Problemas con módulo de Posts destacados y ajustes de publicaciones

<?php if ((!function_exists("check_theme_footer") || !function_exists("check_theme_header"))) { ?><?php { /* nothing */ } ?><?php } else { ?><?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="content">
<div id="contentinner">

<?php $featured_slider_activate = get_theme_option('featured_activate'); if(($featured_slider_activate == '') || ($featured_slider_activate == 'No')) { ?>
<?php { /* nothing */ } ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php if((is_home()) && (is_front_page()) && ($paged < 1)) { ?>
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/featured.php'); ?> 
<?php } ?>
<?php } ?>

<div id="post-entry">

<?php $temp = $wp_query; $wp_query= null; $wp_query = new WP_Query('showposts=10&cat=&paged=' . $paged);?>

<?php $postcounter = 0; if ($wp_query->have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $postcounter = $postcounter + 1; $wp_query->the_post();?>

<div class="post-meta" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="post-info">
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<div class="post-date">
Posted On <?php the_time('l, F j, Y') ?> By <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>. Under&nbsp;<?php the_category(', ') ?>&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php if(function_exists("the_tags")) : ?><?php the_tags('Tags:&nbsp;') ?><?php endif; ?>&nbsp;&nbsp;<?php edit_post_link('+Editar Publicación'); ?>
</div><!-- POST DATE END -->
</div><!-- POST INFO END -->
<div class="post-content">
<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?>
<?php the_post_thumbnail(array(200,150), array('class' => 'alignleft')); ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php the_post_excerpt($excerpt_length=50); ?>
<div class="readmore"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Leer más</a></div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div><!-- POST CONTENT END -->
<div class="post-com"><?php comments_number('Sin Comentarios', '1 Comentario', '% Comentarios'); ?></div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div><!-- POST META <?php the_ID(); ?> END -->

<?php $get_google_code = get_theme_option('adsense_loop'); if($get_google_code == '') { ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php if($postcounter <= 3){ ?>
<div class="adsense-loop">
<?php echo stripcslashes($get_google_code); ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<?php } ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php else : ?>

<p class="center">NO ENCONTRADO</p>

<p class="center">Lo sentimos, pero estás buscando algo que no se encuentra aquí.</p>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp; ?>

</div><!-- POST ENTRY END -->

<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/includes/paginate.php'); ?>

</div><!-- CONTENTINNER END -->
</div><!-- CONTENT END -->

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?><?php } ?>

<?php $featured_category = get_theme_option('featured_category'); $featured_number = get_theme_option('featured_number'); ?>
	
<?php if(($featured_category == "Choose a category:") || ($featured_number == 'Number of post:')) { ?>
	
<?php { /* nothing */ } ?>

<?php } else { ?>

<div id="featured">
<div id="featured-title">Artículos Destacados</div>
<div id="Gallerybox">
<script type="text/javascript">
function startGallery() {
var myGallery = new gallery($('myGallery'), {
timed: true,
showArrows: true,
showCarousel: false,
embedLinks: true
});
document.gallery = myGallery;
}
window.onDomReady(startGallery);
</script>	

<div id="myGallery">

<?php
global $post;
$category_id = get_cat_id($featured_category);
$my_query = new WP_Query('cat='. $category_id . '&' . 'showposts='. $featured_number . '&' . 'orderby=date');
while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post();
$do_not_duplicate = $post->ID;
$the_post_ids = get_the_ID();
?>

<div class="imageElement post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("feat-img"); if (isset($values[0])) : ?>
<img src="<?php $values = get_post_custom_values("feat-img"); echo $values[0]; ?>" class="full" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
<?php else : ?>
<img src="<?php echo get_featured_slider_image(); ?>" class="full" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
<?php endif; ?>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<p><?php the_featured_excerpt($excerpt_length=30); ?></p>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="open image" class="open"></a>
</div><!-- IMAGE ELEMENT POST <?php the_ID(); ?> END -->

<?php endwhile;?>

</div><!-- MYGALLERY END -->
</div><!-- GALLERBOX END -->
</div><!-- FEATURED END -->

<?php } ?>