The votes have been counted, the results are in and the winners of the inaugural WPMU plugin contest are:
For the ‘people’s choice’ prize…
First place: AJAX CommentLuv plugin for MU
US$250 from the team at Blogli.co.il
US$100 from Trent Adams
WPMU DEV Premium yearly account
Second place: Yet Another Recent Posts Plugin
US$50 from Ron and Andrea at WPMU Tutorials
Third place: Collaboration E-mails Plugin
Deep Blue Developer pack
And, as judged by the WPMU.org team..
First place: Toggle Admin Menus Sitewide
US$250 from Incsub
US$200 from Lisa Sabin-Wilson
Deep Blue Developer pack
WPMU DEV Premium yearly account
Second place: Yet Another Recent Posts Plugin
US$50 from Kevin Gormley at MyLocalCause.com
Deep Blue Developer pack
Third place: Collaboration E-mails Plugin
WPMU DEV Premium yearly account
US$20 (student contribution) from Marquis Hunt
And judges special mention goes to: WordPress MU Domain Mapping which receives a WPMU DEV Premium yearly account.
Go here to view all the entries.
We also threw in two more WPMU DEV Premium yearly accounts to make thing balance out nicely :)
We’re not entirely sure exactly which one to pick for the social media plugin from Prylkoll.se (which is a part of is a part of Bloggverket.se), so we’ll let them announce that in the comments :)
Update: Bloggverket.se has decided to agree with the people and name CommentLuv the most social plugin in this competition.
And remember there’s a free premium theme for every plugin author… just for participating! From Blog Design Studio.
Please contact your prize donor to claim your reward for a job well done!
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Bah! :P
Grats to the winners! :)
hurray I win! just waiting to hear back from the prize sponsors yey!
thanks to all those that voted
A big thanks to WPMU.org for hosting this and inspiring a big push in WPMU plugin development.
Thanks to those that contribute comments that help troubleshoot the plugins. WPMU plugin testers have been wise, kind, and encouraging. Thanks to Incsub and wpmudev.org for providing a place to bash things out.
Congratulations to all of the developers and kudos on a job well done!
dsader – special congrats to you, as it looks like I’m the prize sponsor for your plugin :) Please contact me at lisa AT lisasabin-wilson DOT com with your details. Job well done!
Congrats to all the winners and all that entered this wonderful contest. It is great to see the community doing things like this to further development for everyone’s benefit!
Congrats to Andy. I guess I’ll have to try his plugin now:) Thanks to Dsader for his simple yet very-very-very useful solutions. Thanks to all developers for all the amazing plugins they contributed to WPMU community. Thumbs up for Incsub.
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Hey, very interesting post.
My written English is not so good so I write in German:
“Lieber den Spatz in der Hand, als die Taube auf dem Dach.”
Yours sincerely
Leukozyten
Commentluv is a great plugin, and a deserved winner. Well done Andy!