herooutoftime

I managed this by adding a filter as mentioned in the docs.

<?php
add_filter('upw_wp_query_args', 'upw_query', 10, 3);

function upw_query($args, $instance, $base) {

	$arguments = array();

	switch ($instance['template_custom']) {
		case 'footer/media':
			$arguments = array(
				'tax_query' => array(
					array(
						'taxonomy' => 'partner-type',
						'field'    => 'slug',
						'terms'    => 'media',
					),
				),
			);
			break;
		case 'footer/partner':
			$arguments = array(
				'tax_query' => array(
					array(
						'taxonomy' => 'partner-type',
						'field'    => 'slug',
						'terms'    => array('media', 'featured'),
						'operator' => 'NOT IN',
					),
				),
			);
			break;
		default:
			# code...
			break;
	}
	return array_merge($args, $arguments);
}
?>