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Changelog – WorkScout

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14/08/2026

4.2.01

Fixes
  • Fix for Setup Wizard
13/08/2026

4.2.0

New
  • New Features
  • New "Hierarchical Taxonomy Display" widget: shows a taxonomy's top-level terms as cards, each optionally listing its direct child terms as links. Works with every hierarchical WorkScout taxonomy (job & candidate categories, regions, task categories, skills).
  • New drag-and-drop Form Editor (WorkScout Core -> Form Editor) for the job, resume, company and task submission forms - reorder, relabel, hide or add fields visually, replacing the old field-visibility checklist.
  • New "Hierarchical Taxonomy Display" widget: shows a taxonomy's top-level terms as cards, each optionally listing its direct child terms as links. Works with every hierarchical WorkScout taxonomy (job & candidate categories, regions, task categories, skills).
  • New drag-and-drop Form Editor (WorkScout Core -> Form Editor) for the job, resume, company and task submission forms - reorder, relabel, hide or add fields visually, replacing the old field-visibility checklist.
Improved
  • Improvements
  • Improved demo content export/import:
  • Improvements
  • Improved demo content export/import:
Fixes
  • The Companies widget (Elementor) no longer breaks the page when the "MAS Companies For WP Job Manager" plugin is inactive - it now shows a clear notice to admins instead.
  • Fixes
  • Fixed the "WorkScout Core" admin toolbar links (visible on the front end) going to a wp-admin "not allowed" page instead of opening the intended settings tab.
  • Fixed the "Task type" field on the task submission form sometimes being incorrectly hidden due to a bug in the old Field Visibility screen.
  • Term counts and "Featured" filtering on Candidate and Task widgets/taxonomy pages no longer incorrectly show 0.
  • "Hide Empty Terms" on taxonomy displays no longer hides a parent category whose listings all live in its subcategories.
  • Fixed a couple of PHP 8 fatal errors that could occur on Elementor widgets and taxonomy helper functions.
  • Fixed candidate/freelancer avatar sizing on the freelancer overview cards on larger screens.
  • The Companies widget (Elementor) no longer breaks the page when the "MAS Companies For WP Job Manager" plugin is inactive - it now shows a clear notice to admins instead.
  • Fixes
  • Fixed the "WorkScout Core" admin toolbar links (visible on the front end) going to a wp-admin "not allowed" page instead of opening the intended settings tab.
  • Fixed the "Task type" field on the task submission form sometimes being incorrectly hidden due to a bug in the old Field Visibility screen.
  • Term counts and "Featured" filtering on Candidate and Task widgets/taxonomy pages no longer incorrectly show 0.
  • "Hide Empty Terms" on taxonomy displays no longer hides a parent category whose listings all live in its subcategories.
  • Fixed a couple of PHP 8 fatal errors that could occur on Elementor widgets and taxonomy helper functions.
  • Fixed candidate/freelancer avatar sizing on the freelancer overview cards on larger screens.
Changes
  • WorkScout Elementor now ships 22 additional widgets, ported and restyled for job boards: Simple Hero, Fan Hero, Marketplace 3D Hero, Loan Hero, Bento Grid, Stories Bento, Account Types Bento, Content Carousel, Feature Tabs, Feature Cards, Feature Stack, Animated Icon Boxes, Category Marquee, Taxonomy Tabs, Taxonomy Expanding Strip, Hierarchical Taxonomy Display, Reviews Marquee, Coupons Display, Modern FAQ, FAQ, Accent Headline and Minimal Search Form. All of them can now pull content from Jobs, Candidates (Resumes) or Tasks and any of their categories, regions, tags or skills - not just job listings.
  • WorkScout Core settings redesigned with a modern sidebar navigation, section cards and a quick-jump menu for long tabs.
  • The Google Maps API key field now has a "Test" button that runs a live check and reports exactly why a key isn't working (restrictions, billing, disabled API, etc.) instead of only failing silently on the front end.
  • Term icon and image fields are now available on every job, candidate and task taxonomy (regions, types, tags, skills), not just the three main category taxonomies.
  • The Customizer now runs on PureCustomizer instead of the bundled Kirki library. All existing Customizer settings carry over automatically; if you have custom code that hooks directly into Kirki, please verify it after updating.
  • Color fields in WorkScout Core settings now use WordPress's native color picker (with a Clear button) instead of the old Farbtastic picker, and can be left empty.
  • Marking a job as filled or featured now refreshes cached category counts immediately instead of up to 3 days later.
  • Numerous admin and front-end text strings that weren't translatable are now properly localized.New Features
  • WorkScout Elementor now ships 22 additional widgets, ported and restyled for job boards: Simple Hero, Fan Hero, Marketplace 3D Hero, Loan Hero, Bento Grid, Stories Bento, Account Types Bento, Content Carousel, Feature Tabs, Feature Cards, Feature Stack, Animated Icon Boxes, Category Marquee, Taxonomy Tabs, Taxonomy Expanding Strip, Hierarchical Taxonomy Display, Reviews Marquee, Coupons Display, Modern FAQ, FAQ, Accent Headline and Minimal Search Form. All of them can now pull content from Jobs, Candidates (Resumes) or Tasks and any of their categories, regions, tags or skills - not just job listings.
  • WorkScout Core settings redesigned with a modern sidebar navigation, section cards and a quick-jump menu for long tabs.
  • The Google Maps API key field now has a "Test" button that runs a live check and reports exactly why a key isn't working (restrictions, billing, disabled API, etc.) instead of only failing silently on the front end.
  • Term icon and image fields are now available on every job, candidate and task taxonomy (regions, types, tags, skills), not just the three main category taxonomies.
  • The Customizer now runs on PureCustomizer instead of the bundled Kirki library. All existing Customizer settings carry over automatically; if you have custom code that hooks directly into Kirki, please verify it after updating.
  • Color fields in WorkScout Core settings now use WordPress's native color picker (with a Clear button) instead of the old Farbtastic picker, and can be left empty.
  • Marking a job as filled or featured now refreshes cached category counts immediately instead of up to 3 days later.
  • Numerous admin and front-end text strings that weren't translatable are now properly localized.
08/07/2026

4.1.14

Fixes
  • Setup Wizard fixes
Security
  • Security Fixes
Changes
  • Stripe SDK update

4.1.13

Changes
  • Test

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Troubleshooting & Tools

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Polar Setup

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Stripe Setup

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Stripe vs Merchant of Record

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