WP Job Manager vs WPForms
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| Feature | WP Job Manager v2.4.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | WPForms v2.0.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 70,000+ | 5M+ |
| Last updated | October 7, 2026 | October 22, 2026 |
| Editions | WP Job Manager · WP Job Manager Applications ($) · WP Job Manager Resume Manager ($) | WPForms Lite · WPForms Pro ($) |
| Pros | Free core with job board shortcodes and widgets; Front-end submission form and employer dashboard; Google reCAPTCHA option for submission forms; Yoast SEO and Polylang compatibility code included | Free drag-and-drop builder with ready-made templates; Stripe and PayPal payment forms in the free version; Entries stored and viewable in the admin |
| Cons | Applications and resume management need paid add-ons; Add-on licences are activated against the vendor's own API; Usage tracking is available but needs the site owner to opt in | Conditional logic, multi-page forms and file uploads need Pro; Calculations need the paid Calculations add-on; Some fields and export options show upgrade prompts |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| Features (Form plugins checklist) | ||
| Drag-and-drop builder | — | Yes |
| Conditional logic | — | Paid |
| Multi-step forms | — | Paid |
| Payments | — | Yes |
| File upload | — | Paid |
| Calculations | — | Paid |
| Entries in admin | — | Yes |
| Spam protection | — | Yes |
| Free version | — | Yes |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Job listing and single job shortcodes, Front-end job submission form, Employer job dashboard, Recent and featured jobs widgets, Automatic expiry of old listings, REST API for job listings, Basic statistics dashboard, Personal data exporter | Ready-made form templates, Stripe payment forms, PayPal payment forms, hCaptcha, reCAPTCHA and Turnstile spam challenges, Gutenberg block to insert a form, Entries page in the admin, AI form creation from a conversation |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | — | Stripe, PayPal Commerce |
| Plugins | Yoast SEO, Polylang | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Google Maps geocoding, wpjobmanager.com add-on licence API ($), WordPress translation servers | Google reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Cloudflare Turnstile |
| Requires WordPress | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | Only if you agree |
| External services | maps.googleapis.com, wpjobmanager.com, translate.wordpress.com | wpformsapi.com, downloads.wordpress.org, wpformsliteconnect.com, staging.wpformsliteconnect.com, wpformsusage.com, api.wordpress.org, api.cc.email, connect.squareup.com, nominatim.openstreetmap.org, api.stripe.com, www.google.com, hcaptcha.com, challenges.cloudflare.com |
| Blocks | — | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 7 | 1 |