We just released WPJobBoard 5.3.0 and you should soon see this update in your wp-admin panel. If you will not see it within 24 hours go to wp-admin / Dashboard / Updates panel and click the “Check Again” button it should show then.
New WPJobBoard introduces one new, big feature, and few minor changes and updates.
Candidate Memberships
Our main goal in new WPJobBoard version was to provide you with an option to create Candidate Memberships system. The system works similarly to Employer Memberships, but allow you to add many features for Candidates who buy a membership.
You can: make candidate without membership not visible in search results, block access to some pages for candidates without membership, make candidates with membership featured on the candidate list, or limit alert number for candidates.
Candidates Membership Config Page
This also includes new pricing shortcode for memberships [wpjb_candidate_membership].
Candidates membership pricing table.
Stripe Recurring Payment Update
We received a lot of feedback regarding Stripe Recurring payments. There were some issues with creating new recurring payments that we fixed. You also asked us about the flexible interval for recurring payment. Payment interval is connected with membership recurrence time. So if your membership is valid for 47 days, Stripe will charge your user every 47 days.
New Frontend Alert Dashboard Design
We updated the design and user interface for the [wpjb_candidate_panel] / Alerts panel. The new user interface should make adding new alerts easier and more intuitive.
New Params In [wpjb_jobs_list] Shortcode
disable_backfill – This param allows disabling backfilling for this shortcode
example: [wpjb_job_list disable_backfill=”1″]
Print Application
We provided a simple system of printing applications from front-end in Employer Dashboard
Print button in the [wpjb_employer_panel] / Applications list.
Also, you can print multiplay applications from wp-admin.
Note. The print is based on page design, so it might look different for different Themes.
We have just released WPJobBoard 5.2.2, this is a small update mainly with bug fixes and UI / UX improvements.
We are planning a bigger update (with candidate memberships) in about 1.5 months. If you want to be the first one notified about this feature make sure to subscribe to our blog.
What’s new in version 5.2.2?
Canceling Membership – When a user tries to disable his purchased recurring membership an error was generated if the selected payment method was different than Stripe.
To fix this we have hidden the “Cancel Membership” button when user paid with payment method different than Stripe as only Stripe supports automatically recurring memberships (although we might add it back for PayPal once we will add support for PayPal recurring payments).
CSV Import creates multiple Categories and Types – We fixed a bug in CSV import which created multiple the same categories and job types when importing entries from CSV file even when the same title was entered in CSV.
Hiding Apply Online button – Hiding Apply Online button also hides “Bookmark” button and other buttons next to the Apply Online button. Now selecting an option “Hide Apply Online” button in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Job Board Options should hide only the Apply Online button and Apply From LinkedIn if this feature is enabled.
Search By Country – When searching by country in the [wpjb_jobs_search] shortcode the blue bulb does not show country name.
Resume Import – A bug in resume import did not allow uploading files to the resumes when importing from XML file.
Searching by multiple categories – The [wpjb_resumes_search] shortcode will not support searching by multiple categories instead of by just one category.
Hide resumes on the map – The option to allow only registered Employers or users with premium access view the resume contact details is not respected in the [wpjb_map] shortcode.
Since version 5.2.2 users without privileges to see the candidates’ names will see a map without any pins.
Jobeleon 1.7.1
Jobeleon 1.7.1 was released along with the WPJobBoard 5.2.2.
Fixed Updater – In this release, the update manager was fixed it should no longer show an update notification for Jobeleon if Jobeleon is using the latest version.
Compatibility Updates – A few updates to make the Jobeleon compatible with WPJobBoard 5.2.2, specifically the changes to hide the Apply Online button only.
The full list of modified files you can download here.
We just released WPJobBoard 5.2.1, this is a small update with mainly bug fixes, small improvements and code optimizations. The new update should show in your wp-admin panel within 24 hours.
We are also releasing Jobeleon 1.7.0, this is the last Jobeleon update you will need to download from the client panel, as since version 1.7 Jobeleon will support automatic updates directly from your WordPress Administrator dashboard.
Below you can find a list of changes in WPJobBoard 5.2.1
API: Filters to allow Experience and Education sorting.
