Hot Blocks vs SmartParallax – Parallax Scroll Effects & Scroll Animations

Hot Blocks plugin by Hot Themes is a collection of several blocks for the block editor (Gutenberg). This plugin adds new blocks in the category Hot Blocks. Also, it adds custom styles to the core Latest Posts and Gallery blocks to transform the output into a carousel of posts and images. View Hot Blocks Demo Accordion block contains heading and placeholder for other blocks below the heading. User can reveal or hide the content below the heading by clicking on it. It’s useful for FAQ pages and for pages with a lot of content. Contact block includes a simple contact form for your website with a configurable anti-spam question and answer. Gallery core block customization that adds an option to display the images in the carousel mode. Latest Posts core block customization that adds an option to display the posts in the carousel mode. Map block allows you to include a Google Map to your post or page simply by entering address or point of interest. It supports align-wide. Parallax is a placeholder for other blocks. If you select a background image for the Hot Parallax block, it will use a parallax scrolling effect. There are also some simpler blocks like button with custom dimensions and font size and background color block container.

SmartParallax adds true scroll-linked parallax scroll effects to WordPress — built for performance, not gimmicks. Unlike many animation plugins, SmartParallax does not run time-based animations. All motion is directly tied to the user’s scroll position. If the user doesn’t scroll, nothing moves. This approach results in excellent performance, smooth motion and stable Core Web Vitals — even on mobile devices. You don’t write JavaScript. You don’t configure timelines. You simply add a CSS class to a block, image or section — and the parallax scroll effect works instantly. SmartParallax uses a small, dependency-free JavaScript engine and GPU-accelerated transforms. There is no jQuery, no frameworks and no heavy animation libraries involved. The plugin works out of the box with: Gutenberg (Block Editor), Full Site Editing (FSE), Elementor (scroll effects & parallax), Bricks, Divi, Oxygen, WPBakery and most modern WordPress themes. Perfect for: Parallax scroll sections Scroll animations in Elementor Gutenberg scroll effects Background parallax images Lightweight animation on scroll Live demo: See all free effects in action. https://smartparallax.com/wordpress-parallax-plugin-demo/ Why SmartParallax SmartParallax is built for developers and designers who want clean, scroll-driven motion without sacrificing performance or Core Web Vitals. True scroll-linked motion (no time-based animations) No JavaScript configuration required Extremely lightweight (only a few KB) No jQuery, no frameworks, no dependencies Optimized for mobile devices Designed to preserve Core Web Vitals and PageSpeed scores Available Classes Class Description .parallax-image Moves only the background image .parallax-container Moves the entire block or section .parallax-x Enables horizontal movement .parallax-01 … 10 Controls movement strength .parallax--01 … 10 Inverted movement direction .parallax-[…]-s Stops movement at the center of the viewport Examples: * .parallax-02 – subtle depth * .parallax-05 – stronger parallax Privacy SmartParallax optionally sends anonymous usage data when the administrator explicitly opts in. Data sent: – Plugin version – WordPress version – PHP version – Site locale – Activation / deactivation status No personal data, IP addresses or site URLs are collected or stored. Tracking is completely optional and can be disabled at any time in the plugin settings. Privacy Policy: https://smartparallax.com/datenschutzerklaerung/ License SmartParallax is open-source software licensed under the GPLv2 or later.