Title: [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Shortcode for display order
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] Shortcode for display order

 *  Resolved [halogenic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halogenic/)
 * (@halogenic)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-shortcode-for-display-order/)
 * Is there a way to specify the sort order of images in a gallery using shortcode?
 * There is the options panel which lets you set the sort order on a global basis,
   but it doesn’t seem to be possible to change if for individual galleries.

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 *  [Joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpe24524/)
 * (@jpe24524)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-shortcode-for-display-order/#post-1727079)
 * You need to use [custom fields](http://nextgen-gallery.com/custom-fields/) `ngg_gal_Sort`
   and `ngg_gal_SortDirection`.
 *  Thread Starter [halogenic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halogenic/)
 * (@halogenic)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-shortcode-for-display-order/#post-1727080)
 * Thank you, that worked
 *  [jamminjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamminjames/)
 * (@jamminjames)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-shortcode-for-display-order/#post-1727272)
 * How do you use these custom fields? Do you just insert the statements in the 
   shortcode for the post? It’s not working for me.
 * I have most galleries set to order by file name, but I’m trying to get another
   to order by image id, so I tried this for the shortcode on the post:
 * [nggallery id=9 ngg_gal_Sort=pid ngg_gal_SortDirection=DESC]
 * … but it doesn’t work.
 * Also, if there’s no way to do this with a shortcode, is there a way to get a 
   gallery to re-sort? I don’t see one. I’ve tried renaming the images so that they
   would sort as I want, but they’re still displaying in the same order.
 * Please help. Thank you.

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-nextgen-gallery-shortcode-for-display-order/#post-1727272)
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