[Plugin: NextGEN Gallery] How to sort images by date/time ?

  • Resolved korythewebguy

    (@korythewebguy)


    16 years, 8 months ago

    I’d like to display albums and galleries with the newest images showing first, namely according to the date/time they were added.

    Is the option or shortcode for doing so simply hidden away somewhere, or is this functionality missing from NextGen Gallery?

    After a considerable amount of searching Google and the WP Forums, I’ve not found an answer – I may just dive into the PHP code and add this myself, but wanted to ask if this functionality existed before I go and “re-invent the wheel” so to speak.

    Any information or help is greatly appreciated – Thanks in advance to all who reply! ??

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  • Thread Starter korythewebguy

    (@korythewebguy)

    Well, I’ve found something of a solution:

    By enabling the ‘NextGen Gallery Widget,’ I can plug this PHP code directly into the template to show a specific number of the most recent images:

    <?php nggDisplayRecentImages(numberofpictures,width,height); ?>

    Unfortunately, I’ll have to do a little code modification to make it link to the images as I’d like – It would, however, be nice to see a “By date” sorting method added into the album/gallery shortcode.

    In any case, I genuinely appreciate Alex Rabe and the rest of the NextGen Gallery team creating such a fantastic plug-in – Keep up the excellent work!

    Hi,
    as the pictures always get ids counting up as they are added you should simply let sort them by id, you can do that by going to Gallery->Options->Gallery there the last two entries sort by – and ascending or descending.

    P.S.
    you can also use custom fields:
    https://nextgen.boelinger.com/custom-fields/
    best regards
    bee

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