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-#16
4577
Gopalsamy-Sin-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
1929 vus
4578
Gopalsamy-Sin-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
1157 vus
4579
Gopalsamy-Sin-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
967 vus
4580
Gopalsamy-Sinh-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
722 vus
4571
Gopalsamy-4_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
646 vus
4572
Gopalsamy-5.jpg (wppa-admin)
567 vus
4573
Gopalsamy-5_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
525 vus
4574
Gopalsamy-Exp-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
485 vus
4575
Gopalsamy-Exp-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
450 vus
4576
Gopalsamy-Exp-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
418 vus
4564
Goat.jpg (wppa-admin)
387 vus
4565
Gopalsamy-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
377 vus
4566
Gopalsamy-1_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
358 vus
4567
Gopalsamy-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
339 vus
4568
Gopalsamy-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
327 vus
4569
Gopalsamy-3.jpg (wppa-admin)
316 vus
4570
Gopalsamy-4.jpg (wppa-admin)
298 vus
4561
Ginger_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
378 vus
4562
Glynn.jpg (wppa-admin)
276 vus
4563
GlynnOut.jpg (wppa-admin)
274 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.