WP Job Manager is a WordPress app, with a 4.4 average rating from 237 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
WP Job Manager is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Automattic. With a rating of 4.4★ from 237 reviews.
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WP Job Manager is a well-rated WordPress app with a growing review traction. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 237 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Automattic — established developer track record
Cons
- −Sparse visual evidence (0 screenshots) — harder to evaluate the UX before installing
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How WP Job Manager works
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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
Add, manage, and categorize job listings using the familiar WordPress UI.
Searchable & filterable ajax powered job listings added to your pages via shortcodes.
Frontend forms for guests and registered users to submit & manage job listings.
Allow job listers to preview their listing before it goes live. The preview matches the appearance of a live job listing.
Each listing can be tied to an email or website address so that job seekers can apply to the jobs.
Searches also display RSS links to allow job seekers to be alerted to new jobs matching their search.
Allow logged in employers to view, edit, mark filled, or delete their active job listings.
Job statistics for employers about job listing views and search impressions.
Developer friendly code – Custom post types, endpoints & template files.
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.
Keyword rankings
WP Job Manager ranks for 4 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- Rank #151
- Rank #200
- 3.formsRank #232
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Frequently asked questions
What is WP Job Manager?
WP Job Manager is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.4-star rating from 237 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Automattic.