WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery en Sat, 25 May 2013 18:20:52 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 kathrynwp on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1084688 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:47:05 +0000 kathrynwp 1084688@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ justjennifer - I believe you can, but if you find it's not working as you expect, please let me know.

]]> justjennifer on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1084647 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:10:49 +0000 justjennifer 1084647@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @kathrynwp - Thanks so much!

I do have a question. Do I assume correctly that one can still switch to the Text Editor and use the "orderby" parameter for the earlier options?

]]> kathrynwp on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1084544 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:19:52 +0000 kathrynwp 1084544@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The ability to the following within galleries should now be possible:
  • reorder images
  • randomize their order
  • reverse their order
]]> justjennifer on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1083155 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 07:32:43 +0000 justjennifer 1083155@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yay! Thank you for bringing back the image Description field to the Media uploader.

Hope the dust settles soon for everyone.

]]> chievresfmwr on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1082226 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:34:08 +0000 chievresfmwr 1082226@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks Happiness Engineers and Staff for considering all of our comments and suggestions.

Perhaps an update that includes randomization and descriptions as an early Hanukkah/Christmas/Kwanzaa gift to us all? :-)

]]> kathrynwp on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081527 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:25:41 +0000 kathrynwp 1081527@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ justjennifer - I understand what you mean about image descriptions and have brought this to our developers for consideration in the next round of updates.

]]> kathrynwp on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081525 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:24:47 +0000 kathrynwp 1081525@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ pedrinhoaguiar - sorry, it's not possible to revert to the old version. If you find a particular problem with the new way images are handled, please feel free to post it in the forum.

]]> pedrinhoaguiar on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081523 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:21:47 +0000 pedrinhoaguiar 1081523@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ nao gostei da atualização.... tenho como reverter para versão anterior ?

]]> justjennifer on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081515 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:14:04 +0000 justjennifer 1081515@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Any hope for a return of image descriptions? Their removal from the Image Uploader makes adding these to the Image Carousel or Attachment pages an extra step now needing to be done via the Media Library directly.

]]> kathrynwp on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081475 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:47:30 +0000 kathrynwp 1081475@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks to everyone for reporting the missing randomization option. It should be restored to the gallery in a future update and I'll keep you posted here.

]]> justjennifer on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081456 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:28:45 +0000 justjennifer 1081456@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks Ryan. Any hope this will be implemented in the near future? /fingerscrossed

]]> ryan on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081444 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:18:26 +0000 ryan 1081444@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22637

]]> chievresfmwr on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081340 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:15 +0000 chievresfmwr 1081340@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks! I'll try that. Looking at the forum, it seems as if a lot of people aren't happy with the "improvement".

]]> justjennifer on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081314 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:10:49 +0000 justjennifer 1081314@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you are comfortable playing in the Text tab of the Post Editor, you can add orderby="rand" to your Gallery shortcode, so that it would look like this
[gallery orderby="rand"]

And thinking about this, the new method shouldn't mess up older, existing posts, only the new ones. "-)

]]> chievresfmwr on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081301 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:01:09 +0000 chievresfmwr 1081301@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Didn't even get that far, I was so annoyed with lack of "random"

I second your lament.

]]> justjennifer on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081299 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:59:28 +0000 justjennifer 1081299@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Agreed, but that's all there is right now.

Personally lamenting the loss of the Description field in the Media Uploader. Creates another step for me as well, as I can only add them now through the Media Library.

]]> chievresfmwr on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081292 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:56:29 +0000 chievresfmwr 1081292@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks for the suggestion. I'm aware of that option, but - like others have said earlier posts - it adds another step to the process.

]]> justjennifer on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081272 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:47:42 +0000 justjennifer 1081272@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ While I cannot address all your comments, you can still see the thumbnail file names and the dates they were uploaded to your site if you browse the files directly via Dashboard>Media>Library and not via a post or page.

]]> chievresfmwr on "Media Upgrade Complaint: "Random" option missing from media gallery" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/media-upgrade-complaint-random-option-missing-from-media-gallery#post-1081263 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:43:21 +0000 chievresfmwr 1081263@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My comments refer to this page and two others like it:

http://usagbeneluxfmwr.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/chievresshape/

Since yesterday's upgrade, I can no longer have thumbnails randomly appear in the galleries I've created.

Here's the problem: The thumbnails are of flyers for different programs and events. Having them randomly appear in the gallery ensures that one program doesn't seem to be receiving preferential publicity.

With the elimination of the Random option, I now have to manually rearrange the thumbnails - which is a totaly waste of my time and energy.

Am I doing something wrong? Am I overlooking an option?

I also dislike not being able to see a list of the thumbnails' file names. I date the file names so that I can easily determine when a thumbnail needs to be removed from the gallery. Having to click on each thumbnail adds an extra step to the process.

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