K2 to Content Migration

K2 is a popular extension of Joomla. It always tops the list of most loved apps on versions J1.5, 2.5 and 3.

However, they still don't have a roadmap for Joomla 4 which is why you have to go back to Joomla Content, the default built-in extension on Joomla.

This tool makes it possible for you to migrate K2 articles to Joomla Content. Thereby, you can upgrade your website to Joomla 4.

Demo

* To move large number of articles (>7000) , please use Pro version: 

It is designed for ease of use. Note because K2 is not available on Joomla 4, so you only use this tool for Joomla 3.

Imported data includes:

  • All K2 Articles + Intro Image
  • All K2 Categories
  • All K2 tags
  • All K2 Extra Fields
  • Attachments (Required plugin installation: File Attachments)

After installing this tool, go to Components > K2 to Content to get started.

K2 to Content UI

Here, the tool will tell you what it will do. Include the number of articles and the number of categories to be imported. Click the "Import Now" button to launch.

Wait for the tool to notify you that the import is finished.

K2 to Content UI

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  • This commment is unpublished.
    David
    David · 2 years ago
    Release K2 to Content Migration v1.3.7
    ^ Integrate File Attachments to migrate K2 Attachments.
    # Fixed Field issues
    # Fixed Tag issues
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    Θωμάς Αναγνώστου
    Θωμάς Αναγνώστου · 6 months ago
    Hello,
    I ve bought the pro version, i have 5700 k2 items, and only approximately 4000 migrate successfully. When i try to rerun the migration to see if it migrates the remaining 1700, it re-migrates the already migrated, creating dublicates with differnt seo url.
    • This commment is unpublished.
      David
      David · 6 months ago
      @Θωμάς Αναγνώστου Hi! Did you receive a completion notification? If not, the server may have automatically terminated the migration command due to excessively long processing times.
      Please give me your site access (send via Contact form: https://joomhelper.com/contact ), I will check it soon.
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    Gerrit Deschuyteneer
    Gerrit Deschuyteneer · 9 months ago
    Hello, it doesn't seem to work, there are more the 4000 k2 articles and like a 120 are imported.
    What is wrong?
    That imported page keeps on saying this, but nothing further is happening...
  • This commment is unpublished.
    Kebeth Studio
    Kebeth Studio · 9 months ago
    I found a few bugs:

    1. The "radio buttons" extra field doesn't transfer the values ​​in the additional field, e.g., "yes" or "no," and only enters certain values ​​into the #__fields_values ​​database.

    2. The "textarea" extra field with the "Use editor" option checked converts to "textarea" when it should be "editor."

    3. In K2, the extra field group is assigned in the category. In Joomla Articles, the category is assigned in the extra field. It would be nice if this were automatically completed. A checkbox could be added if someone doesn't want this option.
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    Collectives SA
    Collectives SA · 10 months ago
    I have over 11k articles that i want to migrate, i am using pro version but on all the tests i made the component does not migrate all articles at once (probably cause a server time out) and the problem is that if you try to migrate again then the k2 items and categories that has already migrate it remigrates again with another alias. That is a problem cause now lets say for k2 category "announcement" have multiple Joomla categories (announcements, announcements-176552940 etc) with different aliases and with each one portion of the items included in the k2 category. I even changed the limit in the controller from 60 to 5 or eve 1 but again the same happened. Is there a way you make the component continue from where it stopped?
    • This commment is unpublished.
      David
      David · 10 months ago
      @Collectives SA Hello!With the Pro version, it operates on a pause/start mechanism, so I don't think the problem lies with the server. It could be a disconnection (the computer pauses) or an error interrupting the next process.

      Could you send your site access to my email contact@joomhelper.com ? I will try migrate it again (please help me backup site first).
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    vlad
    vlad · 11 months ago
    for payment i get only paypal. cannot skip. i would like to pay by credit card. how to do that?
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    Hardeep Singh
    Hardeep Singh · 1 years ago
    The component managed to convert the K2 items to articles, but when clicking on an article in the backend this error pops up:

    An error has occurred. 0 implode(): Argument #2 ($array) must be of type ?array, string given

    Return to Control Panel

    Any idea what's causing this?
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    Dror
    Dror · 1 years ago
    the articles content and the intro was mograted fine!
    aslo recreate the custom fileds passed correcty .
    however the content of thecustom fileds, did not migrated , instead the were filled with the fields default values.
    how can we solve it?

    thanks
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      David
      David · 1 years ago
      @Dror Please send me your site access (admin account) to my email: contact@joomhelper.com / I will check it soon.
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    Dimitar Dreharov
    Dimitar Dreharov · 1 years ago
    Hello there,

    I need some help with the tool.I have bought the pro version and installed it on my joomla website (a local copy of joomla on my machine first for countless reasons).
    Unfortunately no mater what I do with the settings. I'm stuck at:

