Best Of Photos

 

If the rating system is enabled in Basic settings -> General -> I Item 5: Enable Ratings and configured in Basic settings -> Rating according to your preferences, you can easely display the best recently rated photos using shortcode type="bestof"
Example:
[wppa type="bestof" count="6" sortby="ratingcount" period="lastyear" height="120"]

Docs by subjectBest Of PhotosPhotos by Unknown user
3962
Fall Garden (gconwayphoto)
WhereToronto, Canada
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/GC_6223.jpg
Rating: 3.50
130 views
3961
Fall Garden (gconwayphoto)
WhereToronto, Canada
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/GC_6220.jpg
Rating: 3.00
117 views
3960
Rose-breaseted Grosbeak (gconwayphoto)
WhereToronto, Canada
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/GC__3188.jpg
Rating: 4.75
237 views
3955
Moon light (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/IGP1577-3.jpg
Rating: 3.50
127 views
3954
Birch Tree (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/GC_4989.jpg
Rating: 4.50
112 views
3953
Snow Leaf (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/IGP7626.jpg
Rating: 5.00
171 views
3952
Snow Leaf (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/IGP7584.jpg
Rating: 4.00
89 views
3951
Fallen Log (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/GC_5875.jpg
Rating: 4.75
251 views
3819
Beech Tree, Bark Desease, uploaded with IE 11 (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/GC_5007.jpg
Rating: 4.00
179 views
3808
Trillium (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/IGP7460.jpg
Rating: 5.00
223 views
3773
Spring is Coming (gconwayphoto)
Camera info

https://wppa.nl/wp-content/wppa-pl/Garry-Conway/IGP7458.jpg
137 views
3767
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Tree Stump (gconwayphoto)
142 views

The shortcode version supports the following optional atributes:

Attribute (default) Example Meaning
page (0) page="4711" linkpage
count (1) count="12" max number to show
sortby (maxratingcount) sortby="meanrating" the selection criterium. Must be one ot of "maxratingcount", "meanrating", "ratingcount" or "totvalue"
display (photo) display="owner" what to show. Must be one out of "photo" or "owner"
period (thisweek) period="lastyear" the period to look for. Must be one out of "lastweek", "thisweek", "lastmonth", "thismonth", "lastyear" or "thisyear"
maxratings (yes) maxratings="no" Whether to display the number of max ratings. Either "yes" or "no"
meanrat (yes) meanrat="no" Whether to display the mean rating. Either "yes" or "no"
ratcount (yes) ratcount="yes" Whether to display the number of votes. Either "yes" or "no"
totvalue (no) totvalue="no" Whether to display the total count of votes. Either "yes" or "no"
linktype (none) linktype="owneralbums" What to show on the linkpage. Must be one out of "none", "owneralbums", "ownerphotos" or "upldrphotos"
fontsize (The setting in Basic settings -> Layout -> V: Fonts -> Item 10: Widget thumbs fontsize) fontsize="10" The size of the font used in the subtitles
lineheight (fontsize * 1.5) lineheight="15" The lineheight for the subtitles
height (200) height="120" The total height of the displayed images Staring at version 6.8.04 this value is the maximum for the width and the height of the image

The feature is also available as widget.
The first widget shows the best rated photos last year based on mean value.

The second widget shows the best rated photos this year based on number of max ratings.

The second widget shows the names (and links to all their photos) of the best photographers of last year, based on number of max ratings.

You can select various time periods, selection critera and display options.