Title: menu order is automatic
Last modified: September 25, 2019

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# menu order is automatic

 *  Resolved [ratamatcat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ratamatcat/)
 * (@ratamatcat)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-order-is-automatic/)
 * Hi David,
 * When a group of images are uploaded they fall into the correct gallery order 
   without my intervention in inserting values for the menu order field for each.
 * I was wondering what data the software is using. Is it the base file
 * nebula-stars-dust-01
    nebula-stars-dust-02 nebula-stars-dust-03 etc
 * or when it becomes the Name/Slug
 * nebula-stars-dust
    nebula-stars-dust-2 nebula-stars-dust-3 etc
 * or something else?
 * and would this mean that I don’t need to use the menu order field, and could 
   possibly skip the step of providing each image a number value.
 * Also, just curious is the menu order field an MLA creation or part of the native
   WordPress
 * thanks!

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 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-order-is-automatic/#post-11969047)
 * Thanks for your questions.
 * The default `orderby` clause for `[mla_gallery]` has two values: first, `menu_order`
   Ascending and second, ‘ID`(post ID) Ascending. This displays items in the order
   that they were uploaded to the Media Library, i.e. oldest item (lowest ID) first,
   unless you override that with an explicit`menu_order`.
 * The `menu_order` field is a WordPress core feature and is available for posts,
   pages, attachments and all custom post types.
 * I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems
   or further questions regarding the above information. Thanks for your continued
   interest in the plugin.

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 * Last reply from: [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/menu-order-is-automatic/#post-11969047)
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