API: Ability to additional columns to the CSV export using wpjb_export_mapping and wpjb_export_csv_row filters.
FEATURE: If a Job does not have an email provided in company_email field but was posted by a registered user then email address from the user profile will be used.
FEATURE: Added multi-byte strings support in RSS feeds (without strings can be trimmed incorrectly which causes an error when viewing RSS).
FEATURE: In email templates, the $company and $resume variables have access to “user” property (which allows reading user ID, email, login name and etc.).
FEATURE: Updated LinkedIn integration to use OAuth 2.0.
FEATURE: Buy membership link in [wpjb_employer_panel] / Memberships panel.
FIXED: Stripe recurring payments failing with “Invalid token: card_…” error.
FIXED: Stripe payments sent incorrectly when using a currency with no decimal places.
FIXED: update for ZipRecruiter backfilled jobs design.
FIXED: [wpjb_employers_list] does not support meta__* property correctly.
FIXED: If Employer or Candidate panel is not assigned to a published page the logout, remind password and delete account panels are not working properly.
FIXED: Multiselect dropdown can be closed by clicking on the input.
FIXED: Images selected from Media Library are not being removed correctly.
FIXED: No wrapping for pricing options in mobile view.
The full list of modified files in WPJB 5.2.1 and Jobeleon 1.7.0 you can download here wpjb-521-jobeleon-170.txt
We just released WPJobBoard 5.2 and you should soon see this update in your wp-admin panel. If you will not see it within 24 hours go to wp-admin / Dashboard / Updates panel and click “Check Again” button it should show then.
In the version 5.2 we introduced 3 main updates and improvements.
Front-End Email Alerts Editor
In version 5.1 and older it was possible to subscribe to email alerts from the Job Alerts Widget and the [wpjb_jobs_search] shortcode. The only way to manage the alerts was to unsubscribe from them when the alerts came to your inbox. Starting from version 5.2 the registered candidates are able to manage (add, edit and delete) their alerts from Candidate Panel
The panel which will allow managing email job alerts will look like in the image below:
Editing job alerts from candidate panel.
ZipRecruiter Integration
For a few years now we have back-filling integration with Indeed and CareerBuilder. Unfortunately, Indeed made their API almost inaccessible to small site owners and CareerBuilder made their API partially private and users need to be approved to get an API key.
For this reason, we are introducing ZipRecruiter integration, it will allow any job board owner to backfill his job board with jobs from ZipRecruiter.
New Updates Server
This is not a feature you can on your site, but the new updates server is an important part of the whole WPJobBoard ecosystem. It will allow us to server automatic updates not only for the WPJobBoard but for the extensions as well.
The two extensions which will allow you to take advantage of this functionality are Application Methods and Google Analytics Integration. Both add-ons will become available by the end of this month.
Since the next release, the updates server will be also used by our Job Board Theme – Jobeleon, (we wanted to have it available in this release but wasn’t able to do that due to differences between plugin and theme updates).
Default Job Logo
When a registered company posts a job without adding a logo to the job posting, the job will display without a logo.
In WPJB 5.2 if a user has a logo uploaded to his Company Profile he does not need to upload a logo again to his job postings, WPJB will automatically use the logo from Company Profile.
Using [wpjb_jobs_list] search form
Ability to display just the [wpjb_jobs_list] search bar, without the results. Some users just want to have a page with a search bar and show the results on a different page. This is possible now by using [wpjb_jobs_list] with “show_results” and “redirect_to” parameters.
For example, the shortcode below will show just the search form and when searching it will redirect user to page https://example.com/jobs/ which should have a [wpjb_jobs_list] shortcode with actual results
We just released WPJobBoard 5.1.0. The update notification should be visible on your wp-admin panel within 24 hours. If you cannot find it go to wp-admin / Dashboard / Updates and click “Check Again” that should do it.
Our main goal was to allow automatic recurring memberships with Stripe and to make it easier to purchase the membership from a pricing page. For now, on your job board the recurring payments will only work with the Stripe integration, but in future we are planning to make them available for PayPal as well.
Recurring Payment
To make recurring payment work, you need to do a couple of things.
