Ticket #12981: 12981.diff

wp-includes/category-template.php

@@ -429 +429 @@
         if ( !isset( $r['pad_counts'] ) && $r['show_count'] && $r['hierarchical'] )
                 $r['pad_counts'] = true;
 
-        if ( true == $r['hierarchical'] ) {
+        if ( true == $r['hierarchical'] && empty( $r['exclude_tree'] ) ) {
                 $r['exclude_tree'] = $r['exclude'];
                 $r['exclude'] = '';
         }