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diff --git a/‎doc/sphinxext/gallery_order.py
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@@ -4,12 +4,36 @@
 """
 
 from sphinx_gallery.sorting import ExplicitOrder
+import os
+
+
+# Utility functions
+def get_ordering(dir):
+    """Read gallery_order.txt in dir and return content of the file as a List"""
+    file_path = os.path.join(dir, 'gallery_order.txt')
+    f = open(file_path, "r")
+    lines = [line.replace('\n', '') for line in f.readlines()]
+    ordered_list = []
+    for line in lines:
+        if line == "unsorted":
+            ordered_list.append(UNSORTED)
+        else:
+            ordered_list.append(line)
+
+    return ordered_list
+
+
+def list_directory(parent_dir):
+    """Return list of sub directories at a directory"""
+    root, dirs, files = next(os.walk(parent_dir))
+    return [os.path.join(root, dir) for dir in dirs]
 
 # Gallery sections shall be displayed in the following order.
 # Non-matching sections are inserted at the unsorted position
 
 UNSORTED = "unsorted"
 
+
 examples_order = [
     '../galleries/examples/lines_bars_and_markers',
     '../galleries/examples/images_contours_and_fields',
@@ -36,17 +60,20 @@
     '../galleries/tutorials/provisional'
 ]
 
-plot_types_order = [
-    '../galleries/plot_types/basic',
-    '../galleries/plot_types/stats',
-    '../galleries/plot_types/arrays',
-    '../galleries/plot_types/unstructured',
-    '../galleries/plot_types/3D',
-    UNSORTED
-]
+# plot_types_order = [
+#     '../galleries/plot_types/basic',
+#     '../galleries/plot_types/stats',
+#     '../galleries/plot_types/arrays',
+#     '../galleries/plot_types/unstructured',
+#     '../galleries/plot_types/3D',
+#     UNSORTED
+# ]
 
-folder_lists = [examples_order, tutorials_order, plot_types_order]
+plot_types_directory = "../galleries/plot_types/"
+plot_types_order = get_ordering(plot_types_directory)
 
+
+folder_lists = [examples_order, tutorials_order, plot_types_order]
 explicit_order_folders = [fd for folders in folder_lists
                           for fd in folders[:folders.index(UNSORTED)]]
 explicit_order_folders.append(UNSORTED)
@@ -89,19 +116,30 @@ def __call__(self, item):
 
     # **Plot Types
     # Basic
-    "plot", "scatter_plot", "bar", "stem", "step", "fill_between",
+    # "plot", "scatter_plot", "bar", "stem", "step", "fill_between",
     # Arrays
-    "imshow", "pcolormesh", "contour", "contourf",
-    "barbs", "quiver", "streamplot",
+    # "imshow", "pcolormesh", "contour", "contourf",
+    # "barbs", "quiver", "streamplot",
     # Stats
-    "hist_plot", "boxplot_plot", "errorbar_plot", "violin",
-    "eventplot", "hist2d", "hexbin", "pie",
+    # "hist_plot", "boxplot_plot", "errorbar_plot", "violin",
+    # "eventplot", "hist2d", "hexbin", "pie",
     # Unstructured
-    "tricontour", "tricontourf", "tripcolor", "triplot",
+    # "tricontour", "tricontourf", "tripcolor", "triplot",
     # Spines
     "spines", "spine_placement_demo", "spines_dropped",
     "multiple_yaxis_with_spines", "centered_spines_with_arrows",
     ]
+
+
+for dir in list_directory(plot_types_directory):
+    try:
+        ordered_subdirs = get_ordering(dir)
+        list_all.extend(ordered_subdirs)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        # Fallback to ordering already defined in list_all
+        pass
+
+
 explicit_subsection_order = [item + ".py" for item in list_all]