{"id":13491,"date":"2016-02-24T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=13491"},"modified":"2024-06-06T08:49:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T13:49:10","slug":"torque-plugin-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/torque-plugin-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Torque Plugin Madness: Vote For Your Favorite Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tip off for the 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/pluginmadness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torque Plugin Madness<\/a> tournament is next week, WordPressers, so bone up on your WordPress plugins and be ready to vote for your favorite plugins as they duke it out on the hardwood (or, in this case, the Internet) for plugin supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/IDtrbjgagR4<\/p>\n<p>Torque Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition modeled after the NCAA college basketball tournament, affectionately known as March Madness. We took the 64 most popular WordPress plugins, according to the official plugin directory, and randomly placed them into four groups representing regions\u2014The Pressers, The Wordees, The Extenders, and The Installers. How do you know it\u2019s random? We literally pulled the plugins\u2019 names from a box and stuck them to the board at random (check out the video to see).<\/p>\n<p>Voting opens on Tuesday, March 1 at <a href=\"http:\/\/pluginmadness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PluginMadness.com<\/a> (today, you can get a sneak peek of the first round). Voting for each round will last one week, so come back weekly to vote. We\u2019ll reveal the winner on Tuesday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rounds and when voting for each begins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 1: The Enchanting 64 (Round 1)<\/li>\n<li>March 8: The Thrilling 32 (Round 2)<\/li>\n<li>March 15: The Supreme 16 (Round 3)<\/li>\n<li>March 22: The Exceptional 8 (Round 4)<\/li>\n<li>March 29: The Phenomenal 4 (Semi-Finals)<\/li>\n<li>April 5: Championship<\/li>\n<li>April 12: Tournament Champion!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Along with bragging rights, the winner will receive a sweet trophy. Rally votes for your favorites (or for your own plugin, if it\u2019s part of the tournament). After you vote, tell the world on your social networks using the hashtag <strong>#pluginmadness<\/strong> for a chance to win an awesome Torque Magazine swag pack that will keep you looking great on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to stay tuned to <a href=\"http:\/\/torquemag.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torque<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Engine blog<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/pluginmadness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PluginMadness.com<\/a> for tournament news. You can also sign up to receive updates via email.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Upcoming Webinar: The WordPress Plugin Ecosystem<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/webinar-power-wordpress-plugins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13492\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PowerWPPlugins-690x270.png\" alt=\"PowerWPPlugins-690x270\" width=\"690\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PowerWPPlugins-690x270.png 690w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PowerWPPlugins-690x270-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PowerWPPlugins-690x270-303x119.png 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Want to learn more about some of your favorite WordPress plugins? We\u2019re hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, March 2 examining the WordPress plugin ecosystem. We\u2019ll look at how to choose the right plugins for your site and what goes into creating a killer plugin. We\u2019ll also look at how hosts like WP Engine work with plugins. Joining us to discuss their plugins will be very special guests (and Plugin Madness competitors):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>B Byrne,\u00a0CEO and Co-Founder, Clef;\u00a0Clef Two-Factor Authentication<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Aaron Campbell, Developer,\u00a0iThemes; iThemes Security<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bjorn Seaton, Digital Marketing Manager, WPMU DEV; WP Smush<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Joost de Valk, CEO and Founder, Yoast; Yoast SEO<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/hs.wpengine.com\/the-power-of-wordpress-plugins-webinar-blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register now<\/a> to reserve a seat for this exciting webinar.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tip off for the 2016 Torque Plugin Madness tournament is next week, WordPressers, so bone up on your WordPress plugins and be ready to vote for your favorite plugins as they duke it out on the hardwood (or, in this case, the Internet) for plugin supremacy. https:\/\/youtu.be\/IDtrbjgagR4 Torque Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition modeled<span class=\"tile__ellipses\">&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"tile__ellipses--animated\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":13493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[372,528,452],"tags":[645,24,453,350,35],"class_list":["post-13491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","category-plugins","category-webinar","tag-plugin-madness","tag-plugins","tag-torque","tag-webinar","tag-wordpress-plugins"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Torque Plugin Madness: Vote For Your Favorite Plugins | WP Engine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Join the excitement of Torque Plugin Madness. 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