How about a skip option for [[plugins/inline]]? This would allow things like the following:
- \[[inline pages="news/*" show="5"]]
- \[[inline pages="news/*" skip="5" show="5" archive="yes"]]
+ \[[!inline pages="news/*" show="5"]]
+ \[[!inline pages="news/*" skip="5" show="5" archive="yes"]]
> I just wrote a patch. --Ethan