Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Job Manager
This plugin does the following:
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Wbcom Designs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 3.8/5 and was last updated 2 years ago, and scores 35/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- No update in over a year
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.7 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Wbcom Designs stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| buddypress | >100 |
| job manager | #68 |
| job-manager-applications | #35 |
| job-manager-resumes | #21 |
| wp-job-manager | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 from 5 reviews
About Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Job Manager
From the official readme · v2.8.2Description
This plugin does the following:
1. Incorporates BuddyPress with the WP Job Manager plugin by creating specific tabs in employers’ and candidates’ profiles.
2. WP Job Manager – Resume manager allows candidates to add multiple resumes using BuddyPress Job Manager. You have a choice to display your latest resume in your BuddyPress Profile. It also lets you choose which resume fields should be visible on the BuddyPress Profile page.
3. Allow to enable user roles to post jobs.
4. Apply to enable user roles to apply for jobs.
5. Allow to publish new jobs and resume activities in the BuddyPress activity stream
You can also check details on our plugin document page
Links
THEME – WORDPRESS THEME WITH OUTSTANDING BUDDYPRESS SUPPORT
- FREE BuddyPress Theme: BuddyX – Offers unique layouts with clean code and easy-to-customize options, giving you a whole new way to visualize BuddyPress.
OUR ADON PLUGINS TO FURTHER IMPROVE YOUR BUDDYPRESS OR BUDDYBOSS PLATFORM COMMUNITY
Check out free community add-ons by Wbcom Designs:
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Member Reviews Allow members to add ratings or feedback to other community members.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Group Reviews Allow members to add ratings or feedback to BuddyPress groups.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Activity Social Share Allow members to share activities on their social profiles like Facebook, Twitter, What’s App, and LinkedIn with OG metadata.
- Wbcom Designs – Private Community with BP Lock A plugin to make your community private and only accessible to logged-in users. It also allows you to keep select pages or the component public.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Job Manager Allows you to integrate WP Job Manager plugin to BuddyPress.
- Wbcom Designs – Check-ins for BuddyPress Activity Allow members to add their location or post their check-in updates to the activity.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Favorite Notification Allow members to be notified after any like or favorite on their BuddyPress activity.
- Wbcom Designs – Shortcodes & Elementor Widgets For BuddyPress It offers shortcodes and elementor widgets for the activity listing, member’s directory display, and the group’s directory on any post/page.
Check out paid community add-ons by Wbcom Designs:
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Hashtags Allows members to use hashtags in BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform activities and bbPress topics.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Polls It allows you to extend BuddyPress or BuddyBoss Platform Activity for members to publish Polls with various options and works perfectly for individual activities and group activities.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Quotes It allows the feature to let members post their activity updates with interactive background selection such as colors and images set by the site administrator to tell a more expressive story.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Status & Reaction Allow your members to set a status icon and tagline on their profile and offer a big set of icons to react to published activities.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Profanity Allow you to censor content in your community! Easily Censor all the unwanted words in activities’ private message contents by specifying a list of keywords to be filtered.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Sticky Post Allows site administrators to prioritize certain activities over others. It lets the admin pin up site-wide and group activities to the top of the activity list.
- Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Auto Friends Allow the site admin to select global friends for all his members and add bulk global friends.
- Wbcom Designs – Shortcodes & Elementor Widgets For BuddyPress Pro It offers shortcodes and elementor widgets with various argument parameters for the activity listing, member’s directory display, and the group’s directory on any post/page.
EXPERT SUPPORT
We are ready to provide incredible support. Ask your questions at contact us directly.
Installation
- Upload the entire
bp-job-managerfolder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Frequently asked questions
What are the plugin requirements?
The plugin requires plugins : 1. BuddyPress 2. WordPress Job Manager 3. WordPress Job Manager – Applications 4. WordPress Job Manager – Resume Manager Optional Plugin WordPress Job Manager – Bookmarks WordPress Job Manager – Alerts
For support, You can contact us at our website.
You can contact us at our website wbcomdesigns.com for any query related to plugin and BuddyPress.
EXTEND BUDDYPRESS JOB MANAGER WITH ‘Jobmate’
BuddyPress Job Manager is built by the experienced developers at Wbcom Designs, who also offer a premium Job Directory solution called JobMate – Jobs & Resumes Listing.
Changelog
2.8.2
- Fix: Explicitly cast float to int in
seconds_to_wordsfunction to prevent deprecated warnings about implicit conversion. - Fix: Resolved issue with the resume-manager tab not displaying correctly on single profile pages.
- Fix: Improved UI for the “My Jobs” listing tab on single profile pages.
- Fix: Prevented guest users from posting jobs.
- Fix: Addressed database query error in
bpjm_resume_settings_before_submitfunction. - Fix: Corrected an incorrect feedback form URL.
- Fix: Resolved issue with resume fields not hiding on the profile page.
- Fix: Resolved issue with profile visibility settings.
- Enhancement: Added an admin notice to alert users when no resumes are created in Youzify.
- Enhancement: Added a filter to modify resume field text in the profile menu.
- Enhancement: Introduced functionality to hide or display resume fields selectively within Youzify.
2.8.1
- Added “Guest” role option to Job Posting and Application settings.
- Enabled non-logged-in users to submit job postings by adding the “Guest” role to allowed job posting roles.
2.8.0
- Added job menu to the admin bar with consistent use of existing count functions.
- Implemented WPML support for job and resume count functions.
- Improved UI for job and resume tabs and job dashboard for better user experience.
- Managed “Apply Job” button compatibility with Reign theme and displayed only published jobs.
- Enhanced language clarity in General and Welcome Settings for user guidance.
- Added nonce verification to secure form data processing.
- Updated database queries to use
$wpdb->prepare()for security. - Fixed mismatched text domains to improve translation consistency.
- Resolved deprecated function warnings and used
job_manager_applications_new_job_applicationhook. - Added role validation and error handling for undefined variables.
- Fixed pagination, undefined capability variables, and removed duplicate files.
- Cleaned up code by removing unnecessary variables and grouping
definefunctions. - Fixed PHP deprecated warnings and improved compatibility with logged-out users.
- Added transient flushing for new installs and simplified settings notices.
2.7.1
- Fix- Compatibility check with WordPress 6.5.0
2.7.0
- Fix- updated screenshot
- Fix- Fixed page loading notification issue
- Fix- PHPCS Fixes
2.6.6
- Fix – phpcs fixes
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Wbcom Designs: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
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Is Wbcom Designs free?
Yes. Wbcom Designs is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Wbcom Designs safe to use in 2026?
Wbcom Designs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 3.8/5 and was last updated 2 years ago, and scores 35/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Wbcom Designs?
Wbcom Designs is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 25,073 times since it launched in June 2017. It was downloaded 149 times in the last 30 days.
Does Wbcom Designs work with WordPress 7.1?
Wbcom Designs is officially tested up to WordPress 6.7.10, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Wbcom Designs last updated?
The latest version, 2.8.2, was released on December 12, 2024 (2 years ago).
Who makes Wbcom Designs?
Wbcom Designs is developed and maintained by wbcomdesigns.
What are the best alternatives to Wbcom Designs?
The most popular alternatives to Wbcom Designs are Better Messages (10K+ installs), rtMedia for WordPress, Budd… (7K+ installs) and BuddyPress Docs (6K+ installs).
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