Step 1, just like adding the theme, you want to add the plug-ins directly from your dashboard.Click on “Add New”.

The most important plug-in in my opinion is going to be to upload FLASH content, because wordpress is not set up for this. A lot of people recommend different plug-ins for this, I’m a fan of SwfObj, because it makes uploading FLASH a natural part of your post, by adding a link to your “Upload/Insert” toolbar.

SwfObj changes your toolbar from:to:Notice the f. That will be the button you use to upload flash. Yeah, you have installed the first essential plug-in. Feel free to write a tutorial on how to use it for me, or maybe I’ll write one later, but now on to the 2nd most important wordpress arcade plug-in.

Ok the 2nd essential plug-in is “All in One SEO pack”, this plug-in has a lot of features, but the one I use vigilantly is the descriptions. The descriptions are what will show up in google search and are the next most important thing after the title for SEO purposes. This plug-in gives you control over the description for each and everyone of your posts, use it!!!

At this point you might be asking your self, Why do I keep putting a pic that includes the plug-ins name and description and version and author. Because a lot of the plug-ins have similar names if not almost the exact same, so make sure you are getting the right one.

The 3rd and almost more important thant the rest is the “google xml sitemaps”, because no-one will no you exist without it, or at least search engine users won’t.

I’ve been generally lazy on this post about how to use these plug-ins, but I’m going to give you a screen shot of the options I use for Google XML sitemaps plug-in, because this plug-in cannot always work the way you want, and you want to make sure it is telling search engines about all of your games. So with out further ado…..(by the way did I mention I started adoogames.com giving php arcade script a 2nd chance, as of now I still totally prefer wordpress arcades).I’m not exactly sure where to go next with this series of tutorials, any suggestions? Well having these plug-ins should keep you busy, because now you get to start uploading all your flash games. What’s that? Good Questions and that will be answered on Part 7.

How to make your own flash game portal: Part 7 – Where to Download Free Flash Games for your site?

I will also show you where to look-up plug-ins and tell you about 3 essential plug-ins you should probably start with.

I will also show you the easiest method of uploading the theme and plug-ins into your site. [Warning! don't do it the long way, as in don't download a theme or plug-in directly to your computer, why bother]

So go here to choose a theme: Free WordPress Themes. I like to choose from the most popular, because you know there will be more support for it. Don’t download it here. Instead either remember or write down your theme name.

Then go log-in to your admin page. And click on, Appearance >> “Add New Themes”

Once inside, you can search for your theme there, and upload it directly, hastle free:

Then click on “Install”

Now click on Activate, and there you have it, go check out your new site.

on to:

How to make your own flash game portal: Part 6 – The Essential Wordpress Plug-Ins.