listen(SomeEvent::class, fn ($event) => …) |
composer($views, $fn) |
$this->composer('welcome', fn ($view) => $view->with(…)) |
schedule($fn) |
$this->schedule(fn ($s) => $s->call(fn () => …)->daily()) |
A module is switched off when it throws while starting, causes 3 PHP crashes in 10 minutes, causes 3 errors on Quizora's pages (code hooked in some other way), or causes 10 errors in 10 minutes on its own pages, hooks or tasks. 404s, validation errors and redirects to login don't count.
Data and creators
- Everything a module stores belongs to one creator: a
creator_idcolumn (foreignUuid('creator_id')->constrained('users')). User ids are UUIDs. - Always scope queries by creator (
where('creator_id', auth()->id())in the creator panel). Never trust an id from the browser on its own. - Prefix your tables with the slug in snake case (
quizora_hello_…). Never add columns to Quizora's tables. - Migrations run when the module is installed or updated, never during Quizora's own updates. Uninstalling keeps the tables unless the admin chooses to delete the data.
The module API (v1)
| Area | Stable API |
|---|---|
| Provider | Extend Pacific\Licentra\Modules\Laravel\ModuleServiceProvider: register(), bootModule(), filamentPlugins($panel), loadModuleRoutes(), loadModuleResources(), observe(), listen(), composer(), schedule(), modulePath() |
| Filament | Panel ids admin and creator; GatedByModule trait; page/resource slugs {slug}/… |
| Plan gating | plan_feature in module.json; app(\Pacific\Licentra\Modules\Laravel\TenantGate::class)->allows($slug, request()) |
| Models | App\Models\User (roles super_admin, creator, customer), Quiz, Question, Attempt, QuizEnrollment, Order, Plan, Subscription: read, relate, and observe created / updated / deleted |
| Packages | Only what Quizora already requires (Laravel 12, Filament 3, Livewire 3). Modules can't ship a vendor/ folder. |
Rules
- Store everything per creator (
creator_id). - Never edit files outside your module folder.
- Keep
capabilitiesaccurate. - Static files go in
public/; only CSS, JS, images, fonts and JSON are published (never PHP).
Testing
Run your module's tests through Quizora's test runner, loading the module from a scratch folder so your real modules-dev/ is never touched. Quizora's own tests/Feature/ModulesSmokeTest.php shows the setup with the example module.
Releasing
-
In the Licentra admin, add a product: slug
quizora-{name}, Add-on for: Quizora, pricing Envato (with its CodeCanyon item ID) or Free. -
Bump
versioninmodule.json, then from the Quizora folder:vendor/bin/licentra-release module modules-dev/quizora-{name} --uploadThis signs the module with your release key, uploads it, and also writes
quizora-{name}-x.y.z.licentra-module.zip, a signed package admins can install with Upload module. -
Publish the release in the Licentra admin. Every licensed Quizora shows it under Available add-ons (or as an update).