Hhuntington2

I also ran into this problem. It happened around the time (feb 1 or 2nd) I set my domain to force https if that matters. I will enter a ticket.
Get an error: Could not fetch future share timer.

I’ve been trying to get a response on this for some time with no luck. I’ve had a little success with modifying the wp_widget_category_control function but this is a rough hack and I haven’t been able to make work fully. I too would like to exclude certain categories in the widgets. Good luck and if you have any success, please post. I will do the same.

hmmm, bump!

I’m having a similar problem. I’m trying to add a text box to allow me to use the ‘exclude’ parameter, but I can only seem to get it to populate the database for my Category 2 widget (I’ve got Category 1, 2, and 3). I’ve been poking around in the wp_widgets_category_control function but can’t seem to make it work. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

I guess what I really need to know is where/what handles the form in wp_widget_categories_control (the function that immediately below wp_widget_categories) when it is submitted.
I can put a text box for exclude in the form so that it appears in the admin but I can’t seem to noodle out the trail from there.

I’m a newbie to wordpress and just a neophyte programmer, but doesn’t the admin panel in 2.3 (presentation/widgets) allow you to put several categories widgets on the sidebar and give you the ability to modify each one’s Title, Count, and Dropdown values? Shouldn’t you just be able to add an “Exclude” text box to the form this is reading and propogate it through the rest of the functions?
I’ve been trying to do this but I’m not having much success figuring out the path. Could you post the code you used to be able to exclude the category IDs?
Thanks