How to filter featured listings by category

Hi,

I used to have featured listings working with [LISTINGS dataonly=1 custom=”featured” cat=”id”]. However I have installed 3rd party plug-in (similar to icodes). Not sure whether the problem is because of third party plug-in or not. Now, I am not able to see featured listings using [LISTINGS dataonly=1 custom=”featured”]. However after several attempts with the help of this forum, [LISTINGS query=”meta_key=featured&meta_value=yes” ] is giving me featured listings. But, I am unable to filter by category.

Can someone help me?

Also, in one of the post, I see that we can use [LISTINGS dataonly=1 show=8 custom=”endsooncoupon” ] for expiring coupons. But it shows random listings. Any idea?

Thanks
Bharath