First of all, you need to connect WPJobBoard with Stripe. Go to Stripe Dashboard, and register or login. Choose API from the menu on the left and copy Publishable Key and Secret Key to WPJobBoard configuration in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Configuration / Stripe. (You will find Stripe in Payment Methods section).
Second thing is to set at least one membership as recurring. You can do this from wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Pricing / Employer Membership. You should be able to see a new checkbox called “Recurring” when you checked it when user will be buying a new member this will create a recurring subscription. After you save configuration new plan will be created in Stripe.
Plans will be automatically populated to Stripe.
Important! When you uncheck the recurring option and save your pricing, your plan will be removed from Stripe, also all subscriptions for this plan will be canceled.
The last thing to do is to set webhook. Again choose API option from the menu on left in the Stripe dashboard. Select “Webhook” tab over the white box in the middle of the page, and click “Add endpoint” button in the top right corner of the center white box. You should see a new window.
How to fill webhook
Fill all params as you can see it on the screen above. List of checkboxes will show up when you choose “Select types to send” in “Filter event” option. You should provide correct URL in the “URL to be called” field. The correct URL should be http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wpjb_stripe_subscriptionRenew – where in place of example.com you should put your actual domain.
Correctly added webhook
You are good to go. Your clients now can buy a recurring membership.
New Purchase Membership Page
To keep WPJobBoard modern we created new membership purchase page.
Membership purchase page.
The page is generated automatically based on active memberships. Content is generated by new shortcode [wpjb_membership_pricing] – the page is automatically created for new installations.
If you are already using WPJobBoard you need to add this page by yourself from wp-admin / Pages panel. In this case you also need to connect this page to shortcode from wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Configuration / Default Pages & URLs.
We created a separate article about new Shortcode in our documentation. You can read more there.
New Active Membership Page
Because of new pricing page, we needed to change membership page in employer panel. Now this page is more like information page. The employer can check his active and archived membership with expiration date and usage.
New membership page
Location Search
Previously when you put few words in location field (e.g. city and state) in most cases no results were shown. We changed our search function to allow you to put more details into location search.
Search for New York
When you search for single City you can receive many results of cities located all around the globe. But now, you can put other location parts like state or country to make your search more precise.
More precise search
Adding “USA” to location reduced our search results to only one New York. You will receive same output if you provide state e.g.: “New York NY”. Also, a comma is optional, the search is working on space-separated words. So “New York, USA” and “New York USA” will return same output.
Other Changes
FEATURE: Few changes in wp-admin configuration view – now design should be more consistent and nicer.
FEATURE: Simple Print: printing view of applications and resumes (CTRL + P) contains only content of the resume or application.
FEATURE: “Pay Now” button in Employer Panel shows with the site layout (previously showed form only)
FEATURE: Education / Experience in My Resume no longer requires entering End Date when the position is marked at current.
FIXED: admin can’t uncheck “Publish Profile” checkbox in employer profile.
Along with WPJobBoard 5.1.0, we are also releasing Jobeleon (our WordPress Job Board Theme), if you are updating WPJB to latest version make sure you will update Jobeleon as well.
The WPJB version 5.0.4 was just released, this version of our job board has few minor fixes and one major one to fix the compatibility with the latest version of WordPress.
Here is what we changed in the latest release:
File Upload – After upgrading to WP 4.9 you might be having a problem with uploading job or company logos and avatars, if so then upgrade will fix this problem.
Employer Panel Job Posting – Fixed users ability to post a job from Employer Panel without being logged in as an Employer. Additionally, when posting a job from Employer Panel we changed the steps (“Create Ad | Preview | Publish”) to use the Employer Panel breadcrumbs instead.
Job Alerts – There was a bug in job alerts which looped sending one email alert over and over again, this happened only if the alert had a lot of matching jobs.
Disable Registration – If you trash and unset registration pages from wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Default Pages and URLs panel then “Not a member? Register” links will not be shown in WPJB login forms, this basically allows quickly disabling registration on your site.
Email Notifications Fallbacks – the notify_applicant_status_change and notify_employer_new_job email templates have now fallback emails. What i mean by this is that if the email is not provided in Job or Applications Form then if the job or application is posted by logged in user then the email from user profile will be used instead.
