Old Changelog – WorkScout

How to update theme and plugins?

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  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.


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  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).


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  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.


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  WorkScout Core settings redesigned with a modern sidebar navigation, section cards and a quick-jump menu for long tabs.


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  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.


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  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.


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  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.


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  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.


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  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.


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  Improved demo content export/import:


• fix
  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.


• fix
  Fixed the “Task type” field on the task submission form sometimes being incorrectly hidden due to a bug in the old Field Visibility screen.


• fix
  Term counts and “Featured” filtering on Candidate and Task widgets/taxonomy pages no longer incorrectly show 0.


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  “Hide Empty Terms” on taxonomy displays no longer hides a parent category whose listings all live in its subcategories.


• fix
  Fixed a couple of PHP 8 fatal errors that could occur on Elementor widgets and taxonomy helper functions.


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  Marking a job as filled or featured now refreshes cached category counts immediately instead of up to 3 days later.


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  Fixed candidate/freelancer avatar sizing on the freelancer overview cards on larger screens.


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  Numerous admin and front-end text strings that weren’t translatable are now properly localized.

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  Fix for milestone handling on WooCommerce Order completion


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  Fix for freelancer rating bug

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  Support for new fields in MAS Companies plugin


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  Important security fixes

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  Quick fix for Job Submit page freezed scroll issue

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  Maintenance update, small fixes here and there

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  Security Fix


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  Fixed issue with license activation + new active license page

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  Design updated for job appliations view
  Screenshot →


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  AI Hiring Assistant for job applications
  Read More →


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  AI Review Highlights for jobs and resumes/freelancers
  Read More →


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  Couple of minor bug fixes

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  Commissions for completing micro jobs and wallet feature for freelancers.
  Read More →


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  Stripe auto split payments between freelancer and employer


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  Elementor containers support


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  Drag & Drop field editor for Login/Register forms Read More →


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  Job statistics Read More →


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  Basic forms editor in WorkScout Core → Fields Forms Editor


• fix
  Demo content import fixes


• fix
  Many minor bug fixes

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  Fix for task category not saving correctly on Submit Task page

• fix
  Fix for recaptcha not showing on Application Form


• fix
  Fix for wrong currency in edit bidding popup and some missing translations

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  Fix for alert job showing if plugins is disabled


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  Fix for wrong currency in slider


• fix
  Fix for missing translations/wrong textdomains


• fix
  polyfill.io removed

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  New task listing type. users can post tasks/projects similarly to freelancer.org. Freelancers can submit offers by placing bids with their price and timeframe. https://workscout.in/task-list-layout/


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  Redesigned resume/freelancer profile page with new resume features: Portfolio / Showcase, Attachments Upload, Task/Project Reviews, Employment and Education History, Skill bars https://workscout.in/resume/lucas-harris/


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  Redesigned resumes list/grid layouts


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  Redesigned dashboard (new menu, new UI, new pricing packages etc.)


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  New homepage layout https://workscout.in/home-5/


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  Wider 1360px layout for higher screen resolutions


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  New lightweight icon sets


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  A few performance optimization including new lightweight icon sets and option to disable old/heavy 2000 icon set in WorkScout Core

We strongly suggest updating theme in staging environtment first to make sure everything works fine especially if you use very old version with WP Bakery Page Builder which is not suported anymore and was replaced by Elementor 2 years ago.

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  Compatibility with latest WooCommerce version


• fix
  Option in Spotlight jobs elementor widget to set how many items show at once


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  Fix for hiding the “no reviews yet” if Reviews plugin is not active


• fix
  Small fixes and improvements

• fix
  Compatibility with newest WooCommerce version


• fix
  Fix for resumes widget for Elementor


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  Support for “Remote Positions only” filter from WP Job Manager


• fix
  Small fixes and improvements

• fix
  Compatibility with newest Elementor version


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  Support for default Salary field from WP Job Manager


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  Option to upload SVG icon for categories


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  Option to show related jobs from the same company


• fix
  Compatibility with newest WooCommerce version


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  Home Search Resumes Boxed version for Elementor


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  Option to set mobile logo max height (Customizer -> Site Identity)


• fix
  Small fixes and improvements

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  New more customizable mobile menu Read More →

