GovLinks - Government Jobs Portal PHP Script

GovLinks is a PHP script for running a government jobs website. It is built around the content these sites actually publish: job notifications, admit cards, results, answer keys, cut-offs, syllabus and exam updates.

Every job page has fixed sections for important dates, fees, eligibility, age limit, selection process, exam pattern, syllabus, how to apply and official links, so posts stay consistent and readers find what they need fast. For SEO it ships with JobPosting and Breadcrumb schema, an automatic sitemap, robots.txt control, canonical URLs, Open Graph tags and a 301 redirect manager.

It works with SQLite out of the box or with MySQL / MariaDB, and an optional Groq AI writer can draft summaries, titles, meta descriptions, FAQs and full articles.

Who it is for

• Government job and exam update sites
• Education and career blogs
• Coaching institutes that publish notices
• Regional job portals

What is in the download

• Full PHP source code
• Admin panel and front end
• SQLite database or MySQL .sql file
• .htaccess rules
• HTML documentation
• Licence and changelog

Good to know

• The AI writer needs your own Groq API key.
• Images and articles in the live demo are for preview only and are not part of the download.

Features

Public site

• Mobile-first layout with light and dark mode
• Live AJAX job search and advanced filters
• Latest jobs and closing soon sections
• Admit card, result, answer key, cut-off and syllabus sections
• Detailed job pages with dates, fees, eligibility and links
• Related jobs, comments and star ratings
• Notification bell and off-canvas mobile menu

SEO

• JobPosting and BreadcrumbList schema
• Automatic sitemap.xml and robots.txt manager
• Canonical URLs, Open Graph and Twitter cards
• 301 redirect manager and SEO-friendly URLs

Admin

• Dashboard with statistics
• Jobs, exam updates, posts and pages
• Media library with WebP thumbnails
• Categories, tags and organisations
• Admin and editor roles
• Comment and review moderation
• Newsletter and job alerts with CSV export
• Ads manager with impressions, clicks and CTR
• Menu manager, custom head / footer code and SMTP
• One-click backup and factory reset

Optional AI

• Groq AI writer for summaries, SEO titles, meta descriptions, tags, FAQs, rewrites and full articles (needs your own Groq API key)

Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or newer
• SQLite (PDO SQLite) or MySQL / MariaDB
• mbstring, fileinfo and cURL extensions
• Apache or LiteSpeed with mod_rewrite
• Shared hosting, cPanel or VPS
• HTTPS recommended

Instructions

1. Download the ZIP from Codester and extract it.
2. Upload the files to your hosting.
3. Open the .env file and set APP_URL to your domain. For MySQL, also enter your database details; leave them empty to use SQLite.
4. Open your-domain.com/install.php and complete the installer. It creates the tables and your admin account.
5. Delete install.php after the installer finishes.
6. Log in at your-domain.com/admin/login.php and fill in the site settings, SEO defaults and ads.
7. Add your first jobs and updates.

The Documentation folder inside the download has the same steps with screenshots, plus answers to common questions.