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WordPress Plugins to Design an Awesome Video Game Website

WordPress Plugins to Design an Awesome Video Game Website

posted on May 27, 2016

Get Your Video Game Site Up and Running with this Plugin Pack

We've put together a WordPress plugin pack for you to get your video game website up and running in a flash! Whether you're creating a site for your video game publishing company or simply a specific game, these plug-ins will help set the foundation for a great site where you can provide your fans an awesome experience filled with solid information, imagery, and interaction. 

Video Game Website Design Start-Up Kit

 

In the plugin pack, you'll find: 

WordPress Website Theme

 evolve-screenshot1) Evolve - This awesome theme is easy to set up and has a ton of benefits:

  • Responsive design for multiple devices
  • A cool bootstrap and parallax slider
  • A grid-like framework that makes it easy to adjust page design
  • Page and blog templates
  • Tons of fonts
  • and more!

This theme pack is easy-to-use yet provides enough flexibility and functionality so that you can provide your site visitors with a unique and custom-feeling experience. 

Photo Gallery for Displaying Images

Gallery plug-in2) Gallery - This comprehensive, yet easy-to-use gallery plug-in allows you to get a photo gallery on your site in minutes so you can showcase screenshots of your games and more!  

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Tools

yoast-screenshot-13) Yoast SEO - Improve your WordPress SEO with this powerful plug-in. Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site.

Take your content to the next level and get your video game found through search engines!

Contact Forms to Communicate with Visitors

Contact Us Plug-in4) Contact Form Builder - This plug-in is an intuitive tool for creating responsive contact forms on your site. These forms can be used so that site visitors or can leave a message or request more information from your team.

Having a simple contact form on your site is a great way to capture contact info and communicate with your fans!

Email Subscriber Management Tools

mailchimp-for-wp screenshot 15) MailChimp for WordPress - Using a MailChimp account and this plug-in will allow you to place forms throughout your site where you can capture the names and email addresses of site visitors and add them to your MailChimp lists.

Having this plug-in will help you build up your database of fans so that you can then send them game updates, beta invites, promotional offerings, newsletters, and more! Communicating with your community is vital to your game's success and email is the best way to do it!

6. Forum and Community Development

buddypress screenshot 16) BuddyPress - This plug-in helps you build a of community on your site with member profiles, activity streams, user groups, messaging, and more.

Creating a forum on your site where fans and visitors can communicate with the development team or one another is a great way to increase engagement and raise awareness of your game(s). 

Plugin Pages and Authors

  1. Evolve by Romik84
  2. Photo Gallery by webdorado
  3. Yoast SEO by Joost de Valk
  4. Contact Form Builder by webdorado
  5. MailChimp for WordPress by Ibericode, & 3 others
  6. BuddyPress by John James Jacoby & 8 others

Video Game Website Design Start-Up Kit

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