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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints

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WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
WordPress 4.0 Site Blueprints Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing and configuring the WP Job Manager plugin


The first step is to install and configure the plugin that we'll be using to manage jobs. This is the free WP Job Manager plugin, which you can find in the official WordPress plugin repository at https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-job-manager/.

I'm assuming that you've already set up WordPress; if you need to do this first and you're not sure where to start from, refer to Chapter 1, Migrating a Static Site to WordPress.

Installing the WP Job Manager plugin

First things first, let's install the plugin:

  1. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins | Add New.

  2. In the search box, type WP Job Manager.

  3. From the plugins that WordPress selected for you, select the WP Job Manager plugin and click on the Install Now button.

  4. When the plugin is installed, click on the Activate link.

The plugin is now active on your site. Before adding any jobs, however, you need to configure it.

Configuring the WP Job Manager plugin

Having installed the plugin, it's time to set it up...