{"id":76272,"date":"2019-03-12T16:52:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T21:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=76272"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T21:53:36","slug":"torques-plugin-madness-2019-vote-for-your-favorite-plugin-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/torques-plugin-madness-2019-vote-for-your-favorite-plugin-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Torque&#8217;s Plugin Madness 2019: Vote For Your Favorite Plugin Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the fourth year in a row,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/torquemag.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Torque Magazine<\/a>\u00a0is pitting plugin against plugin in a bracket-style competition to determine who is the king of the WordPress plugins. 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