Analytics - Overview
The Analytics module gives you a single-screen snapshot of your job board’s activity - jobs, applications, users, views, and credit flow.
What Is Tracked
Section titled “What Is Tracked”| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Total Jobs | Count of all published wcb_job posts |
| Total Applications | Count of all submitted applications |
| Total Employers | Number of users with the wcb_employer role |
| Total Candidates | Number of users with the wcb_candidate role |
| Job Views (30 days) | Page view events logged in the wcb_job_views table during the last 30 days |
| Top 5 Jobs | The five most-viewed jobs, with individual view counts |
| Application Rate | Average number of applications per published job |
| Credits Issued | Lifetime sum of all topup entries in the credit ledger |
| Credits Spent | Lifetime sum of all deduction entries in the credit ledger |
Job view tracking is provided by WP Career Board (free). All other metrics are computed directly from WordPress post counts, user roles, and the credit ledger table.
Where to Find Analytics
Section titled “Where to Find Analytics”Go to Career Board → Analytics in your WordPress admin.
The stat totals are served from a short five-minute cache, so opening the page repeatedly does not re-run every query. Credit totals are an exception: they are refreshed immediately whenever credits are topped up or consumed, so the Credits Issued and Credits Spent figures are always current.
CSV Export
Section titled “CSV Export”You can export the full credit ledger as a CSV file for accounting or auditing purposes. The export is served by a REST endpoint and streamed directly as a download:
GET /wcb/v1/analytics/credits.csvThe downloaded file is named wcb-credits-YYYY-MM-DD.csv. Access requires the wcb/manage-credits ability (granted to site administrators and any user explicitly authorized to manage credits), so ledger data is not exposed to general staff.
CSV Columns
Section titled “CSV Columns”| Column | Source |
|---|---|
| ID | Ledger row ID |
| Employer | WordPress user ID on the ledger row (user_id) |
| Amount | Credit amount (positive for top-ups, negative for deductions) |
| Type | Entry type: topup, hold, deduction, or refund |
| Job | Associated item ID, normally the job post ID (item_id) |
| Note | Human-readable note attached to the entry |
| Date | Timestamp the entry was created |
Rows are exported newest first.
- The credit ledger is append-only - no entries are ever edited or deleted, so the export is a reliable audit trail
- Job view data requires the Free plugin’s
wcb_job_viewstable; if the table is absent, view metrics show 0 - Employer and candidate counts use a count-only user query, so the page stays fast even on boards with thousands of users