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WP Job Manager

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What it is

WP Job Manager is a WordPress plugin for adding job listings to a website. Its free core creates searchable and filterable boards through shortcodes. Employers can submit and manage listings using frontend forms and a jobs dashboard without site-admin access. Each listing has a shareable page and can include locations, categories, and taxonomies; Google Job Schema helps search services interpret listings. Paid add-ons extend the core with payments, application management, resumes, bookmarks, and job alerts. Simple Paid Listings takes Stripe or PayPal payments before publication. WC Paid Listings uses WooCommerce to sell job packages and requires the WooCommerce plugin. The Applications add-on lets employers organize, rate, comment on, and manage submissions, and can connect 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 plugin supports WordPress multisite, but each subsite keeps independent data. The core is free; listed add-ons start at $29 a year. The product site identifies Automattic as its maker.

Spec sheet

Purpose
WP Job Manager is a WordPress job board plugin for adding job listings to a site.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Support
The maker directs core-plugin users to the community forum and premium add-on customers to account support.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Maker
The product site says WP Job Manager is built by Automattic.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Alerts
The Job Alerts add-on lets registered users save searches and receive new-job email alerts daily, weekly, fortnightly, or monthly.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Applications
The Applications add-on stores candidate form submissions and lets employers manage, rate, comment on, and organize applications from their dashboard.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Employer tools
Employers can submit and manage job listings through frontend forms and a jobs dashboard without site-admin access.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Google integration
The plugin includes Google Job Schema so listings can be read by Google and others for job searches.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Installation and hosting
The plugin is installed in WordPress through its Plugins page or downloaded from the WordPress plugins directory.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Listing formats
Listings have individual shareable pages and support locations, categories, and taxonomies.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Multisite limitation
WP Job Manager supports WordPress multisite, but does not sync data between subsites; each subsite is independent.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Payments
Simple Paid Listings accepts payments through Stripe or PayPal before a listing is published.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Resume integration
Applications can integrate with Resume Manager so logged-in users can select an online resume on the application form.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Search and filtering
The free core plugin adds searchable and filterable job boards through shortcodes.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Usage tracking
Usage tracking is opt-in and can send site content, settings, and system information to the maker, with data handled under its Privacy Policy.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
WooCommerce integration
The WC Paid Listings add-on uses WooCommerce to sell job packages that can be purchased or redeemed during job submission.Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com

Plans and prices

WP Job Manager core Free Free WordPress job board plugin Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Application Deadline $29 a year From: $29 / year Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Bookmarks $29 a year From: $29 / year For logged-in candidates and employers Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Job Tags $29 a year From: $29 / year Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Simple Paid Listings $29 a year From: $29 / year Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Job Alerts $49 a year From: $49 / year For registered users Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Resume Manager $49 a year From: $49 / year Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
WC Paid Listings $49 a year From: $49 / year Requires the WooCommerce plugin Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Applications $79 a year From: $79 / year Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com
Add-on Bundle $159 a year From $159 per year All core add-ons Read 7 Oct 2026 · wpjobmanager.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Free core plugin creates searchable, filterable boards.
  • Employers manage listings without site-admin access.
  • Listings have shareable pages and Google Job Schema.
  • Stripe and PayPal payments are supported through an add-on.

Limits

  • WC Paid Listings requires WooCommerce.
  • Multisite subsites do not sync data.
  • Add-ons are separately priced.

Who it suits

It suits site owners who want a job board on self-hosted WordPress and employers who need to manage listings through a frontend dashboard. Add-ons can provide payments, application management, and candidate alerts.

Verdict

WP Job Manager provides a free job-board core with optional paid extensions for listings, payments, and applications. Multisite installations operate independently at each subsite.

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