Conditional Fields (Beta)

WP Job Manager Field Editor Conditional Logic Disable Fields

Intro Full Tutorial WP Job Manager Field Editor now has conditional fields available, current in beta phase while testing is completed and bugs are reported.  Below you will find some information about how to use Conditional Fields. Beta Key Points If you configure a group to Show fields, they will be automagically hidden by default (unless […]

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How to set submit listing page fields to 2 column (half width)

Submit Listing Default Example

When creating the WP Job Manager Field Editor plugin I specifically did not include any CSS and this was done to keep the plugin as bloat free as possible, as well as to be compatible with as many themes as possible.  This ultimately leaves it up to your theme to handle the styling of the […]

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How to duplicate a field

There may be times where you want to duplicate a field in the WP Job Manager Field Editor.  Even though there isn’t a “duplicate” option, it’s actually very easy to do. All you need to do is go to Edit the field you want to duplicate, and then change the meta key to the meta key […]

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Customize taxonomy output order sorting by name

As of WP Job Manager Field Editor version 1.6.3+ you can now use a filter to customize the order in which taxonomy values are output when using any of the available output methods.  Below I will go over how the filter works, as well as provide an example to do so. If you are not comfortable […]

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How to convert a standard text field into a currency field using jQuery MaskMoney

Currency Field Example

If you’re looking to have a currency (or pricing) field type while using the WP Job Manager Field Editor plugin, even though there isn’t a currency field type, it is still possible with a little bit of code. Before doing anything below, I strongly recommend checking out the jQuery plugin that will be used for […]

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Styling Custom Fields on Job/Resume Listing

Styling Custom Fields on Job/Resume Listing Because WP Job Manager Field Editor does not include any styles (which 99% of the time causes problems), the plugin relies on your theme or adding custom styles to get everything to appear exactly how you would want it to.  Luckily I took this into consideration when adding this […]

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WordPress Action Hook Field Type

You can now create new fields in WP Job Manager Field Editor that trigger actions by using the WordPress Action Hook field type. To do this simply create a new field, set the field type to WordPress Action Hook and then you can output anything you want whenever that field gets executed to be displayed. As an […]

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How to create an upload field that will set the featured image

Featured Image

Starting with the release of WP Job Manager Field Editor 1.3.1, you can now setup a file upload field to be used for setting the featured image of the listing. This will not set the listing as a “Featured Listing” this will only set the “Featured Image” on the listing. Featured image for a listing is […]

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How to customize the phone field type

Phone Field Type Custom Configuration

Want to auto detect the user’s country based on their IP?  Maybe you want to have the phone field type default to a specific country?  What about putting preferred countries at the top of the dropdown list?  You can do all of this and more with the new filter added in WP Job Manager Field […]

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Unable to activate API/License Key

Removing Activations

Make sure you use the API/License Key AND Email which can be found on your My Account page!  Using an incorrect API/License key OR email will cause an issue with activation. If you are unable to activate your API/License key there are a few reasons this could be happening, and I will go through them below […]

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