Requirements & installation

What Xolius Job Board needs, and how to install it and its add-ons.

1 min read · Updated October 9, 2026

Xolius Job Board is a standalone jobs board for WordPress. It does not need WP Job Manager or any other jobs plugin.

Requirements#

WordPress 6.5 or newer (tested up to 7.1)
PHP 8.0 or newer
Working e-mail from WordPress (wp_mail) — applications, job alerts and review notices are sent by e-mail
Optional: the News. theme (portal header, Import / Export, shared sign-in pages)
Optional: WooCommerce 8.0 or newer, for the Paid Listings add-on

Installation#

Go to Plugins → Add New, search for Xolius Job Board, install and activate it. You can also upload the .zip from the product page under Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin.
On activation the plugin creates a published page called Jobs (address /jobs/) with the [xojb_jobs] shortcode, and sets up the board addresses.
A notice “You are nearly ready to start listing jobs with Xolius Job Board” appears in the admin. Click Run setup wizard, or Skip setup to keep the defaults.
Add employers and jobs under Jobs in the admin, or add sample content to preview the board first.

The setup notice is shown to administrators until the wizard is finished or skipped. Skipping keeps the defaults; you can change everything later in Jobs → Settings.

Installing add-ons#

Each add-on (Paid Listings, Promoted Ads, Field Editor, Looks, Job Widget) is a separate plugin. Install and activate Xolius Job Board first. If an add-on is active without it, the add-on shows an error notice — for example “Xolius Job Board – Looks is an add-on for Xolius Job Board. Install and activate Xolius Job Board to use it.” — and does nothing else.

Deactivating#

Deactivating Xolius Job Board stops its scheduled tasks (job alert digests, application file clean-up and the weekly licence check) and refreshes the site’s addresses. Your jobs, employers and settings stay in the database.