We are excited to declare Smush Image Compression Torque’s 2017 Plugin Madness Champion! In the final championship round, Smush Image Compression defeated WordPress security plugin WordFence, making it Torque’s 2017 Plugin Madness Champion. Smush Image Compression’s journey to victory was not without challenges. Last year, the plugin made it to the exceptional 8 but was ultimately knocked out by powerhouse plugin WooCommerce. This year it faced off in some suspenseful matchups throughout the competition but held its own along the way. The plugin knocked out EWWW Image Optimizer in a nail-biting round 1 before going on to beat Autoptimize — optimization […]

Last week we launched Torque’s 2017 Plugin Madness competition. People showed up to vote for their favorite plugins with the hope of helping them continue to the next round. There were some tough choices, and a lot of plugins were eliminated, but we are now onto Round 2. With six weeks left, we’re down to just 32 plugins. You have seven days to cast your vote. Vote for your favorite plugins now Here are the matchups to look forward to this week: WooCommerce Vs. OptinMonster Google Analytics Vs. Yoast SEO All In One WP Migration Vs. iThemes Security FooGallery Vs. FV Flowplayer […]

Let the madness begin! Voting for Torque’s 2017 Plugin Madness is now open. Modeled after the NCAA college basketball tournament March Madness, we use a bracket-based voting system to pit plugins against one another each week. This year we asked you to nominate your favorite plugins, and today we’re happy to kick things off with an impressive lineup of plugins. Head on over to pluginmadness.com to vote for your favorite plugins now. Vote for your favorite plugins here The voting schedule is as follows: March 7: The Enchanting 64 (Round 1) March 14: The Thrilling 32 (Round 2) March 21: […]

QuickBooks is one of the most popular accounting software packages in the world, backed by enterprise powerhouse Intuit. The domain quickbooks.intuit.com is not only the gateway to purchasing the software but it also houses QuickBooks’ content strategy, aiming to engage current customers and acquire new ones. Portions of quickbooks.intuit.com use WordPress, namely the Quickbooks Resource Center, Quickbooks University, and the Official Product Blog. According to Sr. Web Architect at Intuit Jake Martin, the sites are hosted in roughly 15 different locations and languages. “These sites are hosted on WordPress because our team (SEO/Content Marketing) needed a tool that was easy to use, easy […]

WordCamp US 2016 took place over the weekend in the heart of Philadelphia. Let’s look back at the Twitter highlights from day two of the event. [View the story “WordCamp US 2016: Day 2 In Tweets ” on Storify] Check out our recap of day 1 in tweets here!