Settings

Configure WP Career Board from WP Career Board → Settings in wp-admin. Settings are organized into tabs.

Job Listings Tab

Controls how jobs behave on your board.

Setting	Default	Description
Auto-Publish Jobs	Off	When on, submitted jobs go live immediately without admin approval
Jobs Per Page	10	Number of jobs shown per page in the listings grid (1-100)
Job Expiry (days)	30	Jobs auto-close after this many days (1-365). Closing is reversible - open the job in admin and republish to extend its lifetime
Deadline Auto-Close	Off	Automatically closes jobs when their application deadline passes
Allow Withdraw	On	Lets candidates withdraw their own applications. Turn off for apply-once-final flows (compliance, regulated hiring)
Default Salary Currency	USD	Site-wide default currency for new job postings; employers can override per job
Resume Required	On	Require applicants to attach a resume on the apply form
Application Resume File Size (MB)	(host default)	Maximum size for an uploaded resume file
Featured Duration (days)	30	How many days a job stays in the Featured spotlight before reverting automatically (1-365). See Featured Listing Expiry
Require Candidate Role	Off	Off lets any logged-in member apply and manage a resume (ideal for community sites). Turn on to reserve the candidate experience for users with the Candidate role

Pages Tab

Links each feature to its dedicated page. If the Setup Wizard ran successfully, these are filled in automatically.

Setting	Purpose
Jobs Archive Page	The main job board browse page (Find Jobs)
Employer Dashboard Page	The employer’s management page
Candidate Dashboard Page	The candidate’s tracking page
Company Archive Page	The public company directory
Post a Job Page	The standalone job-submission page
Employer Registration Page	The employer sign-up page
Resume Archive Page	The resume directory (used when WP Career Board Pro is active)

If a page assignment is blank, the related functionality (e.g., “View your dashboard” links in emails) won’t work correctly. Always fill these in.

Notifications Tab

Controls the sender name, from email, and admin notification email address used by all WCB emails. See Email Notifications for the full guide.

Emails Tab

Lets you enable or disable each individual email notification and customize its subject line and body. See Email Notifications for placeholders and customization options.

Import Tab

One-click migration from WP Job Manager. See Import & Migration for the full guide.

Anti-Spam Tab

A honeypot field protects every submission form automatically (no setup, no performance cost). For a stronger second layer, choose a CAPTCHA provider:

• None - honeypot only (default).
• Cloudflare Turnstile - enter the Turnstile Site Key and Secret Key.
• Google reCAPTCHA v3 - enter the reCAPTCHA Site Key, Secret Key, and an optional score threshold (default 0.5).

The chosen provider guards both the job-submission and job-application forms.

Pro-Only Tabs

When WP Career Board Pro is active, seven additional tabs appear:

Tab	What It Controls
Resumes	Resume visibility, file upload, and resume builder settings
Boards	Multi-board engine: create and manage independent job boards; pipeline stages are configured within this tab
Field Builder	Custom fields for jobs, companies, and candidates
Credits	Credit settings, product-to-credit mappings, detected payment providers, and credits-per-job-post value
AI Settings	Configures the AI provider key for AI Chat Search and job description generation
Job Feed	RSS/JSON feed settings for job listing aggregators
Integrations	Third-party service connections and API integrations
License	Pro license key activation and management

Saving Settings

Click Save Changes at the bottom of any tab. Settings are saved per-tab - you don’t need to switch tabs before saving.