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Hi there,

I haven’t tested this modification, but I believe it should work:

1. Go to Plugins > Editor and pick WordPress Popular Posts from the dropdown at the right.
2. Find:

   // * categories
   if ( !empty($instance['cat']) && $join_cats ) {
   	// ... rest of the code here

   … and replace it with:

   if ( empty($instance['cat']) ) {
   	global $your_global_category_variable_here;
   
   	if ( is_numeric($your_global_category_variable_here) )
   		$instance['cat'] = $your_global_category_variable_here;
   }
   
   // * categories
   if ( !empty($instance['cat']) && $join_cats ) {
   	// ... rest of the code here

3. Hit the Update file button to save changes.

Note that any modifications made to plugin’s code will be lost the next time WPP gets an upgrade.