You should go to /ow_plugins/photo/views/components/photo_list_widget.html file and make the following changes:

1. comment the following strings:
<div class="ow_lp_photos ow_center" id="{$items.featured.contId}" style="display: none">
        {foreach from=$featured item='p'}<a class="ow_lp_wrapper" rel="{$p.id}" href="{url_for_route for="view_photo:[id=>`$p.id`]"}"><img src="{$p.url}" /></a>{foreachelse}
            {$nocontent} 
        {/foreach}
    </div>

    {if $latest}
    <div class="ow_lp_photos ow_center" id="{$items.latest.contId}">
        {foreach from=$latest item='p'}<a class="ow_lp_wrapper" rel="{$p.id}" href="{url_for_route for="view_photo:[id=>`$p.id`]"}"><img src="{$p.url}" /></a>{foreachelse}
            {$nocontent}
        {/foreach}
    </div>
    {/if}

2. remove the style="display: none" for the toprated clause.
3. comment the following strings:

{if $featured}<div id="photo-widget-toolbar-featured" style="display: none">{decorator name='box_toolbar' itemList=$toolbars.featured}</div>{/if}
{if $latest}<div id="photo-widget-toolbar-latest" style="display: none">{decorator name='box_toolbar' itemList=$toolbars.latest}</div>{/if}

@Daysi,

Thank you for you post, but are we on the same version?, this is have what I got.. I don't latest "statement":

<div id="photo_list_widget">

    {if $latest || $featured || $toprated} {if isset($menu)}{$menu}{/if} {/if}
   
    {capture assign='nocontent'}
       <div class="ow_nocontent">{text key='photo+no_photo'}, <a href="{url_for for="PHOTO_CTRL_Upload:index"}">{text key='photo+add_new'}</a></div>
    {/capture}
   
    <div class="ow_lp_photos ow_center" id="{$items.latest.contId}">
        {foreach from=$latest item='p'}<a class="ow_lp_wrapper" rel="{$p.id}" href="{url_for_route for="view_photo:[id=>`$p.id`]"}"><img src="{$p.url}" /></a>{foreachelse}
            {$nocontent}
        {/foreach}
    </div>

    {if $featured}
    <div class="ow_lp_photos ow_center" id="{$items.featured.contId}" style="display: none">
        {foreach from=$featured item='p'}<a class="ow_lp_wrapper" rel="{$p.id}" href="{url_for_route for="view_photo:[id=>`$p.id`]"}"><img src="{$p.url}" /></a>{foreachelse}
            {$nocontent} 
        {/foreach}
    </div>
    {/if}
   
    <div class="ow_lp_photos ow_center" id="{$items.toprated.contId}" style="display: none">
        {foreach from=$toprated item='p'}<a class="ow_lp_wrapper" rel="{$p.id}" href="{url_for_route for="view_photo:[id=>`$p.id`]"}"><img src="{$p.url}" /></a>{foreachelse}
            {$nocontent}  
        {/foreach}
    </div>

    {if $latest}<div id="photo-widget-toolbar-latest" style="display: none">{decorator name='box_toolbar' itemList=$toolbars.latest}</div>{/if}
    {if $featured}<div id="photo-widget-toolbar-featured" style="display: none">{decorator name='box_toolbar' itemList=$toolbars.featured}</div>{/if}   
    {if $toprated}<div id="photo-widget-toolbar-top-rated" style="display: none">{decorator name='box_toolbar' itemList=$toolbars.toprated}</div>{/if}
   
</div>

The code you've provided is similar to mine. All you need is to comment the following strings:

  <div class="ow_lp_photos ow_center" id="{$items.latest.contId}">
        {foreach from=$latest item='p'}<a class="ow_lp_wrapper" rel="{$p.id}" href="{url_for_route for="view_photo:[id=>`$p.id`]"}"><img src="{$p.url}" /></a>{foreachelse}
            {$nocontent}
        {/foreach}
    </div>

    {if $featured}
    <div class="ow_lp_photos ow_center" id="{$items.featured.contId}" style="display: none">
        {foreach from=$featured item='p'}<a class="ow_lp_wrapper" rel="{$p.id}" href="{url_for_route for="view_photo:[id=>`$p.id`]"}"><img src="{$p.url}" /></a>{foreachelse}
            {$nocontent} 
        {/foreach}
    </div>
    {/if}

Thanks , again for you kind support..

I ended up doing the following:

used paste bin photo_list_widget.html

Add CSS directive to of display:none to div id with variable id="{$items.latest.contId}" and change CSS directive to div with variable {$items.toprated.contId} to display:block , and finally go to  ow_plugins\photo\components\photo_list_widget.php edit this file.

Find $menuItems['latest'] array and comment 'active' => false  properties.
then
Find $menuItems['toprated'] array and add propertie 'active' => true should be all we need to edit.
it should look like this:

photo_list_widget.php

Hopes this helps some other soul..

reiterate my gratitude Daysi.

You are always welcome.

Hi. My web site's photo widget not show. What can I do?
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Yaşar Taner, if your question is not related to the modification discussed in this topic, I recommend reporting your issue in "Bugs Reports & Troubleshooting" section of our forum.

Hi is this still the same in the recent plugin version?

i also want top rated as standaard in the photos widget

Changes a little bit.. I can't even remember where I found them..