WP Job Manager - Job Alerts

WP Job Manager - Job Alerts is an official add-on of the WP Job Manager ecosystem, developed by the Automattic team, that allows visitors to your job board site to save their searches and receive email notifications when new listings matching their criteria are published. It is the ideal tool for job portals, recruitment sites, and any platform that needs to keep candidates informed automatically.

With this add-on, registered users can create personalized alerts based on keywords, location, and categories, and choose the delivery frequency: daily, weekly, or biweekly. Each alert is sent only with new listings published since the last send, ensuring the content is always relevant and up to date. Version 3.0 also introduced the ability to create alerts without registration: visitors only need to enter their email address, verify it via a confirmation link, and start receiving alerts, managing them through magic links included in the emails themselves.

The add-on includes an "Add Alert" modal that opens directly from the search results page, streamlining the process for the candidate. Emails feature rich HTML formatting, with the ability to customize the brand color to match your site's visual identity, as well as show or hide the company name, logo, and job location. Administrators can configure which fields will be available for creating alerts, set their duration, and moderate all alerts from the WP Job Manager dashboard.

Alert management is done via the [job_alerts] shortcode, which allows users to view, edit, and delete their alerts from a dedicated page. The system uses WordPress cron to schedule sends, and administrators can adjust the frequency and content of emails with dynamic tags like {alert_name}, {jobs}, or {alert_expiry}. If you want to increase candidate retention and keep your job board active, Job Alerts is the perfect solution to make job seekers return to your site whenever a new opportunity matching their interests appears.