TheCubist

I would STILL suggest keeping the two entities separate, but if you choose not to, what I would then suggest is having a simple check box or something in the “settings” for “Legacy Version” which would change everything back to the prior version.

As for the “categories” and “tags,” my only (albeit minor) complaint is that it lists them all, and then it’s up to me to choose which ones to include. In my case, this is a bit of a hassle, because I have to select them all and then DEselect the ones I don’t want to use, since I primarily use the plugin to display nearly ALL categories on my site and need to exclude only a few. But again, this is a minor grievance; the previous version was pretty much perfect!

I agree. This “update” has ruined a great thing. I had zero problems with it and it was one of the few things I could “set and forget” on my site.

In addition, the entire interface is much less user friendly. In the previous version, sure, the “categories” and “tags” boxes could’ve used some improvement but at least it was intuitive and workable. This new version relies far too heavily on user know-how and supplemental documentation. In addition, the “thumbnail” is far too big right out of the box. The customizable option in the previous version was *perfect.*

I agree whole heartedly with the above post. This is not an update, this is an overhaul. It ought to be regarded as a completely different plugin. To your (the developer’s) credit, you already had one of the most hassle-free widgets I’ve had the pleasure of using, and now, like so many others, it’s become a bit too obfuscated.

Luckily, issues like this in the past have taught me to religiously back up my entire plugins directory. Looks like I’ll have to deal with my one more eternally pending plugin update, but that’s life.