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"]
Aivazovsky-1835 (wl)
View of the Coast Near St. Petersburg
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Rating: 4.83
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Bogolyubov-1851-1 (wl)
wid na smolnyj monastyr s bolshoj ohty
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Bogolyubov-1851-2 (wl)
wid smolnogo monastyrja s bolshoj ohty
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Rating: 2.40
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Bogolyubov-1851-3 (wl)
zahwat katerom merkurij shwedskogo fregata wenus 21 maja 1789 goda
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Rating: 3.67
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Bogolyubov-1850-01 (wl)
e kronshtadt posle nawodnenija 7 nojabrja 1824 goda
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Bogolyubov-1850-02 (wl)
e kronshtadtskij rejd
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Bogolyubov-1850-03 (wl)
e lunnaja noch. bolshoj kanal w wenecii
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Bogolyubov-1850-04 (wl)
e lunnaja noch na newe bliz birzhi
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Bogolyubov-1850-05 (wl)
e naberezhnaja konstantinopolja
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Bogolyubov-1850-06 (wl)
e ostende
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Bogolyubov-1850-07 (wl)
e palermo
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Bogolyubov-1850-08 (wl)
e wenecija nochju
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Bogolyubov-1850-09 (wl)
kronshtadtskaja woennaja gawan posle nawodnenija. 1850 god
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Bogolyubov-1851-4 (wl)
kronshtadt
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Bogolyubov-1851-5 (wl)
wenecija
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Bogolyubov-1841 (wl)
boj 12-pushechnogo ljugera shirokij pod komandowaniem lejtenanta n.f.metlina s grecheskim 60-pushechnym korwetom skecija w monastyrskoj buhte (ostrow paros) 27 ijulja 1832 goda
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Bogolyubov-1845 (wl)
zahwat katerom merkurij shwedskogo fregata wenus 21 maja 1789 goda
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Bogolyubov-1847 (wl)
fregat pallada 1847 goda
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Bogolyubov-1848 (wl)
12 pushechnyj parohodofregat kamchatka
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Bogolyubov-1850-10 (wl)
e bereg morja (sorrento)
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Bogolyubov-1850-11 (wl)
e boj parohodofregata wladimir s turecko-egipetskim woennym parohodom perwaz-bahri 5 nojabrja 1853 goda
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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.