Best pending plugins for WordPress
The most popular pending plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Delete Pending Comments leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Pending Indicator (200+) and Pending Status (200+). All 15 plugins tagged “pending” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 pending plugins
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Delete Pending CommentsThe most installed pending plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 94 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 2.
Pending Indicator200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 3.
Pending Status200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Delete All Pending Comments100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Contributor Notifications80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
AI Disable Comments60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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Better Recent Drafts20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
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Obvious Post States20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
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Adminbar Link Comments to Pending20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.
Zedna pending post indicator and notifier10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 15 plugins tagged “pending”
Delete Pending Comments
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,383by Sudar Muthu2 years ago
A quick way to delete all pending and spam comments. Useful for victims of spammer attacks.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(94)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Pending Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:6#11,632by keha13 years ago
Show the number of pending posts waiting for approval in the admin menu, if any. Also automatically supports custom post types.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pending Status
Up in the last 7 days:55#12,927by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC5 months ago
Get notified when your site has posts pending review.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Delete All Pending Comments
Up in the last 7 days:148#16,368by Gravuj Miklos Henrich13 years ago
Delete all pending comments from your database easily.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Contributor Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:275#17,898by Web Guy9 months ago
An incredibly simple and lightweight solution for alerting you of new pending posts from contributors and alerting contributors when their submissions …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 47/day
AI Disable Comments
Up in the last 7 days:19#19,991by Andon Ivanov13 years ago
A quick way to disable or delete all approved, pending or spam comments and pings only with one click.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Better Recent Drafts
#26,136by Jon Lynch12 years ago
Displays an improved recent drafts widget on the dashboard
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Obvious Post States
Up in the last 7 days:74#27,296by ryansommers11 years ago
Make the WordPress post state text (draft, pending, sticky, etc) stand out.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adminbar Link Comments to Pending
#27,622by Juliette Reinders Folmer8 years ago
Changes the link from the Adminbar comments bubble to go straight to the 'Pending' comments queue.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zedna pending post indicator and notifier
Up in the last 7 days:264#33,893by Radek Mezulanik6 years ago
Display number of posts waiting for approval in administration. Send an email about waiting approval, approved/rejected post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Email Author On Publish
Up in the last 7 days:10,922#36,207by Coen Jacobs14 years ago
Emails author when pending post is published.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pending Comments Highlighter
Up in the last 7 days:1,975#40,206by szucsadam1 year ago
This plugin overrides the default pending comments background color in WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pending Order Bot
Down in the last 7 days:5,643#66,032by badasswp1 year ago
Send automated reminders to customers about their pending WooCommerce orders, reduce abandoned carts and improve sales on your e-commerce website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
mi13-access-by-link
#69,931by mi139 months ago
Доступ к Вашим постам (на утверждении) по ссылке для модераторов.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day