MyBB plugins list to start (or help) your gaming forum.

For a long time I’ve seen a lot of gaming forums powered by MyBB software, and while MyBB is a great choice, I’ve also seen a ton of unneeded MyBB plugins installed, or not enough MyBB plugins. Many new gaming site owners don’t exactly know what they need or don’t need yet, so here’s a general idea list of MyBB plugins that can help improve your overall gaming forum features.

MyBB plugins for gaming forums list

MyBB plugins when starting fresh or already started

Profile Comments

Use from one of these MyBB plugins: Members like to leave comments on each other’s profiles, and it’s a common feature on gaming forums. Profile comments helps the community grow and get to know each other personally.

MyTube

Use from one of these MyBB plugins: To help members further customize your profiles, adding a field for everyone to insert a YouTube video. You also have the option to turn on or off autoplay of YouTube videos.

A MyBB chatbox or shoutbox (see this post to see a list of MyBB plugins

Use from one of these MyBB plugins: Most members like to chat with friends or just post something small that doesn’t really belong anywhere, that’s where a shoutbox comes in. Like profile comments, it helps the forum communicate better.

View Groups

Use from one of these MyBB plugins: Good to know who belongs in what user group, as there’s usually several user groups on gaming forums (example: News team, event team, etc).

Newpoints

Use from one of these MyBB plugins: Newpoints is one of the more advanced ones of the MyBB plugins that installs a points system, earning points can be fun when there’s things to do with them. You can add additional Newpoints MyBB plugins like the shop and subscriptions plugins to further enhance it.

Awards

Use from one of these MyBB plugins: Most gaming forums has these, and members like to earn these as little tokens of various accomplishments on your forum. Be creative and add some catchy awards so members can be rewarded and keep coming back for more.

In conclusion

The MyBB plugins list is small but a good start for a gaming forum, they’re customizable and adds some great features to any gaming forum. There’s always more MyBB plugins to choose from, but try not to install anything you don’t need or use a lot, as it may cause your forum to slow down often.