Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll for WordPress Plugin Directory
By onecraftne
Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll is the #258 ranked page builder app on WordPress, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by onecraftne.
AppRanks data: Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll ranks #258 in Page Builder on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 83% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll is a newly-listed WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Page Builder category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. no published reviews yet means feature claims are unverified by the wider merchant base. Without a published review base, the only fit-signal available is the developer's own documentation plus the marketplace's listing-quality audit (linked below). Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by onecraftne — established developer track record
Cons
- −No public reviews yet — fit and reliability are unverified
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How Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll works
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You’ve seen those websites where you scroll and a video plays behind the words — a car being built, waves rolling in, a city at night. It looks expensive. It looks like a movie.
Gene Scroll Hero puts that on your WordPress site. Pick a video, type a heading, and the top of your page opens like a film. As people scroll down, the video plays. Scroll back up, and it rewinds.
No page builder, no designer, no code.
Make it in a minute
Add the Scroll Hero block to any page.
Choose a background — a video, or just an image.
Type your headline.
That’s the whole thing. Your hero fills the screen, your video moves with the scroll, and your words sit right on top.
Where people use it
The top of a homepage, so the first thing visitors see feels alive
A product or new-launch page
A portfolio or a photographer’s site
A restaurant, café, gym or studio
A wedding or event page
A real-estate listing that shows the place in motion
Why you’ll like it
Dead simple. A video and a headline — that’s the block.
Make it yours. Pick the heading color and the button colors right in the sidebar.
It stays fast. The hero only loads on the pages that use it, so the rest of your site isn’t slowed down.
Looks right on phones. It fills the screen and stacks neatly on small screens.
Nothing breaks. If a visitor’s browser is old, has motion turned off, or JavaScript is blocked, your video still shows and your words are still there. And if you ever switch the plugin off, your content stays put.
It’s yours. No accounts, no watermarks, nothing loaded from someone else’s server.
Want more? The free version gives you the full scroll-video hero with one headline and a call-to-action button, the glass-shatter finale at the end of the scroll, and heading/button colors to match your brand. Pro goes further: add several headlines that appear one after another as visitors scroll; place each one anywhere on the screen with a frame-synced timeline; chain chapters — several videos where each plays with the scroll, then its last frame breaks apart to reveal the next; give phones their own lighter portrait clip; and fine-tune the scroll length, the break style, fonts and button shapes. Learn more at https://gene-wp.com/.
Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Page Builder#258of 312Top 83%
- Editor#425of 560Top 76%
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Competitors & alternatives
Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked page builder apps on WordPress:
Frequently asked questions
What is Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll?
Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll is an app for WordPress. It is published on WordPress Plugin Directory and tracked by AppRanks, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Page Builder category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by onecraftne.
Who uses Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll?
Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll is actively installed across WordPress stores tracked by AppRanks. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Page Builder category on WordPress.
Where does Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll rank on WordPress?
Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll currently sits at position #258 in the Page Builder category on WordPress. That places it in the top 83% of 312 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.