WP Job Manager is a WordPress plugin for adding a job board to a website. The free core plugin creates searchable, filterable boards through shortcodes. Employers can submit and manage listings with frontend forms and a jobs dashboard, without site-admin access. Listings have individual shareable pages and can include locations, categories, and taxonomies; Google Job Schema helps search services read them. Paid add-ons extend the plugin. Simple Paid Listings accepts Stripe or PayPal before publication, while WC Paid Listings uses WooCommerce for job packages and requires that plugin. The Applications add-on lets employers manage, rate, comment on, and organize candidate submissions; it can integrate with Resume Manager so logged-in applicants can select an online resume. Job Alerts lets registered users save searches and receive email alerts daily, weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. The core plugin is free, and add-ons start at $29 / year; the bundle costs $159 / year. WP Job Manager supports WordPress multisite, but data is not synchronized between subsites. It is built by Automattic and installed through WordPress or downloaded from the WordPress plugins directory.
Who it is for
WP Job Manager suits site owners who want to add a searchable job board to a self-hosted WordPress site. Its employer dashboard and optional application, payment, resume, and alert add-ons also serve employers and job seekers using that board.
What is good
- Free core plugin creates searchable job boards.
- Employers manage listings without site-admin access.
- Listings include shareable pages and taxonomies.
- Applications add-on organizes candidate submissions.
- Job Alerts supports recurring email schedules.
What to know first
- WC Paid Listings requires WooCommerce.
- Multisite subsites do not share data.
- Paid add-ons start at $29 / year.
Verdict
WP Job Manager covers job listings in its free core and offers add-ons for payments, applications, resumes, and alerts. Each WordPress multisite subsite operates independently, and several capabilities require paid add-ons.
WP Job Manager plans and pricing
All plansCompared on job board software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Employer accounts
- Yes
- Application collection
- Yes
- Payment options
- both
- Candidate job alerts
- Yes
- Hosting model
- self_hosted
