Application Editor (re-built)

The Edit Application admin screen has been rebuilt around the applicant - replacing the previously empty native post-edit screen with a full review surface that has everything an employer needs in one place.

What’s on the screen

Section	What it shows
Applicant card	Avatar, name, email, phone (if collected), location
Cover letter	Full text, formatted
Resume preview	Inline preview with Open + Download buttons
Status changer	Submitted / Reviewing / Shortlisted / Rejected / Hired - instant save on change
Quick action buttons	Shortlist / Mark Hired / Reject / Message
Status history	Full audit trail - who changed status, when, from / to
Custom fields	Whatever the site has registered via `wcb_application_form_fields_groups`

Where to find it

wp-admin → Career Board → Applications → click any application row

Or via direct URL: /wp-admin/post.php?post=<id>&action=edit (the plugin redirects native post-edit URLs to the new admin screen).

Quick actions

The four quick-action buttons (Shortlist / Mark Hired / Reject / Message) each fire the corresponding workflow:

Shortlist - sets status to shortlisted, sends the configured shortlist email to the applicant, posts a status-change history entry.
Mark Hired - sets status to hired, sends hire email, posts to BuddyPress activity stream (Pro), and triggers the candidate- side “congratulations” notification.
Reject - sets status to rejected, sends rejection email (templated, customizable), records history.
Message - opens an inline reply composer that uses the same wp_mail() chokepoint as automated emails. Uses the configured email-template merge tags ({{candidate_name}}, {{job_title}}, etc.).

Status history

Every status change writes a row to the application’s status history:

Who made the change (user ID + display name)
When (timestamp)
From → To (status slugs)
Optional note (employer can add a note when changing status)

The history shows in reverse-chronological order on the application screen. It’s also exposed as application.status_history on the REST endpoint for ATS integrations.

Every component on the application screen - applicant card, cover letter, resume preview, status changer, quick actions, status timeline - also works as a standalone shortcode you can embed anywhere. Widget IDs are namespaced with an application/ prefix:

[wcb_widget id="application/applicant-card" application_id="987"]
[wcb_widget id="application/cover-letter" application_id="987"]
[wcb_widget id="application/resume-preview" application_id="987"]
[wcb_widget id="application/status-timeline" application_id="987"]
[wcb_widget id="application/status-changer" application_id="987"]
[wcb_widget id="application/quick-actions" application_id="987"]

This is useful for:

Partner profile pages - embed the applicant card on a partner’s candidate-facing page
Custom admin dashboards - composite widgets into a different arrangement using a dashboard plugin
Email templates - generate a snapshot of the applicant card to attach to a forwarded email

The interactive widgets respect the same capability as the admin screen - embedding [wcb_widget id="application/status-changer" application_id="987"] or application/quick-actions on a public page only renders for users granted the wcb/view-applications ability (backed by the wcb_view_applications capability). Users without it see nothing.

Bulk operations

The list table (one level up from the editor) supports bulk operations:

Bulk export to CSV - see Bulk CSV Export.
Bulk status change - set multiple applications to the same status in one action.
Bulk delete - same as native WP bulk delete on CPTs.

Permissions

Capability	What it grants
`wcb_view_applications`	Read the editor screen, run quick actions, change status (via the `wcb/view-applications` ability)
`edit_post` (per-application)	Standard WP per-post edit gate; required to modify applicant data
`wcb_employer` role	Site default - carries `wcb_view_applications` for applications belonging to their own jobs
`manage_options`	Site admin override - can edit any application