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)
1355 vus
Gopalsamy-Sin-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
1081 vus
Gopalsamy-Sin-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
913 vus
Gopalsamy-Sinh-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
673 vus
Gopalsamy-4_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
602 vus
Gopalsamy-5.jpg (wppa-admin)
532 vus
Gopalsamy-5_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
491 vus
Gopalsamy-Exp-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
457 vus
Gopalsamy-Exp-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
419 vus
Gopalsamy-Exp-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
389 vus
Goat.jpg (wppa-admin)
360 vus
Gopalsamy-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
347 vus
Gopalsamy-1_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
326 vus
Gopalsamy-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
314 vus
Gopalsamy-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
299 vus
Gopalsamy-3.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 vus
Gopalsamy-4.jpg (wppa-admin)
276 vus
Ginger_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
259 vus
Glynn.jpg (wppa-admin)
241 vus
GlynnOut.jpg (wppa-admin)
240 vus
Ginger.jpg (wppa-admin)
1315 vus
Foton.jpg (wppa-admin)
1059 vus
Foton_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
886 vus
Galaxies.jpg (wppa-admin)
627 vus
Gamma.jpg (wppa-admin)
559 vus
General.jpg (wppa-admin)
508 vus
Fiddling-15.jpg (wppa-admin)
448 vus
Fiddling-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
426 vus
Fiddling-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
382 vus
Fiddling-22.jpg (wppa-admin)
362 vus
Fiddling-5.jpg (wppa-admin)
336 vus
Fire.jpg (wppa-admin)
325 vus
Fgz-Julia 16.jpg (wppa-admin)
303 vus
Fgz-Julia 17.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 vus
Fgz-Julia 18.jpg (wppa-admin)
278 vus
Fgz-Julia 19.jpg (wppa-admin)
268 vus
Fgz-Julia 20.jpg (wppa-admin)
259 vus
Fgz-Julia 13.jpg (wppa-admin)
249 vus
Fgz-Julia 14.jpg (wppa-admin)
236 vus
Fgz-Julia 15.jpg (wppa-admin)
230 vus
Fgz-Julia 12.jpg (wppa-admin)
1325 vus
Fermenta.jpg (wppa-admin)
1041 vus
Fgz-Julia 01.jpg (wppa-admin)
867 vus
Fgz-Julia 02.jpg (wppa-admin)
669 vus
Fgz-Julia 03.jpg (wppa-admin)
554 vus
Fgz-Julia 04.jpg (wppa-admin)
498 vus
Fgz-Julia 05.jpg (wppa-admin)
456 vus
Fgz-Julia 06.jpg (wppa-admin)
423 vus
Fgz-Julia 07.jpg (wppa-admin)
386 vus
Fgz-Julia 08.jpg (wppa-admin)
362 vus
Fgz-Julia 09.jpg (wppa-admin)
339 vus
Fgz-Julia 10.jpg (wppa-admin)
315 vus
Fgz-Julia 11.jpg (wppa-admin)
306 vus
Exp 03-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
289 vus
Exp 04-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
276 vus
Exp 04-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
267 vus
Exp 04-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
249 vus
Exp 04-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
237 vus
Exp 04-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
229 vus
Exp 04-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
216 vus
Exp 03-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
1326 vus
Exp 03-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
1046 vus
Exp 03-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
884 vus
Exp 03-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
619 vus
Exp 02-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
551 vus
Exp 02-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
494 vus
Exp 02-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
446 vus
Exp 02-03.jpg (wppa-admin)
412 vus
Exp 02-04.jpg (wppa-admin)
381 vus
Exp 02-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
361 vus
Exp 02-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
340 vus
Exp 02-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
324 vus
Exp 02-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
305 vus
Exp 02-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
292 vus
Exp 02-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
284 vus
Ent.jpg (wppa-admin)
273 vus
Equ.jpg (wppa-admin)
252 vus
Euler.jpg (wppa-admin)
237 vus
Euler_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
233 vus
Exotic.jpg (wppa-admin)
231 vus
Dharma.jpg (wppa-admin)
1330 vus
Eclipse.jpg (wppa-admin)
1065 vus
Eenheid.jpg (wppa-admin)
871 vus
Ei.jpg (wppa-admin)
654 vus
Elong.jpg (wppa-admin)
557 vus
Brian - 28.jpg (wppa-admin)
505 vus
Brian - 29.jpg (wppa-admin)
455 vus
Brian - 30.jpg (wppa-admin)
417 vus
Brian - 31.jpg (wppa-admin)
389 vus
C.jpg (wppa-admin)
355 vus
Castaway.jpg (wppa-admin)
355 vus
Chaos.jpg (wppa-admin)
325 vus
Circle.jpg (wppa-admin)
301 vus
Deltalog.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 vus
Demon.jpg (wppa-admin)
277 vus
Demon_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
264 vus
Brian - 24.jpg (wppa-admin)
258 vus
Brian - 25.jpg (wppa-admin)
242 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.