Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

88 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 47 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 45% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 48 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.

1. ★★★★★ tonythetiger

   3.8y ago

   Extremely light weight and does the job needed well.By default, the search doesn’t look great but can be updated through templates. The search itself doesn’t show parameters in the URL so you can never link to custom searches or categories. You can only ever link to the main page list page. The author will state you can use the default wordpress search to find posts but this doesn’t allow you to search by the categories and other search settings.Additionally, applications post the title of the job but does not add a link back to the job. This means if you have multiple jobs with the same title, you won’t know which one the candidate actually applied for. For me, posting similar jobs with different pay and hours, this makes application management impossible. This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by gcskye.

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2. ★★★★★ Jan Zaal

   4.2y ago

   Many thanks to the Themehigh Help Center for their assistance in adjusting the Job Manager & Career plugin to the whishes of my client.

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3. ★★★★★ veenavinu

   5.1y ago

   Great Support from the team. R Really appreciate team’s swift response..

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4. ★★★★★ mediaark

   6.7y ago

   This is a simple plugin, that is easy to use and set up. It really suits a small business, voluntary group, or personal site where there is not much demand for jobs as you will be the person handling the responses to your own site. If you are in a HR dept. and are going to be dealing with many job applications on a daily basis, you may need something more powerful. But for the average small business, charity, church or voluntary group this is really ideal. You have to create two pages. (1) Create a ‘Page’ e.g. called Jobs. Then click to add a shortcode box from the standard WP drop-down menu. (2) Go to your Dashboard and open the plugin. Copy and paste a ‘shortcode’ from the plugin main page back into your Job (standard) page. (3) Then create a new job i.e. ‘Add New’ from the Job Manager menu e.g. ‘programmer wanted’ (4) Publish both your main WP ‘Job’ page and the actual ‘Programmer Wanted’ page within the Job Manager menu as well. It is important to know that if you do the above you have to publish them both before you see them active in your website. You should also make sure you have the ‘Job’ page included in your main menu, so that it is visible on your site. Visitors can them click on the ‘Job’ menu, go to the ‘Job’ page and contained within that will be a short summary of the job. When they click on that they will be taken to the full job description page created in the plugin. Hope that helps? If in doubt the support team are very prompt and helpful. I hope they continue to create new plug-ins. This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by mediaark. This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Deleted link and references to video

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5. ★★★★★ Vivek Narayanankutty Nair

   6.7y ago

   This plugin is very simple and within few steps we have added our job vacancies. It works well with our SEO plugin RankMath and well structured schema. WOuld like to see these features in future updates; 1) Option to change buttons ( apply now & read more) color and text 2) option to align the job listing to center, left, right 3) Option to receive email to admin from all the job applied

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6. ★★★★★ dipowers10

   7.0y ago

   As a start-up we don’t have many job postings so I was looking for something simple, that could scale, look professional and be search-able. Job Manager was the ticket! Super simple implementation with intuitive post-like structure, and looked great on the page. I had a small issue with the “Apply Form” position, but their support team helped me fix within a day. Highly recommend!

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7. ★★★★★ l0ki

   7.0y ago

   Good plugin and great support.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.5.1 Added WordPress 7.0 compatibility. Improved input validation for the application form fields. Added a “Submitting…” button state to indicate form processing and discourage repeated clicks. 1.5.1
2. — Version 1.5.0 Added WordPress 6.9 compatibility. 1.5.0
3. — Version 1.4.10 Added WordPress 6.8 compatibility. 1.4.10
4. — Version 1.4.9 Fix: Updated CSP to resolve JavaScript execution issue. 1.4.9
5. — Version 1.4.8 Added WordPress 6.7 compatibility. 1.4.8
6. — Version 1.4.7 Added WordPress 6.6 compatibility. 1.4.7

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.5.2). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched High · 8.8 Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments <= 1.4.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to PHP Object Injection ↗
   2023-12-27 CVE-2023-51545 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.4.4 Patched in 1.4.5
2. Patched Low · 3.7 Job Manager & Career <= 1.4.3 - Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2023-11-06 CVE-2023-5906 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.4.3 Patched in 1.4.4

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-09-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-09-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-09-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1789 days in tier
4. 2021-10-19 1K+ → 2K+ up after 228 days in tier
5. 2021-03-05 900+ → 1K+ up

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Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments: 1K+ active installs, 4.7★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/job-manager-career