WP Job Manager Application Deadline

WP Job Manager Application Deadline is an official add-on of the WP Job Manager ecosystem, developed by the same Automattic team that created the popular job board plugin for WordPress. It is designed for job site administrators who need each published listing to have a clear deadline for receiving applications, bringing order, control, and automation to the recruitment process.

This add-on adds a closing date field directly to the job submission form, allowing employers to indicate when they will stop accepting applications. The date selection is done through a calendar picker (jQuery UI date picker), making the experience very intuitive for both publishers and site administrators. Once the deadline is set, the system takes care of everything: when the date passes, the job listing automatically expires, preventing candidates from submitting applications to already closed positions.

Among its most notable features is the option to enable automatic expiration of listings, which is checked daily via the WordPress cron. It also allows sorting job listings by their closing date using a shortcode, with the ability to display results in ascending or descending order. Additionally, administrators can set the closing date from the admin panel in yyyy-mm-dd format, and the system visually displays the status of each listing, differentiating with colors those that have already expired from those that are about to expire.

This add-on is ideal for job portals, corporate sites with a vacancies section, and recruitment agencies that manage multiple listings simultaneously. By integrating natively with WP Job Manager, it requires no advanced technical knowledge: it installs, configures in minutes, and starts working immediately. If you are looking to professionalize your job board and ensure that each vacancy has a clear and controlled lifecycle, Application Deadline is the solution you need.