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Available Fields for K2

Here you will find all the available fields that can be used in the K2 import and export routines. Please see the relevant tutorials on how to use these fields in a specific scenario.

Title Description Type Example
access

Set the access level for the custom field

Possible options

1:Public
2:Registered
3:Special

numeric 2
alias

Unique name of the category

text shoes-men
category_delete

Field to delete category set for the custom field during import

Possible options

Y:Yes
N:No

text Y
category_path

The category path specifies in which category an item belongs.

text user/user-location
catid

Id of the category an item belongs.

numeric 6
checked_out

The ID of the user who has the item checked out.

numeric 642
checked_out_time

The time the item has been checked out.

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
combine

This is a special field to allow you to combine fields into a single field.

text
created

The creation date of the item

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
created_by

The id of the user created item

numeric 15
created_by_alias

Enter an alias to be displayed instead of the name of the user who created the item.

text James
custom

This is a special field that allows you to set a custom value to be used during export.

text
description

Set the description of an item

text This is my first item description
displayInFrontEnd

Set if item has to be displayed on frontend

Possible options

Y:Yes
N:No

text Y
extraFieldsGroup

Group extra field belongs to

text Sample group
extra_fields

Extra fields of an item

text
extra_fields_search

Extra fields to be included in serach

featured

Set the item as a featured

Possible options

1:Featured
0:Not featured

numeric 1
featured_ordering

Set the ordering of featured items

numeric 2
fulltext

Enter the fulltext of an item

text This is a smaple item in K2
gallery

Enter the image name for the item

text
group

Id of the group extra fields belong to

numeric 3
group_name

Name of the group extra fields belong to

text sample group
hits

Number of hits the item has got

numeric 15
id

Id of the item from k2 items table

numeric 10
image

Set the image for the item

text barcode.png
image_caption

Set the caption for the image for the item

text This is an sample item image
image_credits

Set the credits for image

text
image_url

Set the URL of the image of an item

text
image_url_thumb

Set the URL of the thumb image of an item

text
inheritFrom

Inherit parameters from another category

text news/media
introtext

The introtext contains the text of the item.

text With RO CSVI you can import and export K2 items.
item_url

URL of the k2 item

text
language

Language of the item

text en-GB
metadata

Set the meta data for the item

text
metadata_author

The author of the item.

text Shakespeare
metadata_robot

Set the robots instructions.

text noindex, follow
metadesc

Set the meta description for the item

text
metakey

Set the meta keywords for the item.

text csv, import ,export, k2 items
modified

The modified date and time of item

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
modified_by

The id of the user who modified the item

numeric 12
name

Name of the group extra fields belong to

text Sample group
option_cols

Columns set for textarea field in extra fields

numeric 20
option_editor

Use editor for the textarea extra field

numeric 1
option_name

Name of the extra field

text Contact form group
option_rows

Set number of rows for textarea field

numeric 50
option_target

If extra field is of link type, set the target of the link

text new
option_value

Set the default value of the field

text This is a sample content
ordering

Set the order in which the contacts item is ordered.

numeric 5
params

Params of an item

text {"catItemTitle":"","catItemTitleLinked":"","catItemFeaturedNotice":"","catItemAuthor":"","catItemDateCreated":"","catItemRating":"","catItemImage":"","catItemIntroText":"","catItemExtraFields":"","catItemHits":"","catItemCategory":"","catItemTags":"","catItemAttachments":"","catItemAttachmentsCounter":"","catItemVideo":"","catItemVideoWidth":"","catItemVideoHeight":"","catItemAudioWidth":"","catItemAudioHeight":"","catItemVideoAutoPlay":"","catItemImageGallery":"","catItemImageGalleryWidth":"","catItemImageGalleryHeight":"","catItemDateModified":"","catItemReadMore":"","catItemCommentsAnchor":"","catItemK2Plugins":"","itemDateCreated":"","itemTitle":"","itemFeaturedNotice":"","itemAuthor":"","itemFontResizer":"","itemPrintButton":"","itemEmailButton":"","itemSocialButton":"","itemVideoAnchor":"","itemImageGalleryAnchor":"","itemCommentsAnchor":"","itemRating":"","itemImage":"","itemImgSize":"","itemImageMainCaption":"","itemImageMainCredits":"","itemIntroText":"","itemFullText":"","itemExtraFields":"","itemDateModified":"","itemHits":"","itemCategory":"","itemTags":"","itemAttachments":"","itemAttachmentsCounter":"","itemVideo":"","itemVideoWidth":"","itemVideoHeight":"","itemAudioWidth":"","itemAudioHeight":"","itemVideoAutoPlay":"","itemVideoCaption":"","itemVideoCredits":"","itemImageGallery":"","itemImageGalleryWidth":"","itemImageGalleryHeight":"","itemNavigation":"","itemComments":"","itemTwitterButton":"","itemFacebookButton":"","itemLinkedInButton":"","itemAuthorBlock":"","itemAuthorImage":"","itemAuthorDescription":"","itemAuthorURL":"","itemAuthorEmail":"","itemAuthorLatest":"","itemAuthorLatestLimit":"","itemRelated":"","itemRelatedLimit":"","itemRelatedTitle":"","itemRelatedCategory":"","itemRelatedImageSize":"","itemRelatedIntrotext":"","itemRelatedFulltext":"","itemRelatedAuthor":"","itemRelatedMedia":"","itemRelatedImageGallery":"","k2SeoGsdType":"","itemK2Plugins":""}
parent_category_path

Category path of the parent category only on export

text news/media
plugins

Extra plugins for an item

text
published

Set if the item is published

Possible options

Y/1:Published
N/0:Unpublished
-2:Trashed

numeric Y
publish_down

Set the end date for publishing the item

text 17/05/17 9:58
publish_up

Set the start date for publishing the item

text 2017-05-17 09:58:38
required

If the extra field added is required or not

numeric 1
showNull

if the extra field is drop down show null values or not

numeric 1
skip

This is a special field that allows you to skip a field during import.

tags

Process tags for an item

numeric 1
theme

title

Title of an item

text Sample K2 item
trash

If the item has been trash

numeric 1
type

Type of extra field

text textarea
value

Value of the extra field

text [{"name":null,"value":"testing values","editor":"1","rows":"40","cols":"12","target":null,"alias":"","required":1,"showNull":0}]
video

video content of an item

text galleryimage.mov
video_caption

Caption content of a video for an item

text This is sample video content of an item
video_credits

Credits for a video

text

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