Batch importing shapefiles to geopackage as separate layers using QGIS

Question

I have ~60 shp files with biological data (1 per species) and it would be useful to be able to have these in a single geopackage.

I can export them individually and set the layer to the species name but is there a way to import multiple shp files to a gpkg and keep the layer name to the shp file name i.e. the species?

Answer 1

You can use the Package layers tool and then, select the Add File(s)... or Add Directory... option. If you use one of this options you don't need to load all the layers to the project.