I would like to raise the issue again as it seems there is always a problem when I insert image via jce as a k2 article image. if I use the built in k2 image inserting option then it would show the k2 article and the image icon is shown as per attached screenshot, while if I insert the same image via jce image insert button the k2 article does not recognise the image inserted and image icon is not shown. is this a bug or what exactly?
and how to get this done?
I have changed the detault upload folder to be the same between jce and k2 and still the same problem

K2 v2.9.0
Joomla 3.9.12
jce pro 2.6.38
these are the one tested and where im seeing the problem just in case you ask

yes indeed I know but images inserted via jce still does not show up in category view at all
can i make it show up in category view? or at least let k2 see the first image in its article and show it in category view?

I dont think its the reason I opened the template file and here is the code causing this

<img src="<?php echo $this->item->image; ?>" alt="<?php if(!empty($this->item->image_caption)) echo K2HelperUtilities::cleanHtml($this->item->image_caption); else echo K2HelperUtilities::cleanHtml($this->item->title); ?>" style="width:<?php echo $this->item->imageWidth; ?>px; height:auto;" />
what can I substitute echo $this->item->image; with to make it look at both entries images via k2 tab and images via jce

guys any suggestion on how can I change echo $this->item->image; to show first image in article ??

anyone has a clue pls the file is identified and the code is echo $this->item->image;
but we need to substitute it with another code that will just show the first image in the article thats all. I just want to parse the first image and put its url thats all

thanks fir the plugin but I did install it and make it enabled, but still didnt show any image in k2 category view. im getting bit puzzled here
what shall I do?