# Episode ordering

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-ordering/720714>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
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**Created:** [June 5, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-ordering/720714 "2021-06-05T16:03:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-ordering/720714/1 "2021-06-05T16:03:17Z")

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I’m trying to get the TV show “Undeclared” in the correct order.  
The original DVD release was in the wrong order and so is the tvdb DVD order.  
In Plex I can choose between aired, DVD and absolute episode ordering, they’re all wrong.  
On theTVDB they have something called “Chronological Order” which would be the correct one. [Undeclared - Chronological Order - Season 1 - TheTVDB.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/undeclared/seasons/alternate/1)  
I can’t seem to find a way to have that in Plex

I hope there’s a solution. Thank you!

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**Author:** ![pshanew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pshanew/32/160555_2.png) [@pshanew](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pshanew)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-ordering/720714/2 "2021-06-05T17:12:19Z")

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> [@011000010111011001101001](#):
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> I hope there’s a solution.

Unfortunately, the only solution (currently, using an online metadata database) is to order your files to match one of the orderings available in Plex (the ones you listed). I’m pretty sure there’s an existing feature request to support additional ordering options; I’ll link it here if I find it.

Another option would be to match this series to the personal media agent and manually add/enter its metadata.

[Edit]  
This is the feature suggestion I was thinking of:

> [@Support Alternate Order / Flexible Seasons (TVDB) and Episode Groups (TMDB)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/support-alternate-order-flexible-seasons-tvdb-and-episode-groups-tmdb/537737):
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> Recently, TVBD implemented a [feature](https://www.thetvdb.com/blog/something_new) called “Flexible Seasons” which is really useful for shows like [Money Heist](https://thetvdb.com/series/la-casa-de-papel) or [Chilling Adventures of Sabrina](https://thetvdb.com/series/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina) where the most commonly used order is not the original order. Currently, the API does not support this feature, but I would really like to see this feature implemented into Plex as soon as possible. Edit 2020-04-08: Episode Groups TMDB has implemented a similar method which they call “Episode Groups”. Those are already available via API ([https://de…](https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/tv-episode-groups/get-tv-episode-group-details)

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**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/episode-ordering/720714/3 "2021-09-03T17:12:49Z")

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