{"id":80086,"date":"2019-04-29T12:31:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=80086"},"modified":"2019-04-29T12:31:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T17:31:45","slug":"elementor-wins-torques-2019-plugin-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/elementor-wins-torques-2019-plugin-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Elementor Wins Torque&#8217;s 2019 Plugin Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nominations were submitted, brackets were created, and votes were cast. <a href=\"https:\/\/torquemag.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Torque Magazine (opens in a new tab)\">Torque Magazine<\/a> has wrapped up its fourth-annual Plugin Madness competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition that starts off with 64 plugins split into 4 groups: eCommerce, Maintenance, Optimization, and Marketing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past two years, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-smushit\/\" target=\"_blank\">WPMU Dev\u2019s Smush Image Compression<\/a> has beat out competitors and won Plugin Madness. This year, however, there&#8217;s a new champion. We are excited to announce that your 2019 Plugin Madness titleholder is frontend page builder, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elementor<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQsC1SOG-kI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elementor was created to help designers and developers create anything on WordPress without restrictions. Elementor gives you the power to design on the frontend with real-time results. 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