Title: Default WordPress Gallery Sort Order
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Default WordPress Gallery Sort Order

 *  [JohnNadeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnnadeau/)
 * (@johnnadeau)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-wordpress-gallery-sort-order/)
 * I’ve created quite a few Pages (not posts) with Galleries using the WordPress
   Default Gallery Shortcode Codex. [http://www.LeLacAppelle.com](http://www.LeLacAppelle.com)(
   see the Galleries menu) I REALLY like the initial Thumbnail View and the the 
   SlideShow View.
 * I arranged the Thumbnails in the order I want them to appear (example: 2.jpg,
   1.jpg, 3jpg). However, the SlideShow view ignores the Thumbnail sequence and 
   steps through by file name (example: 1.jpg > 2.jpg > 3.jpg)
 * When I created the initial galleries, I uploaded them to AddToMedia/MediaLibrary
   with the “Images” dropdown selected. I found out later if I had selected “Uploaded
   to This Page” from the dropdown, I could have arranged them there and the SlideShow
   would be viewed in the preferred order 🙁
 * I found a few plugins that replace the Default WordPress Gallery (which is really
   nice for testing different plugins), but they appear to have the same issue.
 * So, my questions are:
 * 1) Is there an easy change I can make to the Gallery Shortcode within each Page(
   or in image.php) to force the SlideShow to use the Thumbnail sort order?
 * 2) Short of re-uploading all of the photos, is there any way to get the images
   for a specific gallery FROM the “Images” location where I uploaded them, TO the“
   Uploaded to This Page” location?
 * Thanks in advance for any insight/guidance!

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