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I have built a plugin that is very similar to a google analytics kind of plugin (but for a third party). Now I have to add a functionality that adds a custom contact form on the sidebar, but I don't know if I can put both on the same physical files or if I should do two different extensions for the two functionalities.

I see that on the section I can define if a file it's a plugin or a module etc, but I don't know if I can place both on the same xml. Anyone can help me?

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An extension can either be a plugin or a module. It can't be both. That's due to the way modules and plugins are handled.

However you can build the two extensions and package them together and distribute as one zipfile. See http://docs.joomla.org/Package for some documentation how packages work.

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  • I have a doubt: Can I put on the same package two different modules? The example you linked talks about one of each type.
    – Terix
    Jul 22, 2014 at 8:58
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    You can have as many as you want.
    – Bakual
    Jul 22, 2014 at 15:16
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If you are looking for automatic packaging of multiple extensions into all-in-one install package (modules, components, templates, plugins, ... libraries), here is a form to generate such all-in-one package: http://www.joomla-extensions-packager.org/online-packager

And here is an open source PHP library powering the online form: https://github.com/vikijel/joomla-extensions-packager if you want to create some scripts to generate packages yourself

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