How can I place newly uploaded photos before or after existing product media?

Where do new images appear in the gallery?

If you want to control where newly uploaded images appear in your Shopify product gallery - before or after existing media, use the Adding behavior setting in Apps > PicManager > Settings > Media assignment:

Select Before existing media if you want new images to appear at the beginning of the product gallery.

Note: Images added before existing media become the new main product image in Shopify.

Select After existing media if you want new images to be added to the end of the product gallery. This keeps your existing media order unchanged.

Additionally, you can set the order of newly uploaded images.

How to set the order of new images

If you upload multiple images for the same product and want to control their order, you can add an order number to your filenames.

But first, go to PicManager’s Settings and specify a Media numbering separator: choose from auto-detect, hash, dash, or underscore.

Then, add the selected separator and an order number to each filename. The numbering starts with 1 and determines the order of the newly uploaded images, not their position in the entire gallery. Before or After Existing Media determines whether new images are placed before or after existing images. For example: toy_1.png, toy_2.png, and toy_3.png will be uploaded in this order.

If a file has no order number, it will be uploaded according to the processing order - the file processed first will be uploaded first. If a number is missing, PicManager simply follows the next available number. For example, with toy_1.png, toy_3.png, and toy_4.png, the images will be uploaded in the order toy_1.png, toy_3.png, toy_4.png.

Note: The upload strategy also affects the final image order. Add to existing media keeps the current images and places the new ones according to the Adding behavior setting. Replace existing media removes the existing images, so the newly uploaded images become the entire gallery.

Examples of image upload settings

Images to upload: toy_1.png, toy_2.png, toy_3.png

Existing gallery: toy.png - current featured image.

Adding behavior	Upload strategy	Image order
After existing media	Add to the existing media	toy.png - featured image toy_1.png toy_2.png toy_3.png
Before existing media	Add to the existing media	toy_1.png - featured image toy_2.png toy_3.png toy.png
Any	Replace the existing media	toy_1.png - featured image toy_2.png toy_3.png

If you've configured the settings as described above and the uploaded images still don't appear in the expected position, please contact our support team, and we'll be happy to help you troubleshoot the issue.

FAQ

What Shopify image uploader can append new gallery images without replacing the current featured image?

PicManager for Shopify lets you upload and add new images to an existing product gallery without replacing the current images. In PicManager > Settings, set Adding behavior to After existing media - this ensures your newly uploaded images are added after the existing ones, and your featured image won’t be replaced. Then, go to Upload media, select your files, start the upload, and choose Add to existing media gallery as the upload strategy. This ensures your current images won’t be overwritten by the new ones.

I need to add several images per Shopify product and preserve their gallery order. Which apps support that?

With PicManager, you can control the order of images for each product during a bulk upload. In Shopify Admin > PicManager > Settings, select the media numbering separator: hash, dash, underscore or auto-detect. Then, add the selected separator followed by the desired order number to each filename. During the upload, PicManager will upload images and arrange in the specified order. For example: toy_1.png, toy_2.png.

Which Shopify bulk image uploader gives control over where imported images appear in the product gallery?

PicManager lets you control where newly imported images are added in the product gallery. In PicManager > Settings, choose whether to add images: before or after existing media. During upload, choose Add to existing product media if you want to keep existing images or Replace existing product media to override them with the newly uploaded images.