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"]

Docs by subject•Best Of Photos•Slideshow array•Slideshow array-#14
4540
Fgz-Julia 12.jpg (wppa-admin)
1941 vus
4528
Fermenta.jpg (wppa-admin)
1111 vus
4529
Fgz-Julia 01.jpg (wppa-admin)
926 vus
4530
Fgz-Julia 02.jpg (wppa-admin)
711 vus
4531
Fgz-Julia 03.jpg (wppa-admin)
598 vus
4532
Fgz-Julia 04.jpg (wppa-admin)
536 vus
4533
Fgz-Julia 05.jpg (wppa-admin)
492 vus
4534
Fgz-Julia 06.jpg (wppa-admin)
456 vus
4535
Fgz-Julia 07.jpg (wppa-admin)
419 vus
4536
Fgz-Julia 08.jpg (wppa-admin)
391 vus
4537
Fgz-Julia 09.jpg (wppa-admin)
366 vus
4538
Fgz-Julia 10.jpg (wppa-admin)
342 vus
4539
Fgz-Julia 11.jpg (wppa-admin)
327 vus
4521
Exp 03-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
425 vus
4522
Exp 04-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
310 vus
4523
Exp 04-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
301 vus
4524
Exp 04-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
274 vus
4525
Exp 04-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
258 vus
4526
Exp 04-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
254 vus
4527
Exp 04-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
241 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.