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"]
Gopalsamy-Sin-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
1377 vus
Gopalsamy-Sin-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
1089 vus
Gopalsamy-Sin-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
917 vus
Gopalsamy-Sinh-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
676 vus
Gopalsamy-4_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
605 vus
Gopalsamy-5.jpg (wppa-admin)
536 vus
Gopalsamy-5_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
494 vus
Gopalsamy-Exp-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
460 vus
Gopalsamy-Exp-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
423 vus
Gopalsamy-Exp-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
391 vus
Goat.jpg (wppa-admin)
361 vus
Gopalsamy-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
348 vus
Gopalsamy-1_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
328 vus
Gopalsamy-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
315 vus
Gopalsamy-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
300 vus
Gopalsamy-3.jpg (wppa-admin)
294 vus
Gopalsamy-4.jpg (wppa-admin)
277 vus
Ginger_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
260 vus
Glynn.jpg (wppa-admin)
241 vus
GlynnOut.jpg (wppa-admin)
241 vus
Ginger.jpg (wppa-admin)
1337 vus
Foton.jpg (wppa-admin)
1066 vus
Foton_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
891 vus
Galaxies.jpg (wppa-admin)
631 vus
Gamma.jpg (wppa-admin)
561 vus
General.jpg (wppa-admin)
511 vus
Fiddling-15.jpg (wppa-admin)
451 vus
Fiddling-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
429 vus
Fiddling-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
385 vus
Fiddling-22.jpg (wppa-admin)
364 vus
Fiddling-5.jpg (wppa-admin)
339 vus
Fire.jpg (wppa-admin)
327 vus
Fgz-Julia 16.jpg (wppa-admin)
305 vus
Fgz-Julia 17.jpg (wppa-admin)
294 vus
Fgz-Julia 18.jpg (wppa-admin)
279 vus
Fgz-Julia 19.jpg (wppa-admin)
269 vus
Fgz-Julia 20.jpg (wppa-admin)
260 vus
Fgz-Julia 13.jpg (wppa-admin)
250 vus
Fgz-Julia 14.jpg (wppa-admin)
236 vus
Fgz-Julia 15.jpg (wppa-admin)
230 vus
Fgz-Julia 12.jpg (wppa-admin)
1349 vus
Fermenta.jpg (wppa-admin)
1047 vus
Fgz-Julia 01.jpg (wppa-admin)
874 vus
Fgz-Julia 02.jpg (wppa-admin)
672 vus
Fgz-Julia 03.jpg (wppa-admin)
557 vus
Fgz-Julia 04.jpg (wppa-admin)
503 vus
Fgz-Julia 05.jpg (wppa-admin)
458 vus
Fgz-Julia 06.jpg (wppa-admin)
427 vus
Fgz-Julia 07.jpg (wppa-admin)
388 vus
Fgz-Julia 08.jpg (wppa-admin)
365 vus
Fgz-Julia 09.jpg (wppa-admin)
341 vus
Fgz-Julia 10.jpg (wppa-admin)
317 vus
Fgz-Julia 11.jpg (wppa-admin)
307 vus
Exp 03-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
290 vus
Exp 04-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
277 vus
Exp 04-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
268 vus
Exp 04-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
250 vus
Exp 04-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
238 vus
Exp 04-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
229 vus
Exp 04-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
216 vus
Exp 03-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
1348 vus
Exp 03-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
1053 vus
Exp 03-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
889 vus
Exp 03-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
622 vus
Exp 02-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
554 vus
Exp 02-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
496 vus
Exp 02-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
448 vus
Exp 02-03.jpg (wppa-admin)
417 vus
Exp 02-04.jpg (wppa-admin)
383 vus
Exp 02-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
363 vus
Exp 02-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
342 vus
Exp 02-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
326 vus
Exp 02-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
306 vus
Exp 02-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
294 vus
Exp 02-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
285 vus
Ent.jpg (wppa-admin)
274 vus
Equ.jpg (wppa-admin)
253 vus
Euler.jpg (wppa-admin)
238 vus
Euler_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
233 vus
Exotic.jpg (wppa-admin)
231 vus
Dharma.jpg (wppa-admin)
1351 vus
Eclipse.jpg (wppa-admin)
1073 vus
Eenheid.jpg (wppa-admin)
876 vus
Ei.jpg (wppa-admin)
658 vus
Elong.jpg (wppa-admin)
559 vus
Brian - 28.jpg (wppa-admin)
508 vus
Brian - 29.jpg (wppa-admin)
460 vus
Brian - 30.jpg (wppa-admin)
420 vus
Brian - 31.jpg (wppa-admin)
393 vus
C.jpg (wppa-admin)
357 vus
Castaway.jpg (wppa-admin)
357 vus
Chaos.jpg (wppa-admin)
326 vus
Circle.jpg (wppa-admin)
302 vus
Deltalog.jpg (wppa-admin)
294 vus
Demon.jpg (wppa-admin)
279 vus
Demon_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
266 vus
Brian - 24.jpg (wppa-admin)
259 vus
Brian - 25.jpg (wppa-admin)
243 vus
Brian - 26.jpg (wppa-admin)
232 vus
Brian - 27.jpg (wppa-admin)
226 vus
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.