I’ve just released version 1.6 of the Tag Dropdown Widget. This update is available in the WordPress plugins repository and includes a number of important updates.

First, a new function (TDW_direct) for use with non-widgetized themes is included. Using this function, users can trim long tag names, display post counts, and exclude specific tags directly from the function.

Second, two XHTML validation errors are corrected.

Finally, a number of important changes to the code structure were made to facilitate future updates.

The old direct-implementation function is still included in this version for compatibility purposes, but makeTagDropdown will be phased out in a future version.