k2 is generating differnt url for the same menu.

menu is item-listings ->Tag with following url: kauf-auf-rechnung24.com/shops/buero.html

now k2 is generating for ex. following urls (multiple options are generated, but i just show 2):

1. kauf-auf-rechnung24.com/shops/blumen/kategorie/39-buero.html
Canonical is assigned to this url. It uses the module position at the bottom from /blumen/

2. kauf-auf-rechnung24.com/shops/kinder/kategorie/39-buero.html
Canonical is assigned to this url. It uses the module position at the bottom from /kinder/

Generally the url should be ..shops/blumen.html and ..shops/kinder.html. But k2 is adding the kategorie of buero included cat-id.
Also the ordering of the items are different. I think something went wrong with the assignement.

Is this a issue with my k2 SEO settings?
Im NOT using a plugins like sh404sef. Should i use one?

Thx Fotis,

updated the router.php

The urls from above are still available. Deleted cache and cloudfare cache.

Is that correct?

EDIT: Adds Suffix to URl ist "active" in the Global Configuration of Joomla

No, i dont have any extensions for the url structure.

The following urls were generated with the "broken" router and are still available. Is that correct?

kauf-auf-rechnung24.com/shops/blumen/kategorie/39-buero.html
kauf-auf-rechnung24.com/shops/kinder/kategorie/39-buero.html


Im just asking for the understanding.

And would you recommend a plugin like Sh404sef?

Thx for everything Fotis!

this is really weird.

i did everything youve mentioned, like in the post you recommended.

No success.

Than in the k2 setting ive set
Enforce SEF URL character replacements: No
Enable custom SEF settings for K2 URLs: No

Now the old links show a 404

to make it clear. Its not a caching problem. there is no cache active on that site. anyway, ive deactivated jchoptimize pro, deleted all possible cache (backend, browser, cloudfare).

If i deactivate "Enable custom SEF settings for K2 URLs" i see immediately the result. (the items url look like: .item/1454-shop.html)

I defined for "Prefix for category URLs" -> kategorie. Ive erased it and received for the urls above a 404. But i could reach to the url with this:
kauf-auf-rechnung24.com/shops/schuhe/itemlist/category/39-buero.html

and so on. If you would change /schuhe/ to /mode/ you get the same result. Now you can imagine how many urls you get with the same result if you have 100 categories.

im sure its a major issue with the SEF settings (router) of the component.


I think ive to solve it with a extra component/plugin. Because after the update to the newest k2 version i lost visibility at the search engines. After searching for the issue, i found out that k2 was generating multiple versions of urls with exactly the same items. Just the module result was different. For 'blumen' he took the module which is assigned to blumen. Same for 'kinder'

Question: Would you recommend sh404sef oder Route 66 Pro?

Thx anyway for your effort Fotis

EDIT: its still a router Problem. I used the "original" and the router from v2.10.2. -> same output. Ive erased the router.php and received for the urls a 404 (whats correct). The item url looked like shops/auto/item/1454-a-t-u.html (canonical was correct: shops/auto/-a-t-u.html).

the path (menu) /shops/ is Item listings -> Tag. All the other url has 'shops' as parent. Could this be the issue?