Along with WPJB 5.0.4 we are also releasing a new version (1.5.3) of Jobeleon job board theme.
The complete list of changed files you can download here.
The WPJobBoard 5.0.2 and Jobeleon 1.5.2 were just released and you should see them soon in your wp-admin panel. If you will not see the update notification within 24 hours go to wp-admin / Dashboard / Updates panel and click “Check Again” button.
What’s new in WPJobBoard?
Email Alerts Editor – The latest version allows adding and editing email alerts (including search params) from wp-admin / Job Board / E-mail Alerts panel. It looks like on the image below:
Editing an email alert in WPJobBoard
Additionally, each email alert has an internal log assigned. The log shows when the alert was executed and which jobs were matched to it.
Jobs Cloning – in wp-admin / Job Board panel when editing a job, at the top (next to “Add New” button) you will notice a “Clone” button. Clicking it will redirect you to Add New job page. The form on this page will have all the job information including uploaded files filled.
Never Expiring Pricings – in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Pricing panel you can enter “0” in the Visibility or Duration field. When user will purchase such job posting or membership his job or membership will be active forever (or at least until disabled by administrator).
Payments History – in the Employer Panel there is a new tab “Payments History” available. It shows the user payments history. In the future, we will be connecting it to some invoicing plugin to allow users to get invoices for their payments.
As usual, the small release includes a dozen of bug fixes and small improvements:
FEATURE: Validating Google Jobs mapping before saving.
FEATURE: Discard and Cancel fields in the Google Jobs mapping.
FEATURE: A notification when a user is viewing expired job page.
FIXED Google Jobs widget not counting correctly filled fields in job edition.
FIXED: ReCAPTCHA not showing in Candidate Registration.
FIXED: Looping JS alert() when entering an incorrect name in custom fields editor.
FIXED: Search and pagination in [wpjb_resumes_list] not working.
FIXED: The complete payment page showing a fatal error.
FIXED: Text domain loaded too late.
FIXED: Browse jobs by category page not showing correct listings.
FIXED: “Unread Applications” icon not showing in Employer Dashboard
Jobeleon Updates
The Jobeleon received a huge SEO update and downloading it is highly recommended as in some cases there is a chance it will noticeably improve your search engine positions. We did that by removing the header (H{1-6}) tags from the sidebar widgets.
The other changes are mainly WPJB 5.0 compatibility improvements, so if you are using WPJB 5.0 this is an update you should definitely get.
The complete list of changed files you can download here download here.
We just released version 5.0.1, it fixes all of the bugs we found after releasing version 5.0.0, fortunately, this are mainly small problems considering how much we changed under the hood, so i have to say we are pretty satisfied with the version 5.0.
What was changed in version 5.0.1?
NEW: Ability to edit alerts from wp-admin / Job Board / Email Alerts panel.
NEW: wpjb_templates_dir filter added
NEW: wpjb_job_application_url filter added
FIXED: Deleting employer from wp-admin panel logouts administrator.
FIXED: Category and Job Type pages displaying all jobs.
FIXED: Website URL visible in Resume to unprivileged users.
FIXED: The same registration URL for Employer and Candidate in the login forms.
FIXED: Republish button in [wpjb_employer_panel] not working.
We are also releasing Jobeleon 1.5.1 with following updates:
FIXED: removed <h1> and <h3> tags in sidebar widgets to improve Jobeleon SEO
FIXED: error in third step in [wpjb_jobs_add]
Application URL
Due to changes in WPJB 5.0, you will also need to update Application URL add-on (if you are using it of course) to version 1.2. You can download the add-on by clicking this link. In order to upgrade go to wp-admin / Plugins panel and deactivate and delete the Application URL add-on from there, then from wp-admin / Plugins / Add New / Upload panel upload and activate new version.
Doing this should not delete any of your data, although it is always good to have site backup just in case.
We just released WPJobBoard 5.0 and Jobeleon 1.5.0 with Google Jobs integration. The update notification should be visible in your wp-admin panel within 24 hours. If you cannot find it go to wp-admin / Dashboard / Updates and click “Check Again” that should do it.
