models/migrations/migrations.go

@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ func prepareMigrationTasks() []*migration {
 		newMigration(353, "Add distribution metadata fields to repo manifest", v1_27.AddManifestDistributionFields),
 		newMigration(354, "Add org wiki settings to user table", v1_27.AddOrgWikiSettings),
 		newMigration(355, "Migrate update server metadata to repo manifest", v1_27.MigrateUpdateServerFieldsToManifest),
+		newMigration(356, "Rename package_type to extension_type in repo manifest", v1_27.RenamePackageTypeToExtensionType),
 	}
 	return preparedMigrations
 }

models/migrations/v1_27/v357.go

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2026 Moko Consulting <hello@mokoconsulting.tech>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+package v1_27
+
+import "xorm.io/xorm"
+
+// RenamePackageTypeToExtensionType renames the package_type column to extension_type
+// in the repo_manifest table for clarity (the field represents the Joomla extension type,
+// not just packages).
+func RenamePackageTypeToExtensionType(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+	_, err := x.Exec("ALTER TABLE repo_manifest CHANGE COLUMN package_type extension_type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT ''")
+	return err
+}

models/repo/repo_manifest.go

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type RepoMetadata struct {
 
 	// build section
 	Language    string `xorm:"VARCHAR(50) 'language'"`     // Go, PHP, TypeScript, etc.
-	PackageType string `xorm:"VARCHAR(50) 'package_type'"` // application, library, plugin, module, component, package
+	ExtensionType string `xorm:"VARCHAR(50) 'extension_type'"` // component, module, plugin, package, template, library, file
 	EntryPoint  string `xorm:"TEXT 'entry_point'"`          // build entry point path
 
 	CreatedUnix timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX CREATED 'created_unix'"`
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ func cleanJoomlaElement(name string) string {
 // AutoElementName returns the auto-constructed Joomla element name (e.g. pkg_mokosuitebackup).
 // The name is lowercased and cleaned to match Joomla's InputFilter::clean('cmd') behavior.
 func (m *RepoMetadata) AutoElementName() string {
-	if m.Name == "" || m.PackageType == "" {
+	if m.Name == "" || m.ExtensionType == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
 	cleaned := cleanJoomlaElement(m.Name)
-	if prefix, ok := joomlaTypePrefix[m.PackageType]; ok {
+	if prefix, ok := joomlaTypePrefix[m.ExtensionType]; ok {
 		return prefix + cleaned
 	}
 	return cleaned

routers/api/v1/repo/manifest.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type apiMetadata struct {
 	TargetVersion    string `json:"target_version"`
 	PHPMinimum       string `json:"php_minimum"`
 	Language         string `json:"language"`
-	PackageType      string `json:"package_type"`
+	ExtensionType      string `json:"extension_type"`
 	EntryPoint       string `json:"entry_point"`
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func GetRepoMetadata(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		TargetVersion:    m.TargetVersion,
 		PHPMinimum:       m.PHPMinimum,
 		Language:         m.Language,
-		PackageType:      m.PackageType,
+		ExtensionType:      m.ExtensionType,
 		EntryPoint:       m.EntryPoint,
 	})
 }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func UpdateRepoMetadata(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		TargetVersion:    req.TargetVersion,
 		PHPMinimum:       req.PHPMinimum,
 		Language:         req.Language,
-		PackageType:      req.PackageType,
+		ExtensionType:      req.ExtensionType,
 		EntryPoint:       req.EntryPoint,
 	}
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func UpdateRepoMetadata(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 		TargetVersion:    m.TargetVersion,
 		PHPMinimum:       m.PHPMinimum,
 		Language:         m.Language,
-		PackageType:      m.PackageType,
+		ExtensionType:      m.ExtensionType,
 		EntryPoint:       m.EntryPoint,
 	})
 }

routers/web/repo/changelog_xml.go

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ func ServeChangelogXML(ctx *context.Context) {
 			element = elem
 			elementFromManifest = true
 		}
-		if manifest.PackageType != "" {
-			extType = manifest.PackageType
+		if manifest.ExtensionType != "" {
+			extType = manifest.ExtensionType
 			extTypeFromManifest = true
 		}
 	}

routers/web/repo/setting/metadata.go

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func saveMetadata(ctx *context.Context) {
 		InfoURL:       ctx.FormString("info_url"),
 		TargetVersion: ctx.FormString("target_version"),
 		PHPMinimum:    ctx.FormString("php_minimum"),
-		PackageType:   ctx.FormString("package_type"),
+		ExtensionType:   ctx.FormString("extension_type"),
 		EntryPoint:    ctx.FormString("entry_point"),
 	}
 

services/repository/manifest_sync.go

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ type manifestGovernance struct {
 
 type manifestBuild struct {
 	Language    string `xml:"language"`
-	PackageType string `xml:"package-type"`
+	ExtensionType string `xml:"package-type"`
 	EntryPoint  string `xml:"entry-point"`
 }
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func SyncMetadataFromCommit(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, co
 		TargetVersion:    mxml.Distribution.TargetVersion,
 		PHPMinimum:       mxml.Distribution.PHPMinimum,
 		Language:         mxml.Build.Language,
-		PackageType:      mxml.Build.PackageType,
+		ExtensionType:      mxml.Build.ExtensionType,
 		EntryPoint:       mxml.Build.EntryPoint,
 	}
 

services/updateserver/joomla.go

@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ func resolveExtensionMetadata(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository,
 		if elem := manifest.FullElementName(); elem != "" {
 			m.Element = elem
 		}
-		if manifest.PackageType != "" {
-			m.ExtType = manifest.PackageType
+		if manifest.ExtensionType != "" {
+			m.ExtType = manifest.ExtensionType
 		}
 		if manifest.DisplayName != "" {
 			m.DisplayName = manifest.DisplayName