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"]

4496
Dharma.jpg (wppa-admin)
1758 views
4497
Eclipse.jpg (wppa-admin)
1095 views
4498
Eenheid.jpg (wppa-admin)
890 views
4499
Ei.jpg (wppa-admin)
670 views
4500
Elong.jpg (wppa-admin)
569 views
4485
Brian - 28.jpg (wppa-admin)
521 views
4486
Brian - 29.jpg (wppa-admin)
472 views
4487
Brian - 30.jpg (wppa-admin)
431 views
4488
Brian - 31.jpg (wppa-admin)
399 views
4489
C.jpg (wppa-admin)
367 views
4490
Castaway.jpg (wppa-admin)
366 views
4491
Chaos.jpg (wppa-admin)
332 views
4492
Circle.jpg (wppa-admin)
310 views
4493
Deltalog.jpg (wppa-admin)
307 views
4494
Demon.jpg (wppa-admin)
288 views
4495
Demon_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
272 views
4481
Brian - 24.jpg (wppa-admin)
364 views
4482
Brian - 25.jpg (wppa-admin)
258 views
4483
Brian - 26.jpg (wppa-admin)
247 views
4484
Brian - 27.jpg (wppa-admin)
233 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.