WordPress plugin comparison
Pending Status vs Post Status Notifications
Pending Status
by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC
100+ installs5.0
Post Status Notifications
by DraftPress Team
1K+ installs3.5
At a glance
- Post Status Notifications has more active installs: 1K+, against 100+ for Pending Status.
- On a typical day, Post Status Notifications is downloaded about 11 times, Pending Status about 4.
- Pending Status is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 4 reviews, against 3.5 from 10 reviews.
- Pending Status was updated more recently: May 18, 2026, against Aug 29, 2023 for Post Status Notifications.
- Pending Status is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.3.14 for Post Status Notifications.
- Post Status Notifications has been around longer: since 2014, against 2022 for Pending Status.
Line by line
Pending Status leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric | Pending Status | Post Status Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #13,009 | #6,744 |
| Active installs | 100+ | 1K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 81 | 310 |
| Rating | 5.0(4) | 3.5(10) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.3.14 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.39 | ×0.03 |
| Last release | 5 months ago | 3 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0.0 | 5.6.20 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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