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)
1371 views
Gopalsamy-Sin-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
1085 views
Gopalsamy-Sin-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
914 views
Gopalsamy-Sinh-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
673 views
Gopalsamy-4_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
603 views
Gopalsamy-5.jpg (wppa-admin)
534 views
Gopalsamy-5_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
492 views
Gopalsamy-Exp-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
458 views
Gopalsamy-Exp-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
421 views
Gopalsamy-Exp-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
389 views
Goat.jpg (wppa-admin)
360 views
Gopalsamy-1.jpg (wppa-admin)
347 views
Gopalsamy-1_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
327 views
Gopalsamy-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
314 views
Gopalsamy-2_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
299 views
Gopalsamy-3.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 views
Gopalsamy-4.jpg (wppa-admin)
276 views
Ginger_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
259 views
Glynn.jpg (wppa-admin)
241 views
GlynnOut.jpg (wppa-admin)
241 views
Ginger.jpg (wppa-admin)
1331 views
Foton.jpg (wppa-admin)
1062 views
Foton_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
888 views
Galaxies.jpg (wppa-admin)
628 views
Gamma.jpg (wppa-admin)
559 views
General.jpg (wppa-admin)
509 views
Fiddling-15.jpg (wppa-admin)
449 views
Fiddling-2.jpg (wppa-admin)
427 views
Fiddling-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
383 views
Fiddling-22.jpg (wppa-admin)
362 views
Fiddling-5.jpg (wppa-admin)
338 views
Fire.jpg (wppa-admin)
326 views
Fgz-Julia 16.jpg (wppa-admin)
304 views
Fgz-Julia 17.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 views
Fgz-Julia 18.jpg (wppa-admin)
278 views
Fgz-Julia 19.jpg (wppa-admin)
268 views
Fgz-Julia 20.jpg (wppa-admin)
259 views
Fgz-Julia 13.jpg (wppa-admin)
249 views
Fgz-Julia 14.jpg (wppa-admin)
236 views
Fgz-Julia 15.jpg (wppa-admin)
230 views
Fgz-Julia 12.jpg (wppa-admin)
1343 views
Fermenta.jpg (wppa-admin)
1043 views
Fgz-Julia 01.jpg (wppa-admin)
871 views
Fgz-Julia 02.jpg (wppa-admin)
669 views
Fgz-Julia 03.jpg (wppa-admin)
555 views
Fgz-Julia 04.jpg (wppa-admin)
501 views
Fgz-Julia 05.jpg (wppa-admin)
456 views
Fgz-Julia 06.jpg (wppa-admin)
425 views
Fgz-Julia 07.jpg (wppa-admin)
386 views
Fgz-Julia 08.jpg (wppa-admin)
363 views
Fgz-Julia 09.jpg (wppa-admin)
340 views
Fgz-Julia 10.jpg (wppa-admin)
316 views
Fgz-Julia 11.jpg (wppa-admin)
306 views
Exp 03-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
289 views
Exp 04-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
276 views
Exp 04-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
267 views
Exp 04-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
249 views
Exp 04-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
237 views
Exp 04-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
229 views
Exp 04-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
216 views
Exp 03-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
1342 views
Exp 03-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
1049 views
Exp 03-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
886 views
Exp 03-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
619 views
Exp 02-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
552 views
Exp 02-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
494 views
Exp 02-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
446 views
Exp 02-03.jpg (wppa-admin)
415 views
Exp 02-04.jpg (wppa-admin)
381 views
Exp 02-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
361 views
Exp 02-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
341 views
Exp 02-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
325 views
Exp 02-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
305 views
Exp 02-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 views
Exp 02-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
284 views
Ent.jpg (wppa-admin)
273 views
Equ.jpg (wppa-admin)
252 views
Euler.jpg (wppa-admin)
237 views
Euler_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
233 views
Exotic.jpg (wppa-admin)
231 views
Dharma.jpg (wppa-admin)
1345 views
Eclipse.jpg (wppa-admin)
1069 views
Eenheid.jpg (wppa-admin)
873 views
Ei.jpg (wppa-admin)
655 views
Elong.jpg (wppa-admin)
557 views
Brian - 28.jpg (wppa-admin)
506 views
Brian - 29.jpg (wppa-admin)
458 views
Brian - 30.jpg (wppa-admin)
418 views
Brian - 31.jpg (wppa-admin)
391 views
C.jpg (wppa-admin)
355 views
Castaway.jpg (wppa-admin)
356 views
Chaos.jpg (wppa-admin)
325 views
Circle.jpg (wppa-admin)
301 views
Deltalog.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 views
Demon.jpg (wppa-admin)
278 views
Demon_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
265 views
Brian - 24.jpg (wppa-admin)
258 views
Brian - 25.jpg (wppa-admin)
242 views
Brian - 26.jpg (wppa-admin)
232 views
Brian - 27.jpg (wppa-admin)
226 views
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.