WP Job Manager (original) (raw)

WP Job Manager is a lightweight job listing plugin for adding job board functionality to your WordPress site. Being shortcode based, it can work with any theme (given a bit of CSS styling) and is really simple to setup.

Features

The plugin comes with several shortcodes to output jobs in various formats, and since its built with Custom Post Types you are free to extend it further through themes.

Read more about WP Job Manager.

Documentation

Documentation for the core plugin and extensions can be found on the docs site here. Please take a look before requesting support because it covers all frequently asked questions!

Demo

For a real-life example site, check out jobs.blog, built by the WP Job Manager team! To try out the plugin in an expendable demo site, click the Live Preview button above.

Extensions

The core WP Job Manager plugin is free and always will be. It covers all functionality we consider ‘core’ to running a simple job board site.

Additional, advanced functionality is available through extensions. Not only do these extend the usefulness of the core plugin, they also help fund the development and support of core.

You can browse available extensions after installing the plugin by going to Job Manager > Marketplace. Our popular extensions include:

Applications

Allow candidates to apply to jobs using a form & employers to view and manage the applications from their job dashboard.

WooCommerce Paid Listings

Paid listing functionality powered by WooCommerce. Create custom job packages which can be purchased or redeemed during job submission. Requires the WooCommerce plugin.

Resume Manager

Resume Manager is a plugin built on top of WP Job Manager which adds a resume submission form to your site and resume listings, all manageable from WordPress admin.

Job Alerts

Allow registered users to save their job searches and create alerts which send new jobs via email daily, weekly or fortnightly.

Job Manager Pro Bundle

You can get the above extensions and several others at discount with our WPJM Pro Bundle. Take a look!

Contributing and reporting bugs

You can contribute code to this plugin via GitHub: https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager and localizations via https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-job-manager

Thanks to all of our contributors.

Support

Use the WordPress.org forums for community support where we try to help all users. If you spot a bug, you can log it (or fix it) on Github where we can act upon them more efficiently.

If you need help with one of our extensions, please raise a ticket in our help desk.

If you want help with a customization, please consider hiring a developer! http://jobs.wordpress.net/ is a good place to start.

Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t even need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install, log in to your WordPress admin panel, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “WP Job Manager” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found the plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description. Most importantly of course, you can install it by clicking Install Now.

Manual installation

The manual installation method involves downloading the plugin and uploading it to your web server via your favorite FTP application.

Getting started

Once installed:

  1. Create a page called “jobs” and inside place the [jobs] shortcode. This will list your jobs.
  2. Create a page called “submit job” and inside place the [submit_job_form] shortcode if you want front-end submissions.
  3. Create a page called “job dashboard” and inside place the [job_dashboard] shortcode for logged in users to manage their listings.

Note when using shortcodes, if the content looks blown up/spaced out/poorly styled, edit your page and above the visual editor click on the ‘text’ tab. Then remove any ‘pre’ or ‘code’ tags wrapping your shortcode.

For more information, read the documentation.

How do I setup WP Job Manager?

View the getting installation and setup guide for advice getting started with the plugin. In most cases it’s just a case of adding some shortcodes to your pages!

Can I use WP Job Manager without frontend job submission?

Yes! If you don’t setup the [submit_job_form] shortcode, you can just post from the admin backend.

How can I customize the job application process?

There are several ways to customize the job application process in WP Job Manager, including using some extra plugins (some are free on WordPress.org).

See: Customizing the Job Application Process

How can I customize the job submission form?

There are three ways to customize the fields in WP Job Manager;

  1. For simple text changes, using a localisation file or a plugin such as https://wordpress.org/plugins/say-what/
  2. For field changes, or adding new fields, using functions/filters inside your theme’s functions.php file: https://wpjobmanager.com/document/editing-job-submission-fields/
  3. Use a 3rd party plugin such as https://plugins.smyl.es/wp-job-manager-field-editor/ which has a UI for field editing.

If you’d like to learn about WordPress filters, here is a great place to start: https://pippinsplugins.com/a-quick-introduction-to-using-filters/

How can I be notified of new jobs via email?

If you wish to be notified of new postings on your site you can use a plugin such as Post Status Notifier.

What language files are available?

You can view (and contribute) translations via the translate.wordpress.org.

Are these developers kidding me? I can’t log into my account on their site, I can’t post in their stupid support forum, and immediately out of the gate after installing this software my clients are having ridiculous tech issues that make us look unprofessional, but I can’t even get support for it! I even tried the support form on the Gravatar site and it’s fake — when you hit submit it says you’re not connected to the internet. Is this even a real app???

WPJM will give you a good starting point for your site but requires a bit of custom development to make things the way you want. I’m glad the project is open source, I will make some suggestions and PRs soon.

WP Job Manager is a total disaster for any website aiming for a modern and professional look. The outdated, unattractive design of the job listings is a major turn-off for visitors. After trying to integrate it into popular WordPress themes like Avada, Astra, and Divi, I was met with a terrible result: the site looked cheap and unprofessional. To fix it to a decent standard, I would have to spend a fortune on a designer and developer. The plugin developers must be living in the past because they’ve failed to update the design to meet current standards.This has led to a surge of scammers selling their ‘premium’ themes for WP Job Manager on platforms like ThemeForest. I personally bought Cariera, Jobify, and WorkScout – all of which turned out to be empty promises. These themes are unstable, display inconsistently across different browsers, and conflict with other essential WordPress plugins. Reaching out to the developers is like shouting into the void. But the biggest issue is that WP Job Manager is completely unsuitable for niche-specific job boards. The lack of ability to add custom fields and filters is a crime for a plugin like this. I’ve had to resort to using additional plugins like WP Job Manager Field Editor and Search and Filtering for WP Job Manager, but they’re just as buggy as the main plugin. And their developer never responds to support tickets. Developers, wake up! You’ve created a product that nobody needs in this state.

The ridiculous requirement to log in with Gravatar has caused us to lose access to our account. Without account access, it’s impossible to reach a human in support. Password reset links don’t work, so you can’t reset your password either. The whole system is a complete mess. This is a paid plugin and should include support, but if you get logged out, you’re left with no support at all. Will find another pluging with proper support.

Answered all of our questions in great detail and pointed us in the right direction on how to customize things.

Read all 234 reviews

“WP Job Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

2.4.0 – 2024-08-08

2.3.0 – 2024-04-29

New!

Improvements:

For developers:

2.2.2 – 2024-02-15

2.2.1 – 2024-01-31

2.2.0 – 2024-01-29

New:

Changes:

Fixes: