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Installation

WP Job Portal is installed like any other WordPress plugin. Install the free plugin first; Pro and the suites are added on top of it later.

Install from WordPress.org

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  1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
  2. Type WP Job Portal in the search box.
  3. Select Install Now on the WP Job Portal card.
  4. Select Activate.

Upload the ZIP file

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Use this if you downloaded wp-job-portal.zip, or if your site cannot reach WordPress.org.

  1. Go to Plugins → Add New Plugin.
  2. Select Upload Plugin.
  3. Choose the ZIP file and select Install Now.
  4. Select Activate Plugin.

You can also unzip the file and copy the wp-job-portal folder into wp-content/plugins over FTP, then activate it on the Plugins screen.

What happens on activation

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When you activate WP Job Portal it:

  • creates its database tables (their names start with wj_portal_) and fills in starting data such as job categories and career levels
  • gives the Administrator role the capabilities that open the WP Job Portal admin
  • sets the notification address to your WordPress admin email, and the sender address to wordpress@ your domain
  • creates a page called Jobseeker holding [wpjobportal_jobseeker_controlpanel] and makes it the Default Page, unless a page with that shortcode already exists
  • adds a Register page holding [wpjobportal_registration] on the next admin page you open
  • adds WP Job Portal to the admin menu

The first time you activate it, WordPress takes you straight to the setup wizard. If you close it before choosing a mode, open it again from WP Job Portal → Settings → Site mode.

Until you have loaded a city list, a notice says No cities have been loaded yet. and offers to import the cities for your site’s country. Employers cannot choose a job location until a city list exists. See Locations.

The WP Job Portal dashboard, with the WP Job Portal entry in the WordPress admin menu and the plugin’s own menu beside it

Deactivating and deleting

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Deactivating WP Job Portal keeps your data. It switches the Default Page to draft, removes the WP Job Portal capabilities from administrators and stops the scheduled tasks. Activating again publishes the Jobseeker page again.

Deleting the plugin from the Plugins screen also keeps your data, unless you choose otherwise. Your jobs, companies, resumes, applications, settings and uploaded files stay, so installing WP Job Portal again brings them back.

To remove everything when you delete the plugin:

  1. Go to WP Job Portal → Settings, tab System & Site.
  2. Turn on Delete All Data When The Plugin Is Deleted under Site & System, and save.
  3. Deactivate and delete the plugin from the Plugins screen.

With that setting on, deleting the plugin removes:

  • its database tables;
  • its settings;
  • its scheduled tasks;
  • the uploads folder with the resumes, logos and other files.

The job board’s pages go to the trash, not for good. If you install WP Job Portal again, it restores those pages.

Pro and the suites follow the same setting when you delete them. A table that another installed WP Job Portal product still uses is kept.

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