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)
1777 views
4518
Exp 03-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
1072 views
4519
Exp 03-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
903 views
4520
Exp 03-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
635 views
4506
Exp 02-01.jpg (wppa-admin)
569 views
4507
Exp 02-01_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
513 views
4508
Exp 02-02.jpg (wppa-admin)
458 views
4509
Exp 02-03.jpg (wppa-admin)
425 views
4510
Exp 02-04.jpg (wppa-admin)
390 views
4511
Exp 02-08.jpg (wppa-admin)
373 views
4512
Exp 02-08_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
347 views
4513
Exp 02-19.jpg (wppa-admin)
334 views
4514
Exp 02-19_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
310 views
4515
Exp 02-20.jpg (wppa-admin)
298 views
4516
Exp 02-20_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
292 views
4501
Ent.jpg (wppa-admin)
376 views
4502
Equ.jpg (wppa-admin)
274 views
4503
Euler.jpg (wppa-admin)
252 views
4504
Euler_alt.jpg (wppa-admin)
243 views
4505
Exotic.jpg (wppa-admin)
237 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.