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)
1985 views
4518
Exp 03-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
1123 views
4519
Exp 03-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
934 views
4520
Exp 03-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
659 views
4506
Exp 02-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
592 views
4507
Exp 02-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
541 views
4508
Exp 02-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
481 views
4509
Exp 02-03.jpg (wppa-admin)
446 views
4510
Exp 02-04.jpg (wppa-admin)
414 views
4511
Exp 02-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
397 views
4512
Exp 02-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
369 views
4513
Exp 02-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
355 views
4514
Exp 02-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
329 views
4515
Exp 02-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
317 views
4516
Exp 02-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
315 views
4501
Ent.jpg (wppa-admin)
398 views
4502
Equ.jpg (wppa-admin)
293 views
4503
Euler.jpg (wppa-admin)
279 views
4504
Euler_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
260 views
4505
Exotic.jpg (wppa-admin)
256 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.