What's new in 1.8.1
Version 1.8.1 makes the installable app safer and lets it share a site with BuddyNext, cleans up the job feed and tightens security. Install it with WP Career Board (Free) 1.8.1. Pro 1.8.1 needs Free 1.8.1 or newer. For every past release, see the changelog in the plugin’s readme.txt.
What changed in 1.8.1
Section titled “What changed in 1.8.1”- Credits switch. With credits switched off, no board charges anything, whatever its price.
- Hiring Pipeline. Five stages fit on desktop. Phones show one stage at a time with a Move to menu. With no job picked, you choose from a searchable list of your jobs. See Hiring Pipeline page.
- Notification bell. A candidate’s application notifications open their Applications tab and disappear when the application is deleted. “Someone applied” reaches only people who hire. See Notifications.
- Up to three categories per job. Employers pick up to three, and job alerts follow subcategories.
- Job Map. A results list follows the map, and clusters show their number of jobs.
- Resume page. Save is the one main button, next to the candidate’s name.
- Installable app is a switch. It is under Career Board > Settings > Integrations > PWA settings. It is off for new sites, and sites that already had the app keep it on. When BuddyNext runs its own app, the job board joins that app instead. See PWA.
- No signed-in pages kept for offline use. The app loads every page from the network first, and keeps a copy only of pages shown to signed-out visitors. Web push is not built; push goes to the native companion app only.
- Job feed. Each job now has its city, country and a remote marker. Expired jobs are left out. The contact email is published only when you enter one. See Job feed.
- Resume download. The button reads Download ATS PDF and gives a plain single-column PDF. Print keeps the on-screen layout. See Print and download a resume.
- Job Feed Copy URL works on sites without HTTPS and tells you when it cannot copy.
- AI limits. A member can make 30 AI requests an hour. Only allowed requests count.
- Job alerts. The unsubscribe link and guest alert sign-ups no longer show which alerts exist.
- Resume uploads. A replacement resume PDF is checked by its real file type.
- Spacing on the AI Settings and Analytics cards is fixed.
What changed in 1.8.0
Section titled “What changed in 1.8.0”Version 1.8.0 adds the Hiring Pipeline page, guest job alerts, radius search, a fuller credit checkout and more.
What you can do now
Section titled “What you can do now”Open a job’s pipeline from the employer dashboard
Section titled “Open a job’s pipeline from the employer dashboard”Each job row on the employer dashboard has a Pipeline button. It opens that job’s Kanban board on the Hiring Pipeline page. Sites that upgrade get the page created for them. See Hiring Pipeline page.
- A stage set to Hired or Rejected sets the application status. Moving a card out of such a stage sets the status back to Reviewing.
- Withdrawn, position closed and job removed applications leave the board.
Let visitors save job alerts without an account
Section titled “Let visitors save job alerts without an account”Visitors enter an email address and a search, then confirm by email. You choose whether guest alerts are on and how many alerts one person can keep, and you can see every saved alert, under Settings > Job Alerts. Alert emails carry an unsubscribe link. See Job alerts.
Search jobs by distance
Section titled “Search jobs by distance”Visitors pick a place and a radius in kilometres. Totals and paging stay correct. Coordinates are looked up in the background after a job is saved. See Job map.
Find candidates
Section titled “Find candidates”The Find Candidates page has search and filters. The resume map block shows up to 500 pins of public resumes and says when there are more. See Find Candidates.
Sell credits with receipts, coupons and tax
Section titled “Sell credits with receipts, coupons and tax”Credit checkout supports numbered receipts, coupons, a tax rate and a paid Featured upgrade. Employers also get a credit refund email. See Checkout, receipts and emails.
Let members turn off optional emails
Section titled “Let members turn off optional emails”Signed-in members can switch off optional emails under Email Notifications in their dashboard account section. In Pro, the optional emails are the job alert digest, the low credit balance warning and the featured listing ended notice. Emails about accounts, applications and payments are always sent.
Get more from the notification bell
Section titled “Get more from the notification bell”Admins are alerted when a job or a member is reported. Employers are told 3 days before a job ends.
Export and erase a member’s data
Section titled “Export and erase a member’s data”Personal data export and erase now cover a member’s resumes, saved job alerts, bell notifications and app devices.
Other changes
Section titled “Other changes”- The installable app uses your Brand colour. See PWA.
- Push notifications go to the native companion app.
- Resume printing is fixed: no blank first page, the sidebar prints beside the main column, and a short resume fits one page. See Print and download a resume.
- Field Builder: creating or editing a field no longer fails.
- Bundled Wbcom Credits SDK 1.9.5.
Earlier releases
Section titled “Earlier releases”- 1.7.x - Native Stripe and PayPal credit checkout, a pipeline stage manager on the Boards tab, native mobile push, an admin Transactions view with refunds, and resume privacy enforced wherever resumes are read.
- 1.6.0 - Analytics dashboard, and a job map that narrows to the current job list results.
- 1.5.0 and earlier - See the changelog in
readme.txt.