WordPress Website Theme
1) 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
2) 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
3) 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
4) 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
5) 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
6) 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).