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  Support for Elementor


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  6 brand new pixel perfect homepages for Elementor


• fix
  Fix for company list in job submission form

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  New Companies page and Single Company with the support for MAS Companies For WP Job Manager and MAS Company Reviews For WP Job Manager


• fix
  Small fixes and improvements

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  New layout for jobs list (enable in Customize -> Jobs Options -> Jobs Lists Job -> Jobs Page Layout – Split page with job view on right )


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  New layout for single job (enable in Customize -> Jobs Options -> Single Job -> Single Job style – Modern )


• fix
  Small fixes and improvements

• fix
  Security patch update fixing vulnerability in Messages

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  New homepage design – Check ➝


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  New listings layout (grid) – Check ➝

• fix
  Maintenance update

• fix
  Latest versions of WPBakery and RevSlider


• fix
  Support for upcoming editor plugins from https://plugins.smyl.es/

• fix
  Fix for latest WooCommerce file version


• fix
  Updated included premium plugins

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  Fix for Customizer issue WordPress 5.5 update


• fix
  Fix for latest WooCommerce file version


• fix
  Updated included plugins

• fix
  Fixed editing pending resumes in Candidate dashboard


• fix
  Fixed issues with static registration form (privacy policy check, ReCaptcha v3)


• fix
  Fixed job tag archive


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  Added options to set redirect pages after login and registration per user role (work only with static form)


• fix
  Dashboard has option to add custom menu for Candidate and Employer sections


• fix
  Fixed resume sidebar


• fix
  Fixed resume categories counter


• fix
  Fix for map unnecessarily loading in admin

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  Support for social login plugins – https://wordpress.org/plugins/miniorange-login-openid/ and http://miled.github.io/wordpress-social-login/


• fix
  Fixed registration emails if user registers by adding Job or Resume


• fix
  Fixed submit job and resume forms if not used with Template Dashboard


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  Added filter for header image on jobs (workscout_single_job_header_image) and pages (workscout_page_header_image)


• fix
  Fixed option to set default logo for all jobs (Customize -> Jobs Options)


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  WooCommerce Pricing Table element has option to set custom link instead of “add to cart”


• fix
  Fixed “My applications” counter


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  Added option for registration with reCaptcha v3 (WorkScout Core -> Registration Options)


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  Added option to display taxonomies title and description (Customize -> Jobs Options) on taxonomy archive page (job categories etc)


• fix
  Fixed bug with registration form user role


• fix
  Fixed bug for WooCommerce Pricing Tables error if there’s no WC Paid Listing add-on


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  Added salary data to schema.org markup


• fix
  Reset button on jobs list correctly resets map and filters


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  Added notice about missing API key for geocoding jobs


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  Added og:image tag


• fix
  Fix map issue if center point is not set


• fix
  Fix category counter if category has child themes


• fix
  Fix empty bookmark table


• fix
  and some few more smaller improvements

• fix
  Fix mobile CSS


• fix
  Fix touch controls for range sliders


• fix
  Fix new user mail when registering from Resume/Job submission form


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  Autologin option (WorkScout Core -> Registration)


• fix
  and some few more smaller improvements

• fix
  Fixed new message notification


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  Fixed maps issues


• fix
  Added Past applications page


• fix
  Fixed recaptcha on registration


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  Fixed candidate applications counter


• fix
  Fixed dashboard elements based on active plugins


• fix
  Lots of smaller improvements

• fix
  Fix for autoplay in all carousels


• fix
  Fix for login form redirection (redirects to referrer site, not to my profile page)


• fix
  Fix for “all jobs/resumes map”


• fix
  Translations fixes


• fix
  and some few more smaller improvements

• fix
  Fix for welcome email on registration (edit in WorkScout Core -> Emails)


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  Added email notifications for private messages (edit in WorkScout Core -> Emails)


• fix
  Translations fixes

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  Front-end User Dashboard: https://youtu.be/PCfFRzACSiY


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  New Map Providers (OpenStreetMaps, Bing Maps, Mapbox, Google Maps)


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  Private messaging system


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  New homepage layout


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  Redesigned header and menu style


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  Redesigned footer style


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  Newsletter widget in footer


