{"id":14778,"date":"2016-04-12T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=14778"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T20:01:39","slug":"acf-defeats-woocommerce-wins-torque-plugin-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/acf-defeats-woocommerce-wins-torque-plugin-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"ACF Defeats WooCommerce, Wins Torque Plugin Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning championship battle, Advanced Custom Fields emerged the victor over powerhouse plugin WooCommerce to win&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pluginmadness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torque Plugin Madness<\/a>, the ultimate WordPress plugin competition.<\/p>\n<p>Advanced Customer Fields\u2019 road to victory&nbsp;wasn\u2019t without challenges. The WordPress plugin eliminated WP Multibyte Patch in the first round to face BackWPup Free \u2013 WordPress Backup Plugin in round 2. After defeating BackWPup Free, Advanced Customer Fields defeated Ninja Forms in the Supreme 16 round. In it\u2019s closest battle, Advanced Custom Fields squared off against the formidable Yoast SEO in the Exceptional 8 round, only to meet The Events Calendar in the Phenomenal 4.<\/p>\n<p>In the championship match, Advanced Custom Fields took a staggering 77 percent of the votes to claim crown and defeat WooCommerce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14780\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM-1024x771.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-12 at 7.08.00 AM\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM-191x144.png 191w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM-753x567.png 753w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Screen-Shot-2016-04-12-at-7.08.00-AM.png 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please join us in congratulating Advanced Customer Fields (and the plugin\u2019s author <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elliotcondon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elliot Condon<\/a>), the Torque Plugin Madness 2016 Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Want to relive the action? Head over to PluginMadness.com to view the matchups and check out Advanced Custom Fields\u2019 journey. And we still have some sweet limited edition Torque swag left, use the hashtag <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pluginmadness?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#pluginmadness<\/a><\/strong> when you tweet about the tournament for a chance to win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/torquemag.io\/2016\/04\/use-advanced-custom-fields-depth-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about Advanced Custom Fields<\/a> in this terrific Torque tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning championship battle, Advanced Custom Fields emerged the victor over powerhouse plugin WooCommerce to win&nbsp;Torque Plugin Madness, the ultimate WordPress plugin competition. Advanced Customer Fields\u2019 road to victory&nbsp;wasn\u2019t without challenges. 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