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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    Phil Gailinas
    Phil Gailinas · 3 years ago
    Used your product and it converted over 20,000 K2 items into Joomla articles with images. Everything looks good except trying to display content takes a very long time (with multiple timeouts). Eventually, articles are displayed but it's really not workable. Is this an issue with the number of articles or possibly a database keying issue, sorting, whatever?

    I am working with a cloned version of my live site so I can send admin access credentials to you if you'd like.

    Thanks in advance!
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    Martin
    Martin · 3 years ago
    Hi.
    How look migrate images from k2?
    Migration is original images? or from /media/cachemedia/k2/items/cache/2a14beb1aee2d71c6fecb12f25c690f7_Generic.jpg

    How look migration if using K2 + Simple Image Gallery Pro ?

    Regards.
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      Antonio
      Antonio · 3 years ago
      @David There is no J!4 version of Simple Gallery Pro yet, only the free one and it works with the same tag (anyway you can change it as need), without the extra options of the pro version, but it works.
      It is necessary to change in SIG Pro setting the path to the correct galleries directory. The K2 plugin uploads them into media/k2/galleries, so you can move/clone the files into images/galleries or change the path.
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      David
      David · 3 years ago
      @Michael Adding this structure is not difficult, but you must make sure this plugin works with Joomla Content.
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      Michael
      Michael · 3 years ago
      @Martin This is realy a bummer, 95% of my articles have a gallery. This would mean converting them all by hand. Adding {gallery}K2 itemID{/gallery} to the end of the content could be a fix and easy to do.
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      Antonio
      Antonio · 3 years ago
      @David into {gallery}name-of-gallery{/gallery} tag, name-of-gallery is the k2 article ID.
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      Antonio
      Antonio · 3 years ago
      @David It would be very helpful if you added this possibility. Simple Image Gallery Pro is very often installed along with K2 because of the ease with which it allows you to insert a photo gallery into your content. In the end I think it is a matter of "transferring/copy" the {gallery}name-of-gallery{/gallery} tag into the article content.
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    Antonio
    Antonio · 3 years ago
    Hi, In case of failure, is it possible to know which contents were not imported? When there are hundreds or thousands of contents, it is difficult to check manually. Having a list would be very helpful.
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    Maurizio Binaghi
    Maurizio Binaghi · 3 years ago
    How can I import K2 image gallery too?
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    juan carlos stauring
    juan carlos stauring · 3 years ago
    just got it works like a charm! thanks to developer k2 big headache.
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    tobroz
    tobroz · 3 years ago
    Hi, my site have more than 30 000 articles, and ewery has image. Is this extension ready to migrate that? With the same id like in K2?
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    Alex
    Alex · 3 years ago
    Hello, K2 is not longer working with J4. I buy this plugin, I migrate all of the content and after this I remove K2 and update to J4?
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    Emmanuel Tano
    Emmanuel Tano · 3 years ago
    Hello Sir,

    I have 24,166 articles, your extension is able to migrate a maximum of 3,200. Please do I get all articles migrated?
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    David
    David · 3 years ago
    Release K2 to Content Migration v1.2.9
    # Fixed a bug related to the field and its value.
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    JC
    JC · 3 years ago
    I recently purchased your K2 to Content Migration tool and installed it and ran it. it successfully created all of the categories and articles but the extra fields are not being copied over correctly.

    I have configured lots of extra fields which contain very important content. It looks like it is only copy over the first field of every group?
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      David
      David · 3 years ago
      @JC The content of the fields is in a separate table, it is not related to the article content. If it's "Textarea", I'm not sure why it's not working properly on your website.
      Please send website information and admin account to email: contact@joomhelper.com, I will check soon.
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      JC
      JC · 3 years ago
      @David Apologies ... so the textfields ARE copied over but NOT textareas! Most of my content is in textareas.

      You should probably declare this somewhere as I feel like ive been misled somewhat.
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      JC
      JC · 3 years ago
      @David But it seems to have copied over some textareas? But not others?

      How do I give you access to the site to take a look?
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      David
      David · 3 years ago
      @David Fields that are not in this list are still added to the database, but Joomla content will not display it (because it is not supported).
      Note: This extension only has data migration function.
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      David
      David · 3 years ago
      @JC As you said, all custom fields are "textareas" type, so they will be imported to content. I'm not sure why it not work correct on your site so give me your site access, I will check it soon.
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    Heather Godwin
    Heather Godwin · 3 years ago
    I need an invoice for the purchase, showing the CC used, please and thank you! I purchased this for work, using the company card.
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    Ziv Geffen
    Ziv Geffen · 3 years ago
    Hi!
    I just used this tool and I have a few issues:
    1. Out of 2000 K2 items imported successfully, 700 failed. What could be the reason? The categories are by year (2008-2023) and the correct number of articles filled the categories till 2017 where only a part of them passed, and from 2018 all categories are empty. Is there a limitation?
    2. If I look at the article list and filter by category - nothing happens. If I'm trying to see, for example, the 2023 category articles (which is empty) I still see all articles.
    Can you please assist?
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      David
      David · 3 years ago
      @Ziv Geffen Hi!
      Could you help me backup your site first, then send your site access to my email contact@joomhelper.com , I will check it soon.
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    Guido Tedaldi
    Guido Tedaldi · 3 years ago
    Hi, I've sent you a request through contact page, I need an invoice for my purchase showing my VAT id and my business name, is it possible?
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    David
    David · 3 years ago
    Release K2 to Content Migration v1.2.7
    ^ Keep k2 ID
    # Fixed ID content sorting.
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    Guido Tedaldi
    Guido Tedaldi · 3 years ago
    Hi, after importing with version 1.1.7 my articles' IDs got inverted (older ones got higher IDs, newer ones lower IDs, e.g. last article got ID 1). Is it possible to have the newer ones with higher IDs? (Ideal solution would be the same IDs as in K2, but don't know if it's possible).
    Thanks and regards,
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    Paul Leslie
    Paul Leslie · 3 years ago
    Hi David - I just sent you an email. Your plug-in did not work properly. None of the articles are in the categories. I have about 800 articles and 117 categories. This is not helpful. Can you assist?
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    David
    David · 3 years ago
    ReleaseK2 to Content Migration v1.1.7
    ^ Option to import K2 intro image.
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      David
      David · 3 years ago
      @ruudj Hi!All images are saved in the folder "images/k2". It will link to the intro or full image of the article when migrated.
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      ruudj
      ruudj · 3 years ago
      @David Hi David just executed the migration, articles and categories look fine - but where do the images go?? Don't see them in the database either? How to link or embed the K2 image (stored under media\k2\items\cache) to the articles!
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    Catherine
    Catherine · 3 years ago
    Hi! Does it import attachements too? In a Joomla custom fields, more exactly a repeatable media field.
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    David
    David · 3 years ago
    @Petar + @Petr: Yes, it include tags + extra fields too.
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    Petar
    Petar · 3 years ago
    Hi, does import K2 extra field?
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