Common issues

When the keyword search isn’t working, but the location one is, it’s because you have some code in your theme or any of the plugins altering the WordPress default site search (which the keyword search hooks into). Quite often, disabling the plugin or a theme that is causing trouble is not enough. All (including bad and…

WP Job Manager uses the WordPress Cron system to check hourly for jobs (or resumes, with the Resume Manager addon) that have reached their expiry date, and change their status to ‘Expired’. If your job listings are not expiring when they should be, it’s likely due to an issue with the Cron system. WordPress uses…

The Google Job Search Integration was added in version 1.28.0. It includes the proper schema for making your job listings compatible with the Google Job Search requirements, but it doesn’t automatically submit your jobs to Google. Google will eventually crawl your site and find the jobs without any action on your part, similar to what…

Since version 1.28.0, WP Job Manager will automatically include structured data about your job listings on every individual job listing page. This helps Google and other search engines understand certain information about your jobs, such as the type, the location, the name of the employer, and so on. If you use Google’s Search Console tool, you…

Some of the WP Job Manager add-ons send email notifications for various things. If you find these emails are not being received by the intended recipients, there are several possible reasons. NOTE: This page gives you a brief list of troubleshooting actions and info about emails and how they get sent. For more thorough, in-depth documentation,…

If you notice your jobs requiring a reset to display, or you notice it searching for ‘Any Keyword’ and ‘Any Location’ on it’s own, you have a conflict with a placeholder shim script. These try to mimic HTML5 placeholders in order browsers which do not support them. To fix, you’ll need to find the placeholder support JavaScript and…

The most common cause for job listings not showing up is a javascript error, since jobs are loaded via ajax. To check for Javascript errors: If there is a javascript error you need to work out which plugin (or theme) is causing it and fix it (or disable the plugin). If you are unsure you can disable everything…

If you are encountering 404 error pages when viewing jobs there are a few things it could be. You should try the following in order: By this point most problems should have been identified.

This can occur when you have mistakenly wrapped your [jobs] shortcode in pre or code tags. It can happen by accident. To check this or resolve it: This should resolve styling issues.