Title: Editing wp-job-manager-template.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# Editing wp-job-manager-template.php
* Resolved [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/)
* Hey Mike!
* Got everything to work and I entirely forgot that the updates would wipe some
settings clean!
* I went ahead and updated the mail subject in the wp-job-manager-template.php,
is it possible to copy this file and alter it so it overrides the original and
I can keep my changes?
* If not, can you loan me your expertise on getting the Apply Emails to dynamically
fill using the job-application.php file?
Right now my code is –
* ```
```
* Which is working quite fantastically minus of course my subject line being not
what I wanted!
* Thank you!!!
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-job-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-job-manager/)
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* Plugin Author [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
* (@mikejolley)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946743)
* Yes; move that template file into your theme. See [https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-overrides/](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/template-overrides/)
* You can also change the subject without editing templates: [https://wpjobmanager.com/document/tutorial-changing-default-email-application-subject-line/](https://wpjobmanager.com/document/tutorial-changing-default-email-application-subject-line/)
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946751)
* You sir, are my Hero!
* Thank you so much!
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946752)
* I’m finding that using the filter doesnt allow you to put in get_post_meta for
my custom JOB ID filter or call the Job Title
* I’m looking at the first method but it’s all greek… hmmm
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946762)
* Oh dear, looks as if I’ve gotten myself in a pickle!
* I have the Apply button code in two different templates and the filter is only
applying itself to one and wiping out the other..
* I am by no means a master coder but feel i can work my way around a piece of
code pretty well..
* ive never heard of “Using a localisation file and translating the string”, i’m
going to look into that for sure – just so i’m clear, wp-job-manager-template.
php located in the root plugin folder cannot be written over by copying it to
my theme folder?
This is how I edited the subject in the first place :/
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946764)
* Im so sorry for the many messages i feel stupid, i think the first method is
just for the language…
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946767)
* In the wp-job-manager-template.php, i want to utilize this function:
* ```
/**
* get_the_job_application_method function.
*
* @access public
* @param mixed $post (default: null)
* @return object
*/
function get_the_job_application_method( $post = null ) {
$post = get_post( $post );
if ( $post->post_type !== 'job_listing' )
return;
$method = new stdClass();
$apply = $post->_application;
if ( empty( $apply ) )
return false;
if ( strstr( $apply, '@' ) && is_email( $apply ) ) {
$method->type = 'email';
$method->raw_email = $apply;
$method->email = antispambot( $apply );
$method->subject = apply_filters( 'job_manager_application_email_subject', sprintf( __( 'New Resume Submittal for %s / "%s"', 'wp-job-manager' ), $post->_job_jobid, $post->post_title ) );
} else {
if ( strpos( $apply, 'http' ) !== 0 )
$apply = 'http://' . $apply;
$method->type = 'url';
$method->url = $apply;
}
return apply_filters( 'the_job_application_method', $method, $post );
}
```
* The above filter provides me a subject similar to:
New Resume Submittal for
CUSTOM_JOB_ID / “JOB_TITLE”
* I really want to take PHP classes to learn how to do this on my own (is that
what I need? PHP classes??)
* I have the application code in two different places, content-single-job-listing.
php, and job-application.php, both in my theme folder copied from the plugin
folder – they work perfectly!
* ```
```
* I need to get that function to apply for both if i copy it short of having to
overwrite the updated file with the entire custom wp-job-manager-template.php
* I thank you so much for any help you can provide!!
* Plugin Author [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
* (@mikejolley)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946777)
* Just so I understand, you want to change get_the_job_application_method() so
you can modify the subject to include your custom job ID and title?
* I don’t think you need to. Your second template change where you’ve manually
changed the subject and added body is enough. By doing this, the subject in get_the_job_application_method()
isn’t used – as long as that code/file is in your theme it should be safe from
updates to the plugin.
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946781)
* Okay so I copied the wp-job-manager-template.php to my theme folder but the changes
didnt seem to stick – can we only overwrite files in the templates folder?
* I think i see what you mean, here is where i’m stuck, in my job-application.php
template file, i have the subject pulling from the original template file – how
do I alter the subject in the template file to reflect the changes I need? The
filter doesnt allow me to dynamically fill anything :/
* `( 'New Resume Submittal for %s / "%s"', 'wp-job-manager' ), $post->_job_jobid,
$post->post_title ) )`
* would produce
* New Resume Submittal from Job ID 1234 / Testing Job Title
* Thank you thank you thank you again!! Here is the code I have in my template
file:
* ```
```
* Plugin Author [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
* (@mikejolley)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946783)
* No, don’t copy that file across – as I said above, your changes to job-application.
php are enough. So copy job-application.php across, and change the subject/body
again. Your previous snippet has it modified, whilst your latest snippet does
not.
* Leave get_the_job_application_method() and wp-job-manager-template.php alone
for now.
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946784)
* The first is from the template I shouldn’t be editing
* Just need to figure out how to edit the right file
* Plugin Author [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
* (@mikejolley)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946785)
* This one you posted earlier:
* ```
```
* Is from a template file (job-application.php) so thats fine to edit, via your
theme. Move it to yourtheme/wp-job-manager/ and edit away.
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946786)
* That one pulls the subject from the main template file I just need to figure
out how to edit the code to get the right subject string.
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946787)
* I know it’s get post meta something then the title is echo post I think
* Plugin Author [Mike Jolley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikejolley/)
* (@mikejolley)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946788)
* Ok.
* I think it needs to be something like:
* ```
ID, '_job_jobid', true ), $post->post_title ); ?>&body.....
```
* That gives you the subject you want.
* Thread Starter [pawprintexample](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pawprintexample/)
* (@pawprintexample)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-wp-job-manager-templatephp/#post-4946789)
* You never cease to amaze me mike thank you!
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