Since the categories field is a dropdown, can we have the categories field available in the job search box? I see there's an add-on that creates a more refined search, but I don't see the categories as an option listed there. Is it possible to search by category?



Welcome to our forum.
Job archive shortcode has the support to display job by category slug, please see the example
https://pickplugins.com/demo/job-board-manager/?job_cat=office-admin
you need to pass url parameter ?job_cat=office-admin
office-admin
is category slug
I just updated plugin to add new action hook to add custom input field under job archive forms.
Please see the documentation
https://pickplugins.com/documentation/job-board-manager/action-hooks/job_bm_job_archive_search_form/
you can use this new field data to filter search result via following filter hook
https://pickplugins.com/documentation/job-board-manager/filter-hooks/job_bm_job_archive_query_args/
Regards
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