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)
1873 vus
4518
Exp 03-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
1077 vus
4519
Exp 03-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
908 vus
4520
Exp 03-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
638 vus
4506
Exp 02-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
572 vus
4507
Exp 02-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
515 vus
4508
Exp 02-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
460 vus
4509
Exp 02-03.jpg (wppa-admin)
426 vus
4510
Exp 02-04.jpg (wppa-admin)
391 vus
4511
Exp 02-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
374 vus
4512
Exp 02-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
350 vus
4513
Exp 02-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
335 vus
4514
Exp 02-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
311 vus
4515
Exp 02-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
299 vus
4516
Exp 02-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 vus
4501
Ent.jpg (wppa-admin)
379 vus
4502
Equ.jpg (wppa-admin)
275 vus
4503
Euler.jpg (wppa-admin)
258 vus
4504
Euler_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
243 vus
4505
Exotic.jpg (wppa-admin)
238 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.