when will this be available in WordPress.org? The zip file above is requiring me to remove the old instance before installing. I am hesitant to do this for something on our home page
Thanks for the quick reply.
The settings did finally stick. It appears that there is a long delay (several minutes in my case) before they are actually saved to the database. I assume some optimization is going on in the background and the settings get saved late in the process.
Anyway, it seems to work now. thanks!