Hi there, we have a Joomla website which uses K2, we have noticed that Google Webmaster Tools is reporting more than 200 pages of duplicated meta descripsions, is there any information on what I need to look at or what settings I will need to change so that the meta description added in the K2 item is displayed. I have noticed that the meta titles are okay.

Hello Dante,

Are you using any 3rd party extensions? Also which version of Joomla! and K2 are you using?

Thanks for your reply, currently have Joomla! 3.2.7, K2 v2.6.7, we have sh404SEF installed but when looking at meta data, none of this is being used.

Are you thinking that an extension is causing this?

@Dante

K2 is using the text of the item as meta description. However you should not have duplicate descriptions unless you have duplicate item pages. Can you provide two links with duplicate descriptions? Are you using any other extension for meta tags?

Finally, your setup is outdated. You should be running Joomla! 3.4.4 and K2 2.6.9. Remember to backup your site in case you decide to update.