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<p><strong>Job Connect</strong> turns any WordPress site into a full-featured job board in minutes — not hours.</p>
<p>Job Connect gives you everything you need to run a job board out of the box: frontend job submission, an employer dashboard, email notifications, search and filtering, Google Maps integration, spam protection, and a modern React-based admin panel.</p>
<p>No page builders. No shortcode soup. Run the one-click setup wizard, and you’re live.</p>
<h3>Why Job Connect?</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Feature-rich out of the box</strong> — Frontend submission, employer dashboard, email alerts, search filters, and more — all included.</li>
<li><strong>Modern admin experience</strong> — A React-powered settings panel that feels like a modern web app, not a 2010 options page.</li>
<li><strong>Works with any theme</strong> — Classic themes, block themes, Full Site Editing — Job Connect adapts automatically.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight and fast</strong> — No bloated frameworks. Clean code, minimal queries, zero front-end library dependencies.</li>
<li><strong>Developer-friendly</strong> — 70+ hooks, a full template override system, and REST API endpoints.</li>
</ul>
<h3>For Site Owners</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>One-click setup wizard</strong> — Creates all required pages and assigns the right shortcodes automatically.</li>
<li><strong>Approval workflow</strong> — Review every listing before it goes live, or let trusted employers publish instantly.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic expiration</strong> — Set a global listing duration (e.g. 30 days) and let the plugin handle the rest. Both admins and employers receive email warnings before a listing expires.</li>
<li><strong>Spam protection</strong> — Google reCAPTCHA v2 on job submission, login, and registration forms.</li>
<li><strong>Access control</strong> — Restrict who can browse or view job listings by WordPress role or capability.</li>
<li><strong>RSS job feed</strong> — Automatically generated feed at <code>/feed/job_feed/</code> for job aggregators and subscribers.</li>
</ul>
<h3>For Employers</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Frontend dashboard</strong> — Edit, duplicate, mark as filled, or delete listings without ever touching wp-admin.</li>
<li><strong>Rich job submission form</strong> — Job title, rich-text description, company details, logo upload, location, salary, remote toggle, application method (email or URL), and more.</li>
<li><strong>Inline account creation</strong> — Employers can create an account right on the submission form — no separate registration step required.</li>
<li><strong>Custom login & registration</strong> — Branded forms that keep employers on your site. No wp-login.php redirects.</li>
</ul>
<h3>For Job Seekers</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Keyword and location search</strong> — Find jobs by title, company name, or location with instant filtering.</li>
<li><strong>Filter by type and category</strong> — Narrow results by job type (Full-time, Part-time, Contract) and category.</li>
<li><strong>AJAX-powered browsing</strong> — “Load more” pagination for a smooth, modern browsing experience.</li>
<li><strong>Detailed job listings</strong> — Company logo, salary range, remote indicator, location, and full job description on every listing.</li>
</ul>
<h3>For Developers</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Template overrides</strong> — Copy any template into your theme’s <code>job-connect/</code> directory to fully customise the markup.</li>
<li><strong>70+ hooks</strong> — Actions and filters throughout the plugin for deep customisation without modifying core files.</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> — Endpoints for job listings, settings, and the setup wizard (<code>/jobco/v1/</code>).</li>
<li><strong>Translation-ready</strong> — Full i18n support with RTL compatibility. Text domain: <code>job-connect</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<p>Job Connect has been designed to work with any well-coded WordPress theme — classic or block-based. It uses standard WordPress APIs (custom post types, taxonomies, shortcodes, template overrides) so it plays nicely with the themes and plugins you already use.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Job Listings</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom post type with dedicated admin columns, filters, and bulk actions</li>
<li>Job types taxonomy (Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Freelance, Temporary, Internship)</li>
<li>Job categories taxonomy (hierarchical)</li>
<li>Salary field with configurable currency and pay period</li>
<li>Remote position indicator</li>
<li>Featured listing support</li>
<li>“Filled” flag to close positions that have been taken</li>
<li>Automatic location geocoding via Google Maps API</li>
<li>View and impression tracking per listing</li>
<li>RSS feed for job aggregators</li>
</ul>
<h4>Submission & Editing</h4>
<ul>
<li>Frontend submission form with rich text editor (TinyMCE)</li>
<li>Company logo upload directly from the submission form</li>
<li>Inline account creation during submission</li>
<li>Configurable required fields</li>
<li>Submission limits per employer</li>
<li>Scheduled listing support</li>
<li>Terms & Conditions checkbox (links to a page you choose)</li>
<li>reCAPTCHA on all public-facing forms</li>
</ul>
<h4>Employer Dashboard</h4>
<ul>
<li>View all listings with status, expiry date, and quick actions</li>
<li>Edit, duplicate, mark filled, or delete listings</li>
<li>Search and pagination</li>
<li>Add new listings via a slide-out modal</li>
<li>No wp-admin access needed</li>
</ul>
<h4>Email Notifications</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Admin notifications:</strong> New submission, listing updated, expiring soon, expired</li>
<li><strong>Employer notifications:</strong> Listing approved, expiring soon, expired</li>
<li>Configurable “expiring soon” lead time (e.g. 7 days before expiry)</li>
