LUBUS

08/09/2026

3 years of client projects taught us one thing: Popup plugins shouldn't be painful.

So we built Popup - , block-based & extendable without fighting a closed system.

Modals, slide-ins, bars, toasts - all with familiar Core patterns.

https://lubus.in/blog/the-popup-plugin-we-waited-three-years-to-build

The story behind BlaBlaBlocks Popup, why we waited three years to build it, and how modern WordPress finally made the idea possible.

03/09/2026

Okay, real talk - getting up and running locally used to be a pain. Not anymore!

August, we shipped:
- Windows support for Frappe Local (finally!)
- A Playground that actually boots
- Added TOTP support for Frappe Vault

Plus, we spent two days at learning from the community and figuring out what to build next & more...

Discover our August 2026 highlights, including major updates to Frappe Vault, Local, and Playground, plus our latest insights on WordPress and Laravel.

24/08/2026

What a weekend at !

New features, bold roadmaps, and a community that's more energised than ever. The updates we saw got us counting days until they go live!

Can’t wait to put these learnings into action and build alongside all of you.

Until next time, Frappeverse! 🙌

17/08/2026

Heads up, attendees!

Look for Team LUBUS - we'll be the ones swapping war stories, flexing our Frappe projects, debating how to make the ecosystem even better, and proving that "let's talk about doctypes" is absolutely a valid pickup line here! 😄

14/08/2026

We're excited to share Frappe Local: a simpler way to start exploring !

We built a self-contained, GUI-first local environment so you can spin up a site and start building in minutes. No more wrestling with dependencies. 🚀

It's free, open-source, and in beta. Come break it and help us shape it!

https://lubus.in/blog/frappe-local-a-simpler-way-to-start-building-with-frappe

Setting up Frappe just got easier. Learn how Frappe Local provides a GUI-first, self-contained environment to build and test Frappe apps in minutes.

07/08/2026

Frappe Vault - a simple, app that lives right inside your setup. One place to store, organize, & share passwords and secrets alongside everything else you're already doing.

No more chaos. No more "who has access to what?" headaches. Just cleaner team workflows.

We built it for ourselves. Now it's for everyone. 🤝

Discover Frappe Vault, an open-source secrets and password management app. Securely store, organize, and share credentials directly inside your Frappe setup.

03/08/2026

📢 July 2026 Highlights are here!

Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve been crafting behind the scenes:
🖼️ BlaBlaBlocks Slider: v1.3.0
🔌 WP Frappe Data Store: Connecting Frappe & WordPress
🔐 Frappe Vault: Open-source secrets & credentials management
💻 Frappe Local: Polished UI & practical local workbench
More...

See you next month 👋🏻

Discover what we built in July 2026! Get a look at new WP Frappe Data Store, Frappe Vault, Frappe Local, and BlaBlaBlocks Slider updates

29/07/2026

A client team wanted 's power in without forcing anyone to learn a new system. So we built a data store that bridges both.

Frappe runs the backend; WordPress stays the familiar interface. & already in use. 🚀

Learn how to bridge Frappe and WordPress using a custom React data store. Keep Frappe as your business backend while teams work in a familiar WordPress UI.

23/07/2026

Sometimes posts & meta aren't enough, your data deserves its own table!

Enter : a WordPress-native way to work with custom tables without starting from scratch.

We love this sweet spot where WP stays the platform, but we level up the engineering underneath. 🫡

Most WordPress projects start with the tools WordPress already gives us. When we need to store a new type of content, we usually reach for Custom Post Types and post meta. That is often the right choice. WordPress gives us register_post_type(), a familiar admin UI, custom fields, and WP_Query to fet...

15/07/2026

Six months into 2026, we continued doing what we've always done: finding the friction, building the fix.

Some ideas stuck, some faded - but every question we chased made us better.

We built across , , , basically wherever the work took us. Made things for ourselves and then shared them because it helps others like us.

What's next? More brewing!

At the beginning of 2026, we said we wanted to go deeper and wider. Deeper into the ecosystems we already work with. Wider in how we use open source, AI, automation, and internal tooling to solve real problems. Six months later, that direction feels much clearer. The first half of the year was not s...