The focus of this release was on removing old Embedded mode to significantly improve WPJB speed in the front-end. We were able to do that, although we do not have any comparisons or stats yet, they will be available soon. Probably in a blog posting.
Google Jobs
The focus of this release was on the performance but in the mean time, Google released Google Jobs API. This is a huge change and we needed to make sure WPJB will be 100% compatible with it in order to stay relevant for the next years to come.
The Google Jobs integration has a separate configuration panel in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Google For Jobs. The configuration panel looks similarly as on the image below
Google For Job Configuration
It allows mapping Job Types overwriting the default settings using drag and drop editor, previewing changes and validating the generated snippet. More information about this feature you will find in WPJB Google Jobs documentation.
Redesigned Templates
This is more of an update then redesign but still. The jobs resumes, and company pages got a more modern look and feel both on desktop and mobile. Below you can see how does the jobs list look like
Jobs List in WPJobBoard
If you would like to see how do the details pages look like you can see on the demo site. We are also releasing code snippets to our GitHub snippets library to allow you quickly customize the job board layout without modifying the original source code.
New Notifications
The WPJB 5.0 has three new notifications editable from wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Emails panel
New Employer Notification – This message is sent to the Administrator when new Employer registers using [wpjb_employer_register] shortcode.
New Candidate Notification – Similarly as above the notification is sent to the Administrator when Candidate registers using [wpjb_candidate_register] shortcode.
Candidate Contact Email – This email template is used when Employer tries to contact Candidate by sending an email from Candidate details page.
Extended Import Response
When importing jobs via API in version 4.5.1 and older WPJB returned the only XML with status, so the import result could be either 1 or 0. In version 5.0 there are more detailed logs for each imported item. How the response look like you can see in the update XML Import documentation.
Important Note
This release might break compatibility with some of the old code snippets, before updating it is recommended to disable all snippets in your theme functions.php file. That is if you have any snippets at all.
After upgrading WPJB you can enable them back, if this will cause any errors please let us know.
The full list of added, edited and deleted files you can download here.
We just released WPJB 4.5.1, you should see it available in your dashboard within 24 hours, if not then go to wp-admin / Dashboard panel and click “Check Again” button. This should allow you to update to the latest WPJB version.
Facebook Integration Update
This version has 2 major changes. The first one is Facebook update if you had a problem with the Facebook integration then after upgrading go to wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Facebook panel reset the configuration and try connecting again this should work properly now.
Note that since the new Facebook API requires PHP 5.4 or newer, you will need to make sure that your server has this PHP version otherwise it will not work and enabling Facebook will cause a Fatal Error on site.
Embedded Mode Notice
If you are using WPJobBoard in Embedded Mode (you can check it in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Default Pages and URLs panel, but if you purchased WPJB less than 2 years ago you should be fine) you will see a undissmissable notice in wp-admin panel which will nag you to switch the Shortcoded Mode.
I understand the message will be annoying but the reason it is not possible to hide is that we will be removing Embedded Mode on 19th July, after that it will not be possible to use it.
This is some work for users who haven’t made the switch yet for some reason, but great news for every other WPJobBoard user, without the Embedded Mode we will be maintaining smaller and less complex code base which means:
We will be able to develop new releases faster.
The new versions will be better optimized and tested as they will be only one mode to test with.
Removing the old mode will significantly speed up WPJobBoard especially in the frontend.
WPJB will use less server memory and processor power.
The code base will be easier to maintain so it will less prone to error.
With less code plugin will be easier to customize even for users who are not familiar with WPJB yet.
The migration we wanted to make as simple as possible, so we created a plugin that will do most of the work. You can read here how to migrate to shortcoded mode.
Changed Files
Below you can check the list of modified files in the Version 4.5.1.
WPJobBoard 4.5 and Jobeleon 1.4 can now be downloaded using automatic updates or directly from the client panel. If you cannot see the update notification in your WP Admin panel go to wp-admin / Dashboard / Updates and click “Check Again”.
This is a major release focusing mainly on job applications, we wanted to build a basic applicant tracking system to make managing applications easier for both Administrators and Employers.
