Tutorial: Send an email to the employer when a job listing is approved

Strong communication is definitely an important part of any business or website. So it makes sense that you’d want to email your employers / job listing submitters when their listings are finally approved!

To do so, simply add the following code to a plugin like Code Snippets:

function listing_published_send_email($post_id) {
	if( 'job_listing' != get_post_type( $post_id ) ) {
		return;
	}
	$post = get_post($post_id);
	$author = get_userdata($post->post_author);

	$message = "
	  Hi ".$author->display_name.",
	  Your listing, ".$post->post_title." has just been approved at ".get_permalink( $post_id ).". Well done!
	";
	wp_mail($author->user_email, "Your job listing is online", $message);
}
add_action('pending_to_publish', 'listing_published_send_email');
add_action('pending_payment_to_publish', 'listing_published_send_email');

You can customize those messages quite easily, so be creative with it!

Send an email to the candidate when their resume is approved

If you’re using the Resume Manager add-on, you can also have an email sent to the candidate when their resume is approved. The code is similar to the above, just with some minor changes:

function resume_published_send_email($post_id) {
   if( 'resume' != get_post_type( $post_id ) ) {
		return;
	}
   $post = get_post($post_id);
   $author = get_userdata($post->post_author);

   $message = "
      Hi ".$author->display_name.",
      Your resume, ".$post->post_title." has just been approved at ".get_permalink( $post_id ).". Well done!
   ";
   wp_mail($author->user_email, "Your resume is online", $message);
}
add_action('pending_to_publish', 'resume_published_send_email');
add_action('pending_payment_to_publish', 'resume_published_send_email');