[PLUGIN] W4B — Build & Run Visual Workflows in Bubble

Hey Bubblers! :waving_hand:

I’m excited to share a plugin I’ve been building for a while: **W4B (Workflow For Bubble)** — a visual automation engine that lets you design, test, and execute complex business logic directly in Bubble, without writing backend code.

What is it?

W4B gives you a drag-and-drop canvas to build flows using a library of 40+ nodes. You connect nodes, inject dynamic variables, call APIs, and run the whole thing directly from a Bubble workflow — client-side or server-side.

Think of it as a visual logic layer that sits between your Bubble data and your workflows.

What can you do with it?

:shuffle_tracks_button: Control flow

Conditions (IF/ELSE), Switch/Case, Loop/ForEach, Delay, Stop — build any branching logic visually.

:satellite_antenna: Call APIs

Hit any external endpoint with full control over method, headers, params, and body. Use dynamic variables in any field.

:bubbles: Bubble-native operations

Get Thing, Get List, Create, Update, Replace, Delete, Bulk Create, and Run API Workflow — all as dedicated nodes, pre-configured for the Bubble Data API.

:puzzle_piece: Transform data

Remap objects, parse JSON, filter/sort/map/group arrays, run math operations, format numbers and dates, encode/decode strings.

:play_button: Run from anywhere

Use the Run Flow (Client) or Run Flow (Server) action in any Bubble workflow. Pass a payload, a global context, and get back the full output as JSON.

:brain: Dynamic variables

Reference any value anywhere using {{payload.field}}, {{context.key}}, {{result.data}}, {{loop.index}}, or any variable you saved mid-flow.

How it works

1. Add the element to a dedicated page

2. Build your flow in the canvas

3. Save — the encrypted flow is stored in a state you bind to your database

4. Trigger it from any workflow with Run Flow (Client) or Run Flow (Server)

5. Get back success, output_json, logs_json, error_message

Template library

The element comes with a built-in template library — click the button in the header to browse ready-made flows and get started faster.

:link: Plugin page: [link]

:link: Live demo: https://w4b.bubbleapps.io/version-test

:link: Demo editor: w4b | Bubble Editor

Happy to answer any questions — feedback very welcome! :raising_hands:

Looks fantastic & Potentially very helpful. Would love to watch a video overview & walkthrough if you get the chance to make one. :folded_hands:t2:

This looks very cool

Perfect! I’ll record a video explaining all the areas and possibilities we have in the plugin in more detail. I’ve already created a knowledge base for each action to help. I’ll bring news about the video soon.

Hey Bubblers! :waving_hand:

I recorded a quick walkthrough showing how to connect your own API inside W4B — from zero to execution — in under 2 minutes.

What you’ll see in the video

We start with the demo’s initial screen and walk through the entire cycle:

:one: Create a new flow — just a name and you’re in the editor.

:two: Open the API Connector — the built-in integration manager where you register your endpoints once and reuse them as drag-and-drop nodes.

:three: Register a GET endpoint — we’ll use JSONPlaceholder (a free public API) as an example:

- Provider: “JSONPlaceholder”

- Action: “Get User”

- Method: GET

- URL: https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/[id]

Notice the [id] in the URL — if you’ve used Bubble’s API Connector, this will feel right at home. W4B uses the same bracket syntax to define dynamic parameters. At runtime, the flow resolves [id] to whatever value you pass. Just wrap any segment in brackets and it becomes a configurable field on the node.

:four: Test the connection — one click, instant 200 OK with the full JSON response right there in the editor. You see exactly what the API returns before you even build your flow.

:warning: This step isn’t optional — just like Bubble’s API Connector, W4B requires the endpoint to be initialized with a successful 200 response before it can be used as a node. No green light, no node on the canvas. This guarantees that every integration you drag into a flow is already proven to work.

:five: Drop it on the canvas — once initialized, “JSONPlaceholder → Get User” appears as a node in the sidebar. Drag it in, connect it to Start.

:six: Set up the payload — in the Start node, add a key called “id” with the value 2. Then in the Get User integration node, use {{payload.id}} to dynamically resolve the [id] parameter in the URL. This is how you pass data from the trigger into any API call.

:seven: Add two Log nodes — one for Success and one for Error. In the integration node, save the API response to a variable called “result”. Then wire both log nodes:

- Success log → label: “Success”, value: {{result}}

- Error log → label: “Error”, value: {{result}}

This gives you clear visibility into what happened — whether the call succeeded or failed.

:eight: First run — hit Run, the flow calls GET /users/2, and the Success log shows the full JSON for user #2 (Ervin Howell).

:nine: Change the payload and run again — go back to the Start node, change the id from 2 to 3, and hit Run again. Now the log shows a completely different user (#3, Clementine Bauch). Same flow, same integration, different input — different output. That’s the power of dynamic variables.

Why this matters

This is the pattern for connecting any REST API inside W4B:

:white_check_mark: Register once, use everywhere — change a base URL or header in one place, every node updates
:white_check_mark: Test before you build — validate your endpoint works before adding it to a flow
:white_check_mark: No code required — the entire integration is visual, from config to execution
:white_check_mark: Works with anything — your own backend, Stripe, OpenAI, Bubble’s Data API, any REST endpoint
:white_check_mark: Dynamic from end to end — payload values flow through the entire chain, just like Bubble’s dynamic expressions

The same workflow applies whether you’re calling a simple GET or chaining multiple POST/PUT/DELETE calls with dynamic variables and conditional routing.

Try it yourself

:link: Live demo: W4B - Demo
:link: Plugin page: W4B - Visual Workflow Builder Plugin | Bubble

Want to test it in your own app? Drop a comment or DM me — happy to give you trial access.

Questions welcome! :raising_hands: