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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Recruiters And Job Boards

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Recruitment & Job Board

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for recruiters and job boards comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. WP Job Manager Best overall 87/100
  2. 2. HireZoot 87/100
  3. 3. HivePress 86/100
  4. 4. Simple Job Board 85/100
  5. 5. easy.jobs 83/100
  6. 6. WP Job Portal 82/100
  7. 7. Job Manager & Career 81/100
  8. 8. JobWP 81/100
  9. 9. JobBoardWP 79/100
  10. 10. VK Google Job Posting Manager 77/100
  11. 11. Bullhorn Career Portal WordPress Plugin 77/100
  12. 12. Employee, Leave and Recruitment Management System 77/100
  13. 13. Resume Builder 76/100
  14. 14. aDirectory 75/100
  15. 15. Jobus 75/100
1 WP Job Manager
Best overall Free by Automattic

WP Job Manager

Create a careers page for your company website, or build a public job board for your community.

4.4★
from 237 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
87

WPScore

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2 HireZoot
Free by awsm.in

HireZoot

Create modern careers page, list jobs, and manage applications directly from your WordPress dashboard.

4.8★
from 193 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
87

WPScore

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3 HivePress
Free by HivePress

HivePress

A simple yet powerful plugin to create a business directory, job board, real estate, classifieds, or basically any type of listing website.

4.9★
from 220 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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4 Simple Job Board
Free by PressTigers

Simple Job Board

job board plugin for job listings, managing applicants, applications, categories, job types, taxonomies, career page, job openings, and recruiters

4.7★
from 133 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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5 easy.jobs
Free by WPDeveloper

easy.jobs

Easy solution for job recruitment to attract, manage & hire the right talent faster. Create and manage job listings, career pages, and recruitment …

4.7★
from 26 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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6 WP Job Portal
Free by wpjobportal

WP Job Portal

A smart, AI-powered job board plugin for WordPress. Build modern recruitment platforms with job listings, resume search, and intelligent matching.

4.3★
from 32 ratings
8k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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7 Job Manager & Career
Free by ThemeHigh

Job Manager & Career

An ideal WordPress Job Manager plugin for recruiters to manage job board listings, career pages, and recruitments.

4.7★
from 7 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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8 JobWP
Free by Hossni Mubarak

JobWP

Build a job board in WordPress with Google Jobs support, built-in application management, and reCAPTCHA — free. No coding needed.

5★
from 20 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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9 JobBoardWP
Free by Ultimate Member

JobBoardWP

Add a modern job board to your website. Display job listings and allow employers to submit and manage jobs all from the front-end.

5★
from 10 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
79

WPScore

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13 Resume Builder
Free by Justin Scheetz

Resume Builder

Create one or many resumes with a photo, contact info, education, experience, skills, and more!

4.4★
from 17 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
76

WPScore

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14 aDirectory
Free by aDirectory

aDirectory

aDirectory is a lightweight, scalable, fast WordPress directory plugin for building any type of directories, classifieds, and job boards websites.

4.7★
from 15 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
75

WPScore

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15 Jobus
Free by Spider Themes

Jobus

The ultimate WordPress Job Board plugin. Create a professional recruitment website with unlimited job listings, candidate profiles, and company pages.

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
75

WPScore

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