<li>Custom admin recipient list (multiple emails supported)</li>
<li>HTML email templates (overrideable from your theme)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Authentication</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom login and registration forms (branded, frontend-only)</li>
<li>Password strength meter (zxcvbn — the same library WordPress uses)</li>
<li>Username auto-generation from email</li>
<li>Optional password-setup email instead of inline password field</li>
<li>Role assignment for new accounts</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search & Filtering</h4>
<ul>
<li>Keyword search (searches title, description, and company name)</li>
<li>Location search (searches location field and geocoded components — city, state, country)</li>
<li>Job type and category dropdown filters</li>
<li>“Load more” (AJAX) or traditional page-number pagination</li>
<li>Configurable default sort order</li>
</ul>
<h4>Admin Settings</h4>
<ul>
<li>Modern React-based settings panel with tabbed navigation</li>
<li>Sections: General, Job Listings, Job Submission, Pages, Email Notifications, reCAPTCHA, Visibility</li>
<li>Setup wizard to create and assign pages in one click</li>
<li>Encrypted storage for API keys</li>
<li>Configurable permalink structure for jobs, categories, and types</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Tools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Template override system (<code>job-connect/</code> folder in your theme)</li>
<li>REST API: <code>GET /jobco/v1/jobs</code>, <code>GET /jobco/v1/jobs/{id}</code>, <code>GET/POST /jobco/v1/settings</code></li>
<li>Filters for query arguments, form fields, email content, template arguments, and more</li>
<li>Actions before and after every major operation (submission, approval, expiration, deletion)</li>
<li>Full i18n support and RTL compatibility</li>
<li>Compatible with both classic and block (FSE) themes</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p><strong>[jobco_jobs]</strong> — Display job listings with search, filters, and pagination.<br />
Attributes: <code>per_page</code>, <code>orderby</code>, <code>order</code>, <code>show_filters</code>, <code>show_pagination</code>, <code>show_job_type</code>, <code>show_category</code>, <code>filters_layout</code>, <code>categories</code>, <code>job_types</code>, <code>location</code>, <code>keywords</code>.</p>
<p><strong>[jobco_submit_job_form]</strong> — Frontend job submission form for employers.</p>
<p><strong>[jobco_job_dashboard]</strong> — Employer dashboard to manage listings.<br />
Attributes: <code>posts_per_page</code>.</p>
<p><strong>[jobco_login]</strong> — Frontend login form.<br />
Attributes: <code>redirect</code> (URL to redirect to after login).</p>
<p><strong>[jobco_register]</strong> — Frontend registration form.<br />
Attributes: <code>show_heading</code> (1 or 0).</p>
<p><strong>[jobco_job id=”123″]</strong> — Display a single job listing by ID.</p>
<p><strong>[jobco_job_summary id=”123″]</strong> — Display a compact job summary card by ID.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin optionally connects to the following third-party services. No data is sent unless you configure the relevant API keys in <strong>Job Connect > Settings</strong>.</p>
<h4>Google reCAPTCHA v2</h4>
<p>Used for spam protection on the job submission, login, and registration forms.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>What data is sent:</strong> The user’s reCAPTCHA challenge response token and IP address are sent to Google’s verification endpoint when a protected form is submitted.</li>
<li><strong>When:</strong> Every time a user submits a form that has reCAPTCHA enabled (configurable under Settings > reCAPTCHA).</li>
<li><strong>Service provider:</strong> Google LLC</li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Google reCAPTCHA Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Google Maps Geocoding API</h4>
<p>Used to convert job location addresses into geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude) and structured components (city, state, country) for improved location-based search.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>What data is sent:</strong> The job location address entered by the employer, your API key, and the site locale are sent to Google’s Geocoding API.</li>
<li><strong>When:</strong> Each time a job listing is created or updated with a location, and the address has not been geocoded before (results are cached for 7 days).</li>
<li><strong>Service provider:</strong> Google LLC</li>
<li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Maps Platform Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


Job Connect

A lightweight, modern job board plugin for WordPress. Create job listings, let employers post and manage jobs from the frontend, and accept applicatio …

Andrew Bauer

<p>An easy way to post job listings to your WordPress site. No fluff. Listings can be dropped into any page via the shortcode:</p>
<pre><code>[jobs order="title" show_date="y"]
</code></pre>
<p>Also adds a restricted role of “Jobs Manager”. This role is a step above Subscriber and a perfect way to grant access that doesn’t allow (other) website content to be changed.</p>
<p><strong>Shortcode Attributes</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>order</code> – Sort order of the jobs. Filterable on <code>jobslistings_frontend_allowed_sorts</code> (below.) Allows ‘title’, ‘date’, ‘modified’, ‘rand’ by default</li>
<li><code>show_date</code> – Wheter or not to show the publication/list date of the jobs (y/n)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Filters</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>jobslistings_frontend_allowed_sorts</code> (array) – Strings allowed to be passed to the shortcode’s <code>order</code> attribute.<br />
Full list of options <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">available in the Codex</a></li>
<li><code>joblistings_published_date</code> (string) – Formatted date for display in the listings. Also passes result of <code>get_the_date()</code> as a 2nd argument.</li>
</ul>


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