Configuration

Settings are under Hire → Settings, split across screens so the retention setting is somewhere you will find it. As with any Craft plugin, a config/hire.php returning an array of these keys overrides what is saved in the control panel.

General

Setting	Key	Default
Jobs per page	jobsPerPage	20
Default order	defaultSort	postDate desc
Show the search box	showSearch	on
Show the filters	showFilters	on
Keep closed jobs in the listing	showClosedJobs	off
How new jobs take applications	defaultApplyMethod	form
Reference prefix	jobCodePrefix	JOB
Default advert length, in weeks	defaultDurationWeeks	0 (no closing date)
Close jobs when their closing date passes	closeExpiredJobs	on
Emit JobPosting structured data	jobPostingSchema	on
Organisation name, URL, logo URL	organizationName, organizationUrl, organizationLogo	site name, site URL, none
Default country	defaultCountryCode	US
Default currency	defaultCurrency	USD

Job URLs, job fields, application fields

Per-site URI format, template and default enabled state for jobs; the job field layout; and the field layout for what your team records about an application. All project config.

Application forms, pipeline stages, specifications

Covered in The application form, Applications and the pipeline and Specifications and filtering. All project config.

Notifications

Setting	Key	Default
Email the applicant	notifyApplicant	on
Email the hiring side	notifyRecipients	on
Who to notify	recipients	the system email address
Reply goes to the applicant	replyToApplicant	on
Attach the CV	attachResume	off
Send through the queue	queueNotifications	on
Honeypot field name	honeypotField	hire_website
Minimum seconds on the form	minSubmitSeconds	3
Applications per IP, per hour	rateLimit	10
CAPTCHA	captchaDriver	none
Site key, secret key	captchaSiteKey, captchaSecret	—
reCAPTCHA v3 minimum score	recaptchaMinScore	0.5
Blocked email domains	blockedEmailDomains	none

recipients, organizationName, organizationUrl and the CAPTCHA keys accept environment variables ($HIRE_CAPTCHA_SECRET).

Uploads & privacy

Setting	Key	Default
Asset volume	resumeVolumeUid	none — choose one
Subfolder	resumeSubpath	applications/{year}/{month}
Accepted file types	allowedResumeExtensions	pdf doc docx odt rtf txt pages
Largest file, in MB	maxResumeSize	5
Keep applications for, in days	retentionDays	0 (forever)
Record the applicant's IP address	storeIpAddress	off
Applying twice for the same job	duplicateHandling	flag
Let applicants check their status	applicantPortal	off
Where to go after applying	redirectAfterApply	the same page