Hi @jenwhitedesign,
From what you are describing, it sounds like you are submitting the jobs through the WP-Admin page instead of through the front-end Job Submission page. The default form has several fields that are marked as required, however, when you submit the post through the admin page it doesn’t block submission when required fields are blank, which is what is causing those errors when you go back to edit the page.
We generally recommend submitting through the Job Submission page, you can find more details on that here:
https://wpjobmanager.com/document/the-job-submission-form/
We do have a guide on customizing that form if you want to remove or change fields, such as removing that Description field (or just removing that it is required):
https://wpjobmanager.com/document/editing-job-submission-fields/
Once you have that customized it should stop generating those errors.
Let us know if you have any other questions on that!
Hi @michaelnutt,
I’m sorry, I’m just going in a loop on the documentation links you provided. Maybe I’m not understanding your response?
As all jobs will be internal, the front end job submission form will never need to be used. I searched through your link, and other links from there, but I don’t see anything about how to remove only the field requirement from the admin “Add New Job” form. We very much still want to have the description field, it just needs to not be required.
Can you point me in the right direction please? It’s just that one field and it will only be from the admin. I’d prefer not to have to use an additional plugin just to remove the requirement of this one field. Thanks!
Hi @jenwhitedesign,
I did some further digging, with the warning being that the post doesn’t match the template, when you have submitted the job it is checking if the details of the submission match the Job Listing template file. You can try overriding the template, it should be the template for content-single-job-listing. This page has more details on template overrides:
– https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-overrides/
However, the message is just a warning. You can safely ignore it and the postings should still work how they are supposed to.
should it not be the job-submit template? cause there is no “required” field located in the content-single-job_linsting template
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This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by
braehler.
Hi @jenwhitedesign ,
To clarify a bit, are you referring to the page found here:
..wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=job_listing
or the page found here:
../submit-a-job
?
I ask because the admin form does NOT require a description, while the latter frontend form does.
For the latter, you’ll need to override the template for the ../templates/job-submit.php file.
For the former, there is no template to override; you’d have to customize core files.
In both cases, we aren’t able to help with custom code requests like this, so if you need assistance, you may want to look into one of these services:
https://codeable.io/?ref=l1TwZ
https://jobs.wordpress.net/
Best,
@michaelnutt @cena @braehler
Sorry for the confusion. I’m referring to the admin form specifically. We are not, and will not be adding jobs via the front end form as they will all be internal positions.
Please see the video I created that shows all of the issues. https://www.loom.com/share/80d7c1cada5942c3be75315dfc236bf8
- You can create & save a job without a description with no errors at the time of saving.
- If I go back and edit that job, you will see the template error message at the top of the screen.
- I can reset the template, but if I do, and I still don’t provide a description, I just get the same error next time I edit.
- Separately, If I try to “convert to blocks”, I get the same error when I go back in to edit.
So it appears that while that field isn’t required, it does cause an error in the admin area not on save, but when editing later if no description has been provided.
One more piece of info. I just changed over to the default Twenty Twenty-Three theme, and deactivated ALL plugins except for WP Job Manager, and the issue is still occurring. So not related to my custom theme, and not a conflict with another plugin.
@cena At this point I wouldn’t consider this a custom code request as the plugin isn’t even working as expected with a default WP theme and no other plugins installed.
Hi @jenwhitedesign ,
> f I go back and edit that job, you will see the template error message at the top of the screen
Are you referring to the The content of your post doesn’t match the template assigned to your post type. message? (Seen in your video, but confirmed on my test site as well.)
If so, I believe that is related to this issue in Gutenberg (block editor), vs WPJM itself:
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/11681
In my testing,
> I can reset the template, but if I do, and I still don’t provide a description, I just get the same error next time I edit.
Yes, I can confirm.
> Separately, If I try to “convert to blocks”, I get the same error when I go back in to edit.
Now this, I can’t duplicate. If I convert to blocks, save, and back out to the All Jobs page, then go back in to edit, the message doesn’t reappear. The message also doesn’t reappear when I attempt to create new jobs after the initial ‘convert to blocks’.
