Before ACE provided page exclusion I excluded some concrete pages (say, with id 1200 and 3000) from a list in my header.php utilizing the template-tag
wp_list_pages('exclude=1200,3000');
Immediate after installing the new version of ACE this is broken or at least is overridden in some way. Obviously I can go to plugin config to re-enable exclusion but I need to enable exclusion in various places to achieve the same effect as by using the mentioned template-tag. Furthermore I realized it only after a few days. In the meantime the hidden pages had been visible to everyone.
So to ensure compatibility with themes I suggest the plugin should respect exclusions made by this (and possible other) tags.
~~~ Cheers