Gene Scroll Hero – Video Background Hero that Plays as You Scroll vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

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/.

Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate. Really simple, Effective and Performant WordPress Security Really Simple Security is the most lightweight and easy-to-use security plugin for WordPress. It secures your WordPress website with SSL certificate generation, including proper 301 https redirection and SSL enforcement, scanning for possible vulnerabilities, Login Protection and implementing essential WordPress hardening features. We believe that security should have the absolute minimum effect on website performance, user experience and maintainability. Therefore, Really Simple Security is: Lightweight: Every security feature is developed with a modular approach and with performance in mind. Disabled features won’t load any redundant code. Easy-to-use: 1-minute configuration with short onboarding setup. Security Features Easy SSL Migration Migrates your website to HTTPS and enforces SSL in just one click. 301 redirect via PHP or .htaccess Secure cookies Let’s Encrypt: Install an SSL Certificate if your hosting provider supports manual installation. Server Health Check: Your server configuration is every bit as important for your website security. WordPress Hardening Tweak your configuration and keep WordPress fortified and safe by tackling potential weaknesses. Prevent code execution in the uploads folder Prevent login feedback and disable user enumeration Disable XML-RPC Disable directory browsing Username restrictions (block ‘admin’ and public names) and much more.. Vulnerability Detection Get notified when plugins, themes or WP core contain vulnerabilities and need appropriate action. Login Protection Allow or enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for specific user roles. Users receive a two-factor code via Email. Improve Security with Really Simple Security Pro Protect your site with all essential security features by upgrading to Really Simple Security Pro. Advanced SSL enforcement Mixed Content Scan & Fixer. Detect files that are requested over HTTP and fix them to HTTPS, both Front- and Back-end. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security and configure your site for the HSTS Preload list. Firewall Really Simple Security Pro includes a performant and efficient WordPress firewall, to stop bots, crawlers and bad actors with IP and username blocks. 404 blocking – Blocks crawlers as they trigger unusual numbers of 404 errors. Region blocking – Only allow/block access to your site from specific regions. Automated and customisable Firewall rules. IP blocklist and allowlist. Security Headers Security headers protect your site visitors against the risk of clickjacking, cross-site-forgery attacks, stealing login credentials and malware. Independent of your Server Configuration, works on Apache, LiteSpeed, NGINX, etc. Protect your website visitors with X-XSS Protection, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, a Referrer Policy and CORS headers. Automatically generate your WordPress-tailored Content Security Policy. Vulnerability Measures When a vulnerability is detected in a plugin, theme or WordPress core you will get notified accordingly. With Vulnerability Measures, you can configure simple but effective measures to make sure that a critical vulnerability won’t remain unattended. Force update: An update process will be tried multiple times until it can be assumed development of a theme or plugin is abandoned. You will be notified during these steps. Quarantine: When a plugin or theme can’t be updated to solve a vulnerability, Really Simple Security can quarantine the plugin. Advanced Site Hardening Choose a custom login URL Automated File Permissions check and fixer Rename and randomize your database prefix Change the debug.log file location to a non-public folder Disable application passwords Control admin creation Disable HTTP methods, reducing HTTP requests Login Protection Secure your website’s login process and user accounts with powerful security measures. Two-Step verification (Email login) 2FA (two factor authentication) with TOTP Passwordless login with passkey login Enforce strong passwords and frequent password change Limit Login Attempts With Limit Login Attempts you can configure a threshold to temporarily or permanently block IP addresses or (non-existing) usernames. You can also throw a CAPTCHA after a failed login (hCaptcha or Google reCaptcha) Access Control Restrict access to your site for specific regions. Add specific IP addresses or IP ranges to the Blocklist or Allowlist. Useful Links Documentation Security Definitions Translate Really Simple Security Issues & pull requests Feature requests Love Really Simple Security? If you want to support the continuing development of this plugin, please consider buying Really Simple Security Pro, which includes some excellent security features and premium support. About Really Simple Plugins Our mission is to make complex WordPress requirements really easy. Really Simple Security is developed by Really Simple Plugins. For generating SSL certificates, Really Simple Security uses the le acme2 PHP Let’s Encrypt client library, thanks to ‘fbett’ for providing it. Vulnerability Detection uses WP Vulnerability, an open-source initiative by Javier Casares. Want to join as a collaborator? We’re on GitHub as well!