    Success: 0
    Failure: 0

    Please help me to resolve the issue. Also I'd prefer to talk it trough in private.
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    Elliot
    Elliot · 1 years ago
    Hi, could you tell me if will migrate multiple select list custom field as that?
    Competitor move it as single select. Tks.
    Also, do you have money back guarantee in case it does not work?
    • This commment is unpublished.
      David
      David · 1 years ago
      @Elliot Hi Elliot,
      Could you send me your site access to my email: contact@joomhelper.com? We will discuss via email to resolve the issue faster and more privately. For the Pro version, 1.1.2 is the latest version.
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      Elliot
      Elliot · 1 years ago
      @David PS: my client has the file "K2_to_Content_Migration_-_Pro_v1.1.2" is that the latest version?
      Tks
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      Elliot
      Elliot · 1 years ago
      @David My client bought it from you. I just test it and made a mess.
      i have:

      Field group 1: (related to category 1).
      field 1 (select single)
      field 2 (select multiple)

      Field group 2: (related to category 2).
      field 1 (select multiple)

      You extension moved:

      Field group 1: (related to category 1).
      field 1 (select single) Moved the field but with no values as it isnt showing on the articles. (Not Ok)
      field 2 (select multiple) moved as checkbox (Ok)

      Field group 2: (related to category 2).
      field 1 (select multiple) moved as checkbox (Ok)

      Another issue is that both fields show with values in both category articles which should not and dont know where it got the values...

      See images attached
    • This commment is unpublished.
      David
      David · 1 years ago
      @Elliot Hi Elliot,
      This extension will convert to "checkbox" type with the select multiple field. Because each site may have different configurations, I will refund you if my support doesn't get it working.
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    David
    David · 1 years ago
    Release K2 to Content Migration v1.4.1 :Improved data handling.
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    Zellie
    Zellie · 1 years ago
    I am trying to migrate my K2 items (numbering 3074) and categories (numbering 77). This component tells me that 2753 items and 58 categories will be migrated (and this is indeed what happens). I do need them all migrated... do you know what the issue could be please?
    • This commment is unpublished.
      David
      David · 1 years ago
      @Zellie Could you send me your site access to email: contact@joomhelper.com? I will help you soon.
      Maybe "3074" is the latest ID instead of the total article.
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    MIdea
    MIdea · 1 years ago
    Hi,
    is it possible to move large site content (+85.000 K2 articles)
    Thank you in advance
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    Vasyl Pavlus
    Vasyl Pavlus · 1 years ago
    Hi.
    How K2

    Extra fields and

    Extra field groups will be represented in com_content after migration? Will they be

    represented as

    Fields and

    Field Groups accordingly? And also will all extra fields data be migrated as well?
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      David
      David · 1 years ago
      @Vasyl Pavlus Yes, the fields and their values ​​will be migrated. However, if the field is not supported in com_content, it will default to "text" as the field type.
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    Joanne R.
    Joanne R. · 1 years ago
    Does it also preserve item dates (creation date) when moving from k2 to articles?
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    Andrea S.
    Andrea S. · 1 years ago
    Imported successfully categories, articles and attachments. Only a problem : all attachements are duplicated inside each article.https://easycaptures.com/fs/uploaded/1954/2869292174.jpg
    Any suggestion ?
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    Alberto
    Alberto · 1 years ago
    Hello, I migrated k2 content to joomla articles and upgraded to joomla 4 and everything was fine on my test site, but the migrated articles are giving a 404 error once I published the website. Any hint?

    Here is the working page on the test site:
    https://testsite.formalms.org/forma-plugins/375-2factor-authentication-plugin.html

    Here the production site:
    https://formalms.org/forma-plugins/375-2factor-authentication-plugin.html
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      Alberto
      Alberto · 1 years ago
      @David Hello, it seems the migration created some kind of association between the articles and the old template but I can't find any way to remove it, no layouts or anything from the old template seem to be referred either in the menu item or article settings.
      How can I fix it?
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      Alberto
      Alberto · 1 years ago
      @David Sent thankyou!
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      David
      David · 1 years ago
      @Alberto Hello,
      Could you send your site access to email contact@joomhelper.com? I will check it soon.
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    Angus Chen
    Angus Chen · 2 years ago
    I currently have 40,000 items on Joomla 3 .

    Can this tool help me smoothly transfer them to Joomla 4?

    And can the article URLs be transferred as well? (sef)
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      David
      David · 2 years ago
      @Angus Chen Please use Pro version to migrate large number of articles. If you have any problem during the migration, please contact me. I will help you as soon as possible.
      This extension only migrates articles from K2 to Joomla Content, the URL may not be the same, it depends on your site configuration.
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    Tanja van Rotterdam
    Tanja van Rotterdam · 2 years ago
    If i use this component and convert the K2 articles to Joomla articles, will the K2 article remain (can i still use them on my site?) of are the deleted?
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    Gustavo Morales
    Gustavo Morales · 2 years ago
    Hi. Great job. It works for me in seconds, but it doesn't move the images out of K2. Do images need to be moved to another folder? Need help with this. Thank you.
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      David
      David · 2 years ago
      @Gustavo Morales Hi!
      Maybe I'm not understanding what you mean. Do you mean that the intro images of the featured items are not moved to the new folder? By default, all intro images will be imported to folder images/k2.
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      Gustavo Morales
      Gustavo Morales · 2 years ago
      @David Got it. Thanks. Anything else I can do with importing the images? It only imports the images directly embedded in the posts, but not the featured k2 image.
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      David
      David · 2 years ago
      @Gustavo Morales Hi!
      The images in the article will still be stored in the k2 media folder. I recommend you keep this folder.
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