Best pending review plugins for WordPress
The most popular pending review plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PublishPress Statuses leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Publish Post Email Notification (500+) and Pending Status (200+). All 5 plugins tagged “pending review” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 pending review plugins
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PublishPress StatusesThe most installed pending review plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
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Publish Post Email Notification500+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
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Pending Status200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
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Edited To Pending Review10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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Simple Post Alerts10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 5 plugins tagged “pending review”
PublishPress Statuses
Down in the last 7 days:101#5,742by PublishPress2 months ago
The PublishPress Statuses plugin allows you to create additional statuses for your posts. You can use each status to create publishing workflows.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 48/day
Publish Post Email Notification
Up in the last 7 days:24#8,528by Nks11 days ago
Email authors when their post is published, and email editors when a contributor submits a post for review. Simple setup, no coding.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Pending Status
Up in the last 7 days:69#12,892by Room 34 Creative Services, LLC5 months ago
Get notified when your site has posts pending review.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Edited To Pending Review
Up in the last 7 days:3,294#43,645by Elvis Nyakangi6 years ago
This plugin performs a simple task of moving edited products or posts to pending Review.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Simple Post Alerts
Down in the last 7 days:2,305#47,590by Alex Phelps11 years ago
Allows users to easily get alerts for new posts pending review and published.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day