CloudArcade Connect: Add Games to Your WordPress Site

CloudArcade Connect is a free plugin that brings games from CloudArcade CMS directly into your WordPress website. Once connected, games automatically sync between the platforms, saving you from managing content in two places.

What You Get With This Plugin

• Automatic Game Syncing: Games added, edited, or deleted in CloudArcade will update on WordPress during scheduled syncs
• Cross-Server Support: Works even when WordPress and CloudArcade are on completely different hosting providers
• Game Categories: All categories transfer with proper organization
• Multiple Display Options: Show games using shortcodes, widgets, or dedicated pages
• No Technical Skills Required: Everything happens through simple admin interfaces
• Theme Adaptation: Almost perfectly fit across theme designs and colors
• Plug And Play: Sync games, put widgets, then done like the previews!
• Mobile Friendly: Not only Desktop, but also work on iOS and Android devices

Why Add Games to Your WordPress Site?

Already have a WordPress site? Adding games can transform your visitor experience:

• Food & Recipe Blogs: Add cooking, restaurant, and food-themed games to keep visitors engaged longer
• Educational Sites: Include learning games that reinforce the topics you teach
• News & Magazine Sites: Offer puzzle games to give readers a mental break between articles
• Sports Websites: Add sports-themed games related to the teams or sports you cover
• Kids & Parenting Blogs: Provide appropriate children’s games alongside your parenting content
• Tech Websites: Showcase coding games or tech-themed puzzles to appeal to your audience

Games can dramatically increase:

• Time on site: Visitors stay 3-5x longer when engaged with interactive content
• Return visits: Games give people a reason to come back regularly
• Monetization opportunities: More engaged visitors see more ads or offers
• Community building: Games create shared experiences for your audience

The best part? You don’t need to create the games yourself. You can import free thousands of games across different categories with CloudArcade CMS that you can instantly bring to your WordPress site. Or you want to upload or use your own HTML5 game instead? Yes, of course CloudArcade CMS can do that.

Easy Setup Process

1. Install Two Plugins: CloudArcade Connect on WordPress and WordPress Connect on CloudArcade
2. Connect Them: Copy the integration key between platforms
3. Approve: Confirm the connection on both sides
4. Sync: Run your first full sync to bring all games to WordPress
5. Configure: Set up how games display and how often they update

Understanding How Sync Works

When you make changes in CloudArcade, they don’t appear instantly on WordPress:

• The plugin checks for changes on a schedule you set (every few hours)
• You can manually trigger a sync anytime for immediate updates
• This scheduled approach prevents server overload
• It’s normal for changes to take some time to appear – this isn’t a bug!

Important Things to Know

• WordPress and CloudArcade can be on completely different servers
• One CloudArcade site connects to one WordPress site (Can be upgraded)
• Games flow from CloudArcade to WordPress (not the reverse)
• You need admin access to both platforms
• All sync happens through secure internet connections
• The games can only be managed from CloudArcade CMS

Where to download the “CloudArcade Connect” WordPress Plugin?

You need to install WordPress Connect plugin in your CloudArcade site, the WP plugin download link is provided here at the plugin page, then you can upload the plugin to your WordPress site.

CloudArcade Connect turns your WordPress site into a game portal without duplicating work. Manage games once in CloudArcade and let the plugin handle the rest automatically.

WordPress themes used on preview above:

• Dashwall
• Blogmate
• Colordive
• GamerNews