Tie up your Jordans, put on your compression sleeve, and stretch out your hamstrings because it is time for Plugin Madness.

Plugin Madness 2023 logo.

Now in its eighth year, this bracket-style competition pits the best 64 WordPress plugins against each other to find the very best one.

But first, we need you!

To find our contenders we’re turning to the experts, the WordPress community, for Plugin Madness nominations. We want to find the hidden gems. Tell us about the plugins that solve an annoying problem, that make life easier, or that just work really well. Plugins will be sorted into four categories; Marketing, Optimization, Maintenance, and eCommerce.

Nominations will be open from February 6 – February 15. 

Our referees insist that all nominees must be:

Plugin Madness 2023 Nominations

Nominate your favorite WordPress plugins here!

  • Your email address will not be sold or used for commercial purposes.

After you send in your nominations, don’t forget to come back every week to vote. Voting kicks off February 27, and we’ll see who can score more than Kareem Abdul Jabar. Practice your free throws before a new game begins every Monday morning.

The schedule is as follows:

Week 1 (64): Feb 27

Week 2 (32) March 6

Week 3 (16): March 13

Week 4 (8): March 20

Week 5 (4): March 27

Week 6 (2): April 3

Week 7 (Winner announced): April 10

This year is going to be even bigger and better than ever and your nominations are going to make it a slam dunk. We can’t wait to see who makes the threes and who fouls out.

Swoosh!