Setting Up the Resume Builder

The Resume Builder is delivered as a Gutenberg block (wcb/resume-builder). Most sites do not need to create this page by hand - the Pro setup wizard provisions the candidate-facing pages for you. The steps below cover both the automatic path and the manual one.

Quickest path: the setup wizard

When you first activate WP Career Board Pro, the setup wizard creates the candidate-facing Pro pages and maps them in settings. The wizard creates a Find Candidates page (containing the wcb/resume-search-hero and wcb/resume-archive blocks) and wires the candidate dashboard so the My Resumes tab can open the builder.

If a page is ever missing, go to WP Career Board → Settings → Resumes. When a required page is not mapped, the tab shows a Create Missing Resume Pages button that recreates and assigns it.

Manual path: add the block yourself

1. Go to Pages → Add New
2. Set the title (e.g., “Resume Builder” or “Edit Resume”)
3. Add the Resume Builder block to the page body (it lives under the Widgets block category)
4. Publish the page

The Resume Builder loads the resume named in the URL’s ?resume_id= parameter, so a single page serves every candidate’s builder.

Find Resumes page setting (the candidate directory)

The only resume page registered under WP Career Board → Settings → Pages is the Find Resumes Page - the public candidate directory, not the builder:

1. Go to WP Career Board → Settings → Pages
2. Find the Find Resumes Page field (described as “Contains the wcb/resume-archive block. Public listing of candidate resumes.”)
3. Select the page that holds the wcb/resume-archive block
4. Click Save Changes

The builder itself has no page-mapping setting; candidates reach it from the dashboard (see below). Directory and profile visibility are configured under Settings → Resumes (see Overview → Resume Visibility).

Link from the Candidate Dashboard

The Candidate Dashboard → My Resumes tab automatically shows:

• An Edit button on each resume that opens the Resume Builder with that resume loaded (via the ?resume_id= parameter)
• A Create New Resume action

No further configuration is needed.

Optional: Embedded vs Standalone Mode

Standalone mode (default): The Resume Builder lives on its own page. Clicking “Edit” navigates to that page with a ?resume_id= query parameter.

Embedded mode: If you add the Resume Builder block on the same page as the Candidate Dashboard, the builder loads inline within the dashboard (without a page change). The block detects the resume_id parameter and loads the correct resume.

To use embedded mode, add the Resume Builder block to your Candidate Dashboard page instead of a separate page.

Configuring the Block

The Resume Builder block (wcb/resume-builder) has no configurable attributes in the editor - all customization is handled via CSS or via the field filters. To add or change sections and fields, see Custom Resume Fields.