Frontend – Job Applications Management
The Employer Panel had “Jobs” and “Applications” sections rebuild, from now on Employers can list all applications they received or filter them by job and status. They can also rate and change application status directly from the applications list.
The Employer has all the important information at a glance.
Applications List in version 4.5.0
The application details pages look very similar to the list, but they are extended with additional information included in the form and navigation buttons to quickly switch between applications.
Frontend – Employer Jobs Management
Similarly, the list of jobs in Employer Panel was updated to make managing jobs and applications easier for the administrator, this is a first from few of the updates we have planned for the Employer Jobs List.
Notice also the handy red icon informing Employer that there is an application with status New which Employer did not saw yet.
Employer Panel Jobs List in WPJB 4.5.0
Admin: Job Applications Tracking
The applications list in wp-admin also has basic applicant tracking features since version 4.5.0, the list allows to sort applications by Posted and Rating columns, it also allows to filter applications by Job by clicking on selected job title.
We made sure to include only the most important information on the job applications list, but at any time you can add additional columns to the list using Screen Options button (at the top right when on applications list).
Applications List in administration panel since WPJB 4.5.0
One great feature in the Application edition in wp-admin panel is the ability to select if candidate should be notified about job application status change via email, to do this simply click “Edit” button next to Status, select a new status, if the status has a notification email setup then below you will see a checkbox which will allow to select if the Candidate should receive notification when you update the job application.
Admin: Beautiful Forms
Aside from job applications changes we also updated how Add and Edit forms for Jobs, Applications, Companies and Candidates look like in the wp-admin panel, we wanted to give them more professional look and feel and at same time make scanning the forms data easier for eyes by better structuring the data, it looks like on the image below
Yes! all forms look like that since version 4.5.0
Other Changes
There were also some smaller changes
List of minor changes and bug fixes
NEW: statement_descriptor field added to Stripe integration (this is a description that will appear on customer credit card statement)
FIXED: Stripe integration now sends the cardholder name to Stripe when charging user (this will decrease charge failure rates for American Express cards).
FIXED: Incorrect validator in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Emails / Live Composer
REMOVED: the_title filter (it caused some unexpected changes in top menu)
If you need a list of changed files you can get it from the files changelogt .
Today we are releasing WPJB version 4.4.7, this update took much longer than I originally expected but it was well worth it to put extra time into development, the new updates takes the transactional emails in WPJB to completely new level.
Emails are the most common communication method with potential employers and candidates, make your email stand out from other recruitment companies by sending beautifully crafted email templates perfectly matching your company branding, and the best part is, you can do all of that without any programming knowledge.
If you are familiar with HTML, you can edit the email HTML template and create your own unique and custom email template that will best represent your company brand.
When editing individual email templates you can preview the email template (both plain text and HTML) at any time to see live if you are getting exactly the result you are looking for the preview tool also allows to download your generated email to a HTML file so you can test it in different email clients using tools like Litmus.
We also redesigned the Insert Variable button, variables are grouped and each contains description explaining what data does the variable contain.
Email sending mechanism follows all guidelines for modern HTML emails:
If the client does not support HTML emails he will see a plain text version of the message, so you can be sure that client will be able to read the email no matter what email client he is using to read the email.
The emails include responsive CSS code, so they will look good on desktops and on mobile devices.
All the CSS code is automatically inlined (using Emogrifier) to make sure that the email will display the same across all the email clients.
Aside of these changes there were following minor bug fixes and improvements
some typos in in text fixed.
API wpja_form_init_membership and wpja_form_save_membership filters added.
API wpjb_editor_params filter added
Feature validating date fields when uploading from XML or CSV
Fixed callback loop on some installations when saving a Job, Resume or Company
Fixed (for security) it is no longer possible to configure file upload fields to allow uploading PHP files, that is even if you allow uploading any file type, the PHP files will not be uploaded.
Fixed full-text search when the search word contains “+” sign.
Fixed link in Employer Panel breadcrumbs
Fixed user email not set properly for email notify_employer_new_application
Fixed incorrect redirect when searching from [wpjb_employers_list] shortcode
Fixed make sure that correct resume id is set when adding Education or Experience (to avoid setting it to 0).
