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"]

4517
Exp 03-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
1919 views
4518
Exp 03-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
1102 views
4519
Exp 03-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
922 views
4520
Exp 03-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
652 views
4506
Exp 02-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
585 views
4507
Exp 02-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
535 views
4508
Exp 02-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
475 views
4509
Exp 02-03.jpg (wppa-admin)
442 views
4510
Exp 02-04.jpg (wppa-admin)
409 views
4511
Exp 02-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
391 views
4512
Exp 02-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
366 views
4513
Exp 02-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
353 views
4514
Exp 02-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
327 views
4515
Exp 02-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
315 views
4516
Exp 02-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
310 views
4501
Ent.jpg (wppa-admin)
396 views
4502
Equ.jpg (wppa-admin)
291 views
4503
Euler.jpg (wppa-admin)
278 views
4504
Euler_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
256 views
4505
Exotic.jpg (wppa-admin)
250 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.