Title: Order Values Keep Changing
Last modified: January 15, 2026

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# Order Values Keep Changing

 *  [rbarron](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rbarron/)
 * (@rbarron)
 * [3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-values-keep-changing/)
 * I’m editing slide shows for the past year and am discovering that the album order
   numbers are all now re-ordered. I make the changes and go back to review and 
   the changes are gone. What’s the preferred way to order albums to make the numbers
   stick?

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 *  Plugin Author [Jacob N. Breetvelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opajaap/)
 * (@opajaap)
 * [3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-values-keep-changing/#post-18788093)
 * On **Basic settings -> Misc -> Item 1** you can set the default album sequence
   method.
    If you set it to **Sequence #**, and you add a subalbum, the sibings
   of that subalbum will all get a sequence number ranging from 1 upwards. When 
   you go to the parent album on the album edit page and open the **Related** tab,
   you can drag-drop the subalbums to the order you want them. If you now add one,
   it will be added at the end. If you want it to be the first album, select **Sequenmce#
   descending**. So, once selecting the right method and once rearrange them as 
   described, should be sufficient. This is how it works…
 * You can overrule the subalbum sequence ordering method on album basis.

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## Tags

 * [album](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/album/)
 * [order](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/order/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jacob N. Breetvelt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opajaap/)
 * Last activity: [3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/order-values-keep-changing/#post-18788093)
 * Status: not resolved