# BUG: Special Features (Extras) are not sorting properly (alphanumerically)
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files
**Tags:** server-linux
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621 "2022-09-13T07:43:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/1 "2022-09-13T07:43:18Z")
Server Version#: 1.28.2.6151
Special Features (Extras) are not sorting alphanumerically.
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/59sXfyP.png)
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/2 "2022-09-13T07:49:18Z")
They’re sorting by extra category first, and only after that alphanumerically.
As a special case, locally stored trailers will be sorted first.
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/3 "2022-09-13T08:18:45Z")
It doesn’t actually behave that way though, hence the BUG tag.
If you look at my screenshot, everything is in the same category. I can provide dozens more if you wish.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/4 "2022-09-13T09:09:23Z")
Are these local extras or automatically provided by plex?
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/5 "2022-09-13T09:23:34Z")
Local.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/6 "2022-09-13T09:24:07Z")
Could you show the actual file names you used for these extras?
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/7 "2022-09-13T09:52:26Z")
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/8 "2022-09-13T10:04:11Z")
Is the order of the extras in every client type the same?
local web app, [hosted web app](https://app.plex.tv/), Plex for Windows/Mac/Linux
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/9 "2022-09-13T10:13:28Z")
Yeah, same order. I’ve checked Web, iOS, Plex for HTPC and Roku.
This problem occurs on every movie by the way. I’m just showing this one as an example.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/10 "2022-09-13T10:23:38Z")
Do you happen to have an example which doesn’t use numbers at the beginning of the file name? Is it the same there?
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/11 "2022-09-13T10:39:29Z")
Yep.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/12 "2022-09-13T12:25:04Z")
Would it be possible to perform a [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) with one movie (including its extras)?
Does the sorting order change after the procedure?
If you take a look at the movie’s [plex media info](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201998867-Investigate-Media-Information-and-Formats) XML, what does appear in its `guid="...` XML property?
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/13 "2022-09-13T14:37:21Z")
I performed the [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) with the movie 1917. Interestingly, the indexing order of the extras didn’t change.
> guid=“plex://movie/5d77705edd931c001e38bde2”
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/14 "2022-09-13T14:38:55Z")
Thank you for these additional details!
Side question: could it be the order in which the files were stored?
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/15 "2022-09-13T15:32:32Z")
I’m not sure I understood you correctly but I tried putting the files in one by one (after doing the [plex dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) again), in the end ordering was the same.
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### Author:  [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/16 "2022-09-13T15:35:37Z")
That’s not what I meant.
Each file has a date and time applied to it. It might just be that the current (wrong) ordering follows that date and time, which I liked to confirm.
If you enable the “Details” view mode of the Windows file explorer, you should be able to see these.
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### Author:  [@cyrusj.7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cyrusj.7)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/17 "2022-09-13T15:49:31Z")
Unfortunately it was not relevant.
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### Author:  [@chris\_emerson](https://forums.plex.tv/u/chris_emerson)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/18 "2022-10-26T21:54:48Z")
I’m having the same issue myself and I can’t seem to work out how it’s deciding the order. I have a 3 part interview in one of my films that I’d really love to appear in order but it doesn’t seem possible to reorder them or force plex to use alphabetical / filename ordering at all. Is this a confirmed bug that might be fixed in the future, or is there a workaround?
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### Author:  [@PhHerder](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PhHerder)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/20 "2023-01-01T16:50:25Z")
Note that there have been multiple topics reporting this bug over the last couple years, but there is not yet a fix:
[Extras Not in Any Sort Order](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extras-not-in-any-sort-order/722386)
[How to sort extras/featurettes in alphabetical order?](https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-sort-extras-featurettes-in-alphabetical-order/781006/4)
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### Author:  [@tsundf](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tsundf)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/bug-special-features-extras-are-not-sorting-properly-alphanumerically/810621/21 "2023-03-08T19:26:52Z")
Any news on this? Can we expect a fix soon?
I just noticed this bug myself and it’s quite annoying: “TV Spot” is now sorted before “Theatrical Trailer” which again sets the TV Spot as the default trailer (for the little trailer button).
Is this in any way related to this bug: [Local Extras Display Name Problem](https://forums.plex.tv/t/local-extras-display-name-problem/)
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