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Job Application · WordPress
Job Application for WordPress
Careers-page form with role, resume URL, and cover letter. Free for 500 submissions total — no backend, no SDK, no plugin.
- 500 free total
- 6 fields ready
- 60-second setup
Overview
On WordPress you don't need Contact Form 7, WPForms, or Gravity Forms to collect job applications. Paste a plain HTML application form into a Custom HTML block on your Careers page — or into a theme template like page.php — and it posts straight to SplitForms through a hidden access_key input. No plugin, no PHP, no shortcode, and nothing a plugin or theme update can break, so the same form keeps working even on a statically exported WordPress site. Every application — name, role, cover letter, resume — lands in a dashboard you can export to CSV, with a free email notification on each submission.
Copy-paste code
Drop into any WordPress project.
Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with your splitforms key, paste into a WordPress page, and ship. No build-time integration required.
<?php
// Drop into a PHP page. Receives a form POST and proxies it to splitforms.com.
// Useful when you want to add server-side validation or rate limiting.
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
// sf_sid: passing it on lets partial leads close once the visitor
// submits. It only exists if the page with your form also has
// <form data-sf-key="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" ...> (this proxy adds access_key, so the form has none)
// <script src="https://splitforms.com/embed.js" async></script>
// — embed.js then adds the hidden sf_sid input. Harmless without it.
$allowed = ['name', 'email', 'role', 'linkedin', 'resume_url', 'cover_letter', 'sf_sid'];
$payload = ['access_key' => 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY'];
$payload['subject'] = 'New job application';
foreach ($allowed as $f) {
if (isset($_POST[$f])) $payload[$f] = $_POST[$f];
}
$ch = curl_init('https://splitforms.com/api/submit');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($payload));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Accept: application/json']);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
header('Content-Type: application/json');
http_response_code($status);
echo $response;
exit;
}
?>WordPress + Job Application
Built for WordPress developers who hate operating a backend.
WordPress contact form plugins (Contact Form 7, WPForms, Fluent Forms) work but add database bloat, update fatigue, and a monthly subscription for features like webhook delivery or advanced spam controls. The job application on this page drops into a Custom HTML block — no PHP, no plugin activation, no settings page to configure. Every field POSTs to splitforms as standard form data, so your WordPress admin stays clean. You keep using WordPress for content management and page building while splitforms handles the form pipeline.
- 500 form submissions total, free to start
- Unlimited forms on every plan, including Free
- Spam protection — honeypot plus a rule-based filter
Job Application fields
What every field actually does.
The posted payload contains full name, email, position you're applying for, linkedin / portfolio url, resume url, cover letter. Required fields are full name, email, position you're applying for and cover letter. Rename, remove, or add your own — splitforms accepts any name you POST.
- Full name — Greeting + dashboard label so submissions don't all read 'anonymous'.
- Email — Reply-to address — splitforms wires this so hitting reply goes back to the sender.
- Position you're applying for — Buyer-persona signal — IC vs decision-maker changes the follow-up cadence.
Template playbook
The reason this job application exists.
ATS subscriptions (Greenhouse, Lever, Workable) start at $6-15k/year for a small team — a lot of money for a startup that hires 2 engineers a year. A self-hosted application form on the careers page handles the inbound flow. The form captures name, email, role applying for, resume (PDF upload, often required), LinkedIn / portfolio URL, and a brief 'why us' textarea. The submission lands in the hiring manager's inbox or webhooks into Notion / Airtable / a Slack channel for triage. As soon as you're past 5 simultaneous open roles, an ATS pays off — until then, this works.
- Capture role and basics
- Receive resume upload
- Webhook to Notion / Airtable
Setup
Generate, embed, receive.
Three actions stand between you and your first job application submission — no backend, no database, no CAPTCHA library.
Paste the job application into your WordPress project
Drop the form snippet into a WordPress page, component, or layout. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. The form action is a hard-coded URL — no env vars or build-time wiring needed.
Receive submissions
Dashboard updates live on Free. Free includes owner email delivery; paid plans add signed webhooks, CSV export, Slack/Discord forwarding, and BCC to your team.