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  New full page layout with map on half of screen: https://workscout.in/browse-jobs-half-map/


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  All theme settings are now moved from OptionTree (which isn’t used anymore) to WorkScout Core plugin and in Appearance > Customize


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  Rewritten log in / registration system


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  Various CSS/JS fixes


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  Various mobile improvements

• fix
  Fix for Map zooming problem


• fix
  Fix for Google Fonts

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  WooCommerce Update


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  Categories elements in VC have now option to show number of jobs


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  Small CSS fixes

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  Update for WooCommerce


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  Included latest Visual Composer and Revolution Slider


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  Updated Preview step layout when posting a job to match current single job view

• fix
  Fix for SQL queries bug with the WordPress 4.8.2, that prevent filters from working. If you have problems with Range sliders, make sure you have the latest version of WorkScout

• fix
  Fixed title on jobs page if only one job is displayed


• new
  Option to revert order of looking “for a job” with “to hire”


• fix
  Fixed missing “View Resume” translation (SYNC in LocoTranslate to update yours)


• new
  Archive description for job and resume categories


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  WooCommerce Pricing Tables as VC element with new options


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  Option to display candidate photo in Spotlight Resumes element


• fix
  Fixed JSON+LD for WP Job Manager 1.28.0


• fix
  Fixed single location map


• new
  It’s not required anymore to have any map enabled in order to use geolocation and radius search


• fix
  Fixed job categories template if keyword search is set in sidebar

• new
  Proper use of Job date setting in the theme


• fix
  Fixed double “expired” message


• fix
  Fixed All Regions dropdown


• new
  Radius search does not require map to be displayed anymore


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  Support for Password field on job submission


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  Transparent header available on any page/post/job with header image added


• fix
  Fixed issue with Browse Jobs page title


• new
  Update for WP Job Manager 1.27.0

• fix
  Fix for problem with uploading files for not logged users (for security reasons they are not allowed to use AJAX upload now)


• new
  Visual Composer 5.2

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  Added json+ld for job listing for Google rich search results


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  Category dropdown in home page search form has now “all” option


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  Some CSS improvements


• fix
  Fixed order on Job Categories


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  Option for Currency symbol position


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  Update for WooCommerce


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  Updated .pot file


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  Some other small fixes

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  Option to hide jobs counter on jobs page


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  Control homepage search bar size and title in Customize settings (Customize -> Jobs Options -> Jobs Home Page Options)


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  Overlay color search banner (Customize -> Jobs Options -> Jobs Home Page Options)


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  Control over Job Overview elements (you can hide job title, date etc) (Customize -> Jobs Options -> Single Job Options)


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  Login redirect to page the login form was opened on


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  Option to add categories dropdown to search banner on homepage (Customize -> Jobs Options -> Jobs Home Page Options)


• new
  Job spotlight and recent posts elements have option to limit text by words or characters


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  And some more small fixes

• new
  Small design change – rounded corners make it softer and nicer


• fix
  Fixed map issue on IE


• new
  Latest Revolution Slider

• new
  Latest Visual Composer and RevolutionSlider


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  All date formats now use the format set in WordPress Settings


• fix
  Fixed issue with function return value


• new
  Option to hide RSS button


• new
  Option to set header breakpoints for alternative layout


• fix
  Fixed problem with filters while map is disabled


• fix
  Fixed issue with Page with Jobs Filters redirecting to Browse Jobs on search

• fix
  Fixed issue with disappearing keyword field


• new
  Option to remove role from sign up


• new
  Deadline and expired field added as options to job meta


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  Resume region archive added


• fix
  Small CSS issues fixed

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  Options to show/hide job meta data (Customize -> Jobs Options -> Jobs List)


• fix
  Fixed and improved reset/rss/alert buttons


• new
  Option to limit location search by country (Customize -> Maps Options)


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  Job categories boxed switched to flex layout (can be turned off) for better responsiveness


• fix
  Fixed “lost password” form issue


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  “Job with filters” page template – use job shortcode (now as VC element) with different option on various pages


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  Updated Font Awesome icons


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  Some various small fixes and improvements


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  WooCommerce 3.0.3 ready

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  Reorganized Customization options


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  Separated options for Resume Home Search


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  Improved related jobs display


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Improved support