Congratulations to our 2023 Plugin Madness winner, Advanced Custom Fields! ACF was the very first Plugin Madness winner in 2016, so it’s cool to see this legacy plugin come back and take the crown again!
The team just released an historical update that allows site developers to register custom post types and custom taxonomies from directly within the plugin.
ACF has over 4.5 million active users and has been a pillar in the WordPress community. The plugin has maintained a commitment to finding powerful ways for WordPress developers to create sites.
Thank you to everyone who nominated and voted.
Everyone give ACF a huge round of applause!
Past Plugin Madness Winners
Plugin Madness has been running for eight years and in that time, amazing winners have been crowned. Last year, first-time competitor The Plus Addons for Elementor had a slam dunk and brought home the prize.
In 2021, FluentCRM, another first timer, rose to the top. With popular page builder, Elementor, taking the crown in 2020 and 2019. Smush Image Optimization held the title in both 2018 and 2017.
Of course, we couldn’t talk about Plugin Madness without shouting out the very first winner, Advanced Custom Fields. ACF took the crown all the way back in 2016 and has made an appearance on the bracket every year since.