Towards a strong, modern form plugin for WordPress

Building a form builder for WordPress in 2026 is a balancing act: you want the seamless experience of modern tools, without losing the predictability and deep integration of native WordPress interfaces. With Sobi Forms 1.7.1, I took a major step forward in making form creation intuitive, clean, and rock-solid. Here is a look at what’s new […]

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I’m back, and Sobi Forms just hit its first milestones

Hey everyone, I’m back, and a lot happened while I was away. First: the plugin got featured. Thanks WordPress team 🙂 That gave Sobi Forms real visibility and helped people find it. Downloads went from about 10 a day to 200+ a day. Because of that, we’re now at 90+ active installs. Doing it in two weeks is huge for me. […]

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See you in 2 weeks!

I’ll be gone for 10 days to recharge. Before closing the laptop, I wanted to share that I’ve been working hard on bringing SMTP and Webhooks to the plugin core. There is still some work left to polish things up (UI, UX, webhook testing…), but it’s going to be a major upgrade, bringing features that most other plugins make […]

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Week 1 as an Indie Hacker: From zero to 5 versions shipped

A lot has happened. It’s been exactly 7 days since I opened my IDE with a simple plan, and things went fast. Very fast. The next day, I released the plugin to the official WordPress directory, and I’ve already shipped 4 major updates. Today, version 1.4.0 is officially live. Here is the honest breakdown of my first […]

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Form Plugin with CRM capabilities

When I started building Sobi Forms, the goal was simple: make a lightweight, fast WordPress form builder. No bloat. No performance-killing scripts. Just clean forms that send data from point A to point B. But once you start managing form submissions, you realize something very quickly: an inbox is just a CRM in disguise. I didn’t […]

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Success: Plugin Live on WordPress.org

It took about a day to get the plugin live on WordPress.org. Check the plugin page here. I’ll know focus on adding new features. Looking forward to the first users and feedback.

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Why I’m building Sobi Forms

Every website needs forms. And often, you need them to do more than just send a basic message. You need conditional logic, smart workflows, and advanced fields. The existing WordPress form builders are incredibly capable, but they often feel heavy, rigid, or overwhelming to configure. To get power, you usually have to compromise on speed […]

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