How SplitForms works
What happens after someone submits your form?
splitforms receives the submission, filters spam, saves it to your dashboard and emails you — then, on paid plans, sends it on to your webhooks and integrations. No backend infrastructure to build.
Add your endpoint
Point your form to your unique SplitForms endpoint. That's it.
Receive submissions
We instantly capture and organize every submission in your inbox.
Route anywhere
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No credit card required. Set up in under 60 seconds.
Connect & automate
Where can submissions go besides email?
On paid plans, submissions can also go to Slack, Discord, Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier or any signed webhook — and splitforms works on the platforms you build on, from WordPress and Shopify to Next.js. With Stripe connected, your forms can take payments too.
NewTake payments on your formsDeposits, bookings, order forms — submitters check out through Stripe and the money goes straight to your Stripe account. Included on every paid plan.See plans →Common questions
Job Application on WordPress — answered.
View all FAQsShould the job application form go in a Gutenberg block or a theme template?
Either — it's the same HTML <form> posting to https://splitforms.com/api/submit, so where it lives doesn't change how it works. The usual spot is a Custom HTML block on a dedicated Careers page; to bake it into the design instead, paste the identical markup into your careers template (page-careers.php or a block template). You're editing markup, not installing anything, so there's no form builder or shortcode to wire up.
Can applicants upload their resume or CV with the application?
Yes — add <input type="file" name="resume"> and the uploaded file is stored and linked from that applicant's row in the dashboard, and it rides along with your CSV export. Uploads are a Pro feature ($5/mo); on the free plan the text fields (name, role, cover letter) still come through, just without the attachment. Note the free plan is 500 submissions total, so a single well-shared opening can use it up — Pro raises that to 5,000 applications a month.
How do applications reach the hiring manager automatically?
Owner email notifications are included on every plan. Accepted applications are saved before notification email is attempted; delivery time and inbox placement depend on provider and recipient settings. When different roles go to different managers, routing (Pro) sends each application to the right address off a field like the position, and the auto-responder (paid plans) emails the candidate an instant "application received" confirmation instead of leaving them wondering.
Do I still need Contact Form 7, and will this fight with a form plugin I already run?
You don't need one, and it won't conflict. The application form is just HTML posting to SplitForms — no shortcode, custom post type, or database table — so it never touches Contact Form 7 or any other plugin's data. Run it beside your existing contact forms, or use it to retire them. And because nothing hooks into WordPress, a plugin or theme update can't break the form or lose you an applicant.
Does this job application work on WordPress?
Yes. The form is plain HTML with a single POST endpoint, so it runs on any WordPress site without server-side code, plugins, or SDKs. Drop the snippet into a WordPress page or component and submissions land in your splitforms dashboard.
How much does the job application cost on WordPress?
Free for 500 submissions — no credit card, no time limit. Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions a month, and Annual is $49/year for 15,000 submissions a month. The same pricing applies regardless of which framework hosts the form.
Can I customize the fields?
Yes. The template ships with sensible defaults (full name, email, position you're applying for, linkedin / portfolio url…) — add, remove, or rename any of them. Splitforms accepts whatever fields you POST.
Simple pricing
How much does splitforms cost?
Free gives you 500 submissions for $0 — no card, no time limit. Pro is $5/month for 5,000 submissions a month, and Annual is $49/year for 15,000 a month with every Pro feature.
Free
$0— 500 submissions
For side projects and indie devs.
- 500 free submissions
- Unlimited forms
- Email notifications included
- Smart spam filtering
- Submissions dashboard
- Redirect after submit
- MCP server included
Recommended
Pro
$5/ month
Billed monthly
Every paid feature, for agencies and growing products.
- 5,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Webhooks and integrations
- CC/BCC, auto-replies and routing
- File uploads with 500 MB storage
- Stripe payments on your forms
- 3 team seats
- Cancel anytime
Annual
$49/ year
About $4.08/mo, billed yearly
Every Pro feature with triple the volume — $0.27 per 1,000 at full use.
- 15,000 submissions / mo
- Unlimited forms
- Everything in Pro
- File uploads with 5 GB storage
- 3 team seats
- Priority email support
No credit card required on Free • Cancel anytime • Full pricing and FAQ