First off, I’d like to say thank you for a great plugin!
I completely agree with audvin and have the same exact issue. I have very large sites with many categories. I call the get_mostpopular() function in php for select category pages AND all posts within those categories; My get_mostpopular() calls are almost unmanageable at this point and it would be fantastic if you were to consider adding some sort of an “include” functionality.
Anyway, I propose that you rename “exclude-cats” parameter to “filter-cats” and add another parameter called “filter-style” with 2 possible values: “exclude” or “include”. This would eliminate the case where someone may accidentally use both exclude and include calls.
Widgets are for AOL users ??
Ragards,
Misha