Coen Jacobs

Emails author when pending post is published. This can be useful for sites with multiple authors where editors publish content written by authors