Jobify is designed to be a powerful, flexible job board theme built on the modern WordPress ecosystem. In line with WordPress best practices, the theme separates design (themes) from functionality (plugins). This ensures your site is scalable, maintainable, and customizable.

⚙️ WordPress Best Practices: Separation of Concerns

According to WordPress standards, themes should manage appearance, and plugins should provide functionality. This design principle ensures modularity and better control:

• For users: Your data and features stay intact even when switching themes.
• For developers: Code is easier to maintain, scale, and debug.

“Themes should be responsible for the look and feel of a website, while plugins take care of the functionality. This is precisely why the two exist.”
— Envato

💼 Required Plugins for Jobify

To deliver core job board functionality, Jobify depends on a set of plugins. Some are free, and others are premium add-ons.

🔑 Core Requirements

• • WP Job Manager – Core plugin for job listings.
  • WooCommerce – Enables paid job packages and ecommerce functionality.

✨ Optional Supported Plugins

These plugins extend Jobify’s capabilities, depending on your specific directory needs:

• Elementify Plugin (Paid) – Adds Elementor widgets for drag-and-drop customization.
• Appointify (Free) – Add appointment scheduling features.
• Modalify (Paid) – Enables modal popups for forms and actions.
• Company Listings for WPJM (Paid) – Add company profiles and dashboards.
• Job Designer for WPJM (Paid) – Customize how jobs appear.
• Extended Location, Auto Job Suggest, Auto Location, User Locator (Paid) – Enhance location-based features.
• Registration for WP Job Manager (Free) – Add user registration forms.
• Contact Listing (Free) – Let visitors contact employers directly.
• Predefined Regions (Free) – Add geographical filters with pre-built regions.

📦 Other Recommended Plugins

• WC Paid Listings – Create and sell job packages (requires WooCommerce).
• WooCommerce Subscriptions – Sell recurring listing packages.
• Resume Manager – Manage resumes from job seekers.
• Applications – Accept and manage applications from job listings.
• WPJM Field Editor – Customize listing form fields.
• FacetWP – Add advanced filters to listing search.

🚀 Why Plugins Help You Build a Better Site

By keeping functionality in plugins, you’re setting yourself up for long-term flexibility. Here’s how:

• Switch themes without losing data: Listings, applications, and resumes stay intact.
• Remove features without breaking your site: Just deactivate unused plugins.
• Modular control: Add only the functionality you need.

This architecture helps avoid common pitfalls of monolithic “all-in-one” themes, where changing anything becomes difficult without breaking everything else.

📌 Summary

• Plugins handle functionality, themes handle design.
• Jobify integrates with WP Job Manager and a wide range of add-ons to provide job board features.
• This structure gives you a clean, maintainable, and scalable site that can evolve with your needs.

To get started, check the Jobify documentation or reach out to support if you have any questions.