Would you be willing to post your Tools->Site Health report? I’m not sure how much we can do to resolve this, but I’m curious why we’re experiencing different things after converting to blocks.
Best,
@cena
Do you have any recommendations on suppressing the error if it is indeed a Gutenberg issue? I just can’t believe other users of WP Job Manager wouldn’t have run across this by now… I can’t be the only person only posting jobs via the admin.
For brevity within the post thread, you can view the site report here: https://psh.sledgehammer.agency/wp-content/uploads/site-report.txt
Thanks!
@cena
After the last plugin update, the job list page will no longer load the listings. This is in addition to the issues already described above. The error in console mentions “404 not found – https://psh.sledgehammer.agency/jm-ajax/get_listings/”
It also says further down in console “Error 404: Ajax Endpoint cannot be reached. Go to Settings > Permalinks and save to resolve.”
I did re-save my permalinks, but that didn’t resolve the issue unfortunately. The job list loader still spins and spins, but nothing ever loads: https://psh.sledgehammer.agency/careers/
The jobs DO display on the single listing page: https://psh.sledgehammer.agency/job/rn-charge-nurse/
HI @jenwhitedesign ,
I don’t get a similar console error on my listings on my job listings with 1.39.0. Here’s what I see for yours:
(other errors are from browser extensions)
And here’s what I see in console for my listings page:
(messsages are from browser extensions and a WP plugin)
After taking a look at your listings, and your Site Health, I wonder whether your theme could be causing this (your plugins are minimal and nothing’s jumping out at me as a potential source of conflict.
If you switch to a default theme like Storefront or TwentyTwenty, does the issue remain?
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In regards to suppressing the Gutenberg message, there doesn’t seem to be a good solution for that (as you’ve seen in the Gutenberg thread). One thing I would like to mention, however, is that WPJM is actually designed for jobs to be submitted through the front-end form; of course you can also submit via the admin, but that misses the verification checks submitted jobs normally go through. It will also get you around the Gutenberg message!
See: https://wpjobmanager.com/document/adding-jobs-via-admin/
If you get a chance to test this, would you try submitting a job via the front-end form, and then seeing what happens on your jobs page (ie, I’m curious whether that job appears, but your admin-submitted ones don’t, or whether none of them do.)
Best,
@cena
I was able to submit a job via the front end which did require a description. While I did read the link you provided re: adding jobs via the admin, I have to say I feel a bit mislead by the content of the WP Job Manager website which never directly addresses this until your deep in the documentation. I have to imagine the majority of people using this plugin would expect to be able add and edit jobs without errors via the admin. But I digress…
I did test with two default WP themes, and neither remedied the issue of the job list never loading. The job submitted via the front end didn’t show either. I then tested all other plugins one at a time with this one, and determined that it’s conflicting with “The Events Calendar” https://theeventscalendar.com/?utm_source=theeventscalendar&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=tec-onboarding&utm_content=tec-read-me
I have a local version of this site where The Events Calendar plugin hasn’t been updated to the most recent version, and it is working properly. I rolled back the live site to v 6.0.0 and the job list now loads properly again: https://psh.sledgehammer.agency/careers/
So I’m not sure at this point if I need to keep posting in this thread, open an thread for the calendar plugin, or both?
Hi there,
Thanks for the feedback about this:
I was able to submit a job via the front end which did require a description. While I did read the link you provided re: adding jobs via the admin, I have to say I feel a bit mislead by the content of the WP Job Manager website which never directly addresses this until your deep in the documentation. I have to imagine the majority of people using this plugin would expect to be able add and edit jobs without errors via the admin. But I digress…
We’ll consider that when revamping our support docs.
As for your issue:
I then tested all other plugins one at a time with this one, and determined that it’s conflicting with “The Events Calendar”
My suggestion is to let the plugin author(s) know about that, as it seems to be a bug on their end. Keep us posted just in case we need to check whether to take action on this. Thanks!
Plugin Support
Jay
(@bluejay77)
Hi there,
It has been more than one week since we have heard from you, so I’m marking this topic as resolved.
But if you have any further questions or need some more help, you’re welcome to reply here or open another thread.
