Epic Win: BSF Products Shine Bright at the WP Awards 2023

2023 has been a big year for Brainstorm Force and it’s good to end on a high!

Several of our products won across multiple categories at both the WP Awards and the Monster’s Award and we couldn’t be happier!

We are immensely proud that we were deemed worthy of being entered into these two prestigious awards. 

We’re even more proud that we placed so highly in so many categories.

We want to offer our congratulations to everyone featured in the awards. You’re all amazing!

The entire Brainstorm Force team also wants to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who voted and to the WordPress community. We couldn’t do what we do without your support.

Awards like these help provide direction for the year to come and lets us know what we’re doing right and what could be improved.

We use this and the results from 2021 and 2022 to give us the motivation and enthusiasm to take product development up a gear for 2024!

Here’s a breakdown of our results:

Astra

Astra won best WordPress theme for the third year running at the WP Awards 2023. 

Astra also won Best Free WordPress Theme at the Monster’s Award 2023. An equally spectacular result!

We cannot express how humbled we are that so many people think highly enough of Astra to vote for us.

Astra Blog

The Astra Blog placed second in the Best WordPress Blogs category at the Monster’s Award. 

It’s an amazing result and testament to the hard work the content team has put into it.

The blog was also nominated in the WordPress Blogs category at the WP Awards too.

The team strives to deliver amazing content that entertains and informs. We’re very happy that you agree!

Astra Newsletter

The Astra newsletter won Best WordPress Newsletters & Communities at the Monster’s Award.

That’s another amazing result and validation that our team is offering the value you look for in your WordPress content.

Spectra

Spectra was nominated in the Block Builder category at the WP Awards and won Best WordPress Design Plugin at the Monster’s Award. Amazing results!

Spectra also came second in the Best WordPress Builders category and third in the Best WordPress Form Plugins category.

Spectra has undergone something of a transformation and the team has worked extremely hard to deliver an awesome product. 

We’re glad you like it as much as we do!

CartFlows

CartFlows is a popular sales funnel plugin and came a solid second in the Marketing Automation Plugins category at the WP Awards.

CartFlows also came second in the Best WooCommerce Plugins category at the Monster’s Award too, which is sensational!

SureMembers

SureMembers is another of our newer products and is already gaining traction. We are impressed that it placed third in the Membership and Courses category at the WP Awards!

SureMembers also won Best WordPress Membership Plugin and came third in the Best WordPress Dynamic Plugins categories at the Monster’s Award too!

SureTriggers

SureTriggers, our new automation platform, placed third in the Marketing Automation Plugins category at the WP Awards. 

That’s both surprising and not surprising considering how hard the team has worked!

SureTriggers also won Best WordPress Marketing Plugin at the Monster’s Award, which has blown us away!

SureCart

SureCart is also a newer product, having been around for a little over a year. Since then, it has exploded in popularity and won the eCommerce Tools category at the WP Awards.

This is proof that daring to be different can pay off in a big way. Watch out for a lot more to come from SureCart!

SureWriter

SureWriter is another brand new product and brings the power of AI to your website. Thanks to winning the Best WordPress AI Plugins category at the Monster’s Award, it’s off to a flying start.

SureWriter was nominated in the AI Tools category at the WP Awards too.

We have big plans for SureWriter in 2024 so watch this space!

Presto Player

Presto Player is our video player plugin for WordPress and came third in the Content and Output Tools category at the WP Awards.

Considering who came first and second, we are rightfully proud of this achievement.

Ultimate Addons for Elementor

Ultimate Addons for Elementor won the Best Elementor Plugins category at the Monster’s Award.

It was also nominated in the Elementor Addons category in the WP Awards.

We are proud that one of our more established plugins still delivers for users and is so highly regarded!

Brainstorm Force

The Brainstorm Force YouTube Channel came third in the WP Awards, which is another amazing result. 

The team behind the channel work tirelessly to deliver exceptional content and they should be proud of what they achieve.

ZipWP

ZipWP is our AI website creation tool and our newest product. Despite only being out of beta for a short while, we placed second in the AI Tools category at the WP Awards. 

That is simply outstanding!

Honorable Mentions

Other Brainstorm Force products were also nominated in different categories, including:

Schema Pro was nominated in the SEO Plugins category at the WP Awards and placed second in the Best WordPress SEO Plugins category at the Monster’s Award.

Our first full site editing theme, Spectra One, placed third in the Best Free WordPress Themes category at the Monster’s Award.

SureFeedback was nominated in the WP Agency Tools category in the WP Awards.

Skilljet was nominated in the WP Learning and Resources category at the WP Awards.

Our friend Adam Preiser and Brainstorm Force partner was also nominated.

His WPCrafter YouTube channel was nominated in the best YouTube Channel category and his Facebook group WordPress For Non-Techies by WPCrafter was nominated in the best WordPress community category.

If that wasn’t enough, WPCrafter also placed third in the Best WordPress YouTube Channels and Best WordPress Blogs at the Monster’s Award 2023!

A Little Background on Brainstorm Force

Brainstorm Force is made up of a diverse group of talented individuals from across the WordPress industry.

The company has grown to over 120 people from different geographical locations, cultures, backgrounds, expertise and talents.

They all come together as one to deliver exceptional products, thoughtful designs and amazing solutions to common small business challenges.

We want to thank every single one of them for their hard work, dedication and creativity over the past year. These awards wouldn’t be possible without you.

We would also like to repeat our thanks to the WordPress community. Without your support and ideas, we wouldn’t be able to deliver the innovative solutions you seem to like so much.

Get a little insight into how Brainstorm Force works and what we have achieved this year!

What improvements or new products would you like to see from us in 2024? Desperately want to see a new feature in a Brainstorm Force product? Leave your wish list in the comments below!