Fixed uploading files when importing data from XML or CSV
Fixed generating slugs when creating new Employer, Job or Resume when importing
Fixed setting correct employer_id when uploading a job.
The complete files diff you can download here wpjb-4.4.7.txt.
Today we are releasing WPJB 4.4.6, this update includes some small incremental changes that will make it easier to configure and customize to your needs. Along with this release, we are also releasing Jobeleon 1.3.6 with a couple of minor bug fixes.
You can update either using automatic updates the new release should be visible in your wp-admin panel within 24 hours or you can download the latest version from the client panel.
Ok, so what’s new in this version?
Label field in the Custom Fields editor
The Label field allows displaying your custom text or HTML message inside the form.
Redirects and Custom Slugs – from wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Default Pages and URLs panel, it is possible to setup custom page to which user will be redirected once some action will be triggered. Currently, the redirects can be applied to following actions: User Registered, User Logged in, User Logged out and Job Application sent.
From the same panel you can setup custom slug (page name) for a job, resume and company details pages, so you no longer need to have jobs at http://example.com/job/test-job/ you can have them at for example http://example.com/gig/test-job/.
Stripe Update – Stripe integration was updated to latest version, there is no visible change on the outside but if you are using Stripe make sure you have PHP 5.3 or newer installed on the site otherwise it will not work.
If you are using a reputable hosting company you can be pretty sure that you already have PHP 5.3 or newer installed on the server.
General Job Application Form – the general job application form (that is [wpjb_apply_form] shortcode) from now on will show a success message if the form was filled properly and submitted, additionally if param job_id is set the job application form will send a notification to Employer who owns this job.
Custom Admin Email – when some email notification was sent to Administrator WPJB was using an email address specified in wp-admin / Settings panel, from now on if you would like to use a custom admin email address you can enter it in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Common Settings panel.
404 Header For Expired or Inactive Jobs – If job expired or just is disabled the Job details page will display with a 404 header informing search engines that this page no longer exists unless in WPJB settings administrator allowed users to view expired jobs.
WPJobBoard 4.4.5 and Jobeleon 1.3.5 were just released and you should see the update notification in client panel in less than 24 hours, if not then go to wp-admin / Dashboard / Updates panel and click “Check Again” button, this should show you available WPJB updates.
Unlike WPJB releases this year, version 4.4.5 is more of a maintenance update with bug fixes and small improvements, but it also has one major feature Extended User Moderation. From wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Job Board Options and Resumes Options panel, you can enable user moderation and disallow newly registered users to access candidate or employer panel, until Administrator will approve them.
Once approved, the user will receive an email informing him that the account was approved and where he can log in to his dashboard. The email content can be edited from wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Email Templates panel.
Other changes in version 4.4.5
FEATURE: When logging in or registering from job details page, the user is redirected back to the job details page on success.
FEATURE: From wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Indeed panel, it is possible to enable conversion tracking.
FEATURE: Options in wp-admin / Settings (WPJB) / Job Board Options and Resumes Options panel were reorganized to group related options together.
FEATURE: PayPal integration will now display actual HTTP error messages if the payment fails due to HTTP error.
FIXED: Error message displayed when trying to republish a job.
FIXED: Incorrect page_id parameter value in “Jobs Search” widget.
FIXED: Incorrectly blocked access to Resume files
FIXED: Some phrases (“Save” and “Cancel”) were not marked for translation properly.
FIXED: Resumes become disabled after updating them from wp-admin / Job Board / Resumes panel.
FIXED: Resume Education and Experience sorted incorrectly (now they are sorted descending by “start” date).
FIXED: It’s no longer required for an Employer to have at least one job published before his company profile will be visible.
FIXED: Pagination hidden always hidden when searching jobs and resumes by radius.
FIXED: “Go back” on job details pages always redirects to URLs within your site (so for example users won’t go back to Google search when clicking it)
FIXED: Social media integrations (Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn) will not longer automatically share jobs imported from Indeed or CareerBuilder to avoid problems with duplicate content.
FIXED: Restored and improved missing CSS rules on Resume details pages.
FIXED: File Upload button not clickable in Apply Online form on sold old browsers.
The list of customized files in both WPJobBoard nad Jobeleon you can see in files changelog.
