The WordPress plugin "Personio Integration" offers several ways to create application forms in your own WordPress website and to transmit their entries to Personio. What is possible here is described in the following article.

The WordPress plugin "Personio Integration" offers several ways to create application forms in your own WordPress website and to transmit their entries to Personio. What is possible here is described in the following article. Background Personio offers an API to transfer external applications to their systems. This allows Personio users to view and manage all applications for their own company in a central location. If you publish job vacancies from your company on your own website, you would also like to transfer applications entered there to Personio. The WordPress plugin "Personio Integration" allows you to do just that. Preparations You need the following to enable the recording and transfer of applications to Personio: You must decide which form plugin you want to use to record your applications on the website. More on this below. The company ID and the access token provided by Personio. You can find both in your Personio account under Settings > Integration > API Credentials. The right form plugin The "Personio Integration" plugin supports several form plugins to capture their data for applications and send them to Personio. As of the end of 2025, these are as follows: Avada Forms Contact Form 7 Elementor Forms (Elementor Pro required) Everest Forms Fluent Forms (Pro required) Forminator WPForms (Pro required) The plugin also provides its own form handler called "Personio Forms". A little decision-making aid: Does the project use one of the form plugins mentioned above? If so, it would be advisable to use this. If you do not have one of the above-mentioned plugins, but would like to customize the form, then we recommend integrating one of the above-mentioned plugins into the project. In all other cases, you are welcome to use "Personio Forms". Setup The form The form can be set up quickly in the following steps: Go to Applications > Settings in the WordPress backend and select the value "Application form" for the "Applications in detail view" field. Then go to Applications > Extensions > Application forms and activate the form plugin you want. Follow the instructions for the settings at this point. As soon as you have followed the instructions, you will be able to see, fill in and submit an application form at any point in the frontend. Please note that you can also use individual forms per job or property of jobs. You can configure this later at any time. The applications To transfer incoming applications, you must store the Company ID and the Access Token in the project once: In the WordPress backend, go to Applications > Settings > Transfer to Personio. Enter the Company ID and the Access Token in the fields there OR follow the setup for setting them up using the button displayed there. You can then submit applications to Personio. Hints Forms using one of the plugins mentioned above should only be adapted in terms of design, not structure. The fields generated by our plugin are mandatory in order to save the applications as such and transfer them to Personio. The specifications for this come from Personio, not from the plugin itself. As applications are personal data, they are only stored by the plugin in encrypted form. They are also stored as briefly as possible in the WordPress database. As soon as the application has been successfully transferred to Personio, it is removed from WordPress. You can also change this behavior in the settings under Applications > Settings > Transfer to Personio.

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How can I record applications on my website and transfer them to Personio?
The WordPress plugin „Personio Integration“ offers several ways to create application forms in your own WordPress website and to transmit their entries to Personio. What is possible here is described in the following article. Read more
Personio integration
Which blocks are supported?
The plugin allows you to add an audio file to various blocks. Read more
Audio on every block
Can I also simplify texts in custom post types?
Basically yes. The Easy Language plugin automatically supports the post types posts and pages included in WordPress. Read more
Easy Language – Simple and Easy Language
Where can I change the default category?
The plugin uses the defined default category to automatically assign it to every new post. There are various ways to use the default category, which are described here. Read more
Automatic category for posts
Can I use the plugin to bypass my hosting's upload size limit?
Yes, absolutely. With the „External Files in the Media Library“ plugin, you store files on an external host rather than locally. This means that the limits on your hosting do not apply. Read more
External files in the media library
How can I use individual forms for jobs?
The „Personio Integration“ plugin provides very flexible options for offering individual application forms for vacancies on your own website. Read more
Personio integration

Topic: feature

Articles

How can I record applications on my website and transfer them to Personio?

Which blocks are supported?

Can I also simplify texts in custom post types?

Where can I change the default category?

Can I use the plugin to bypass my hosting's upload size limit?

How can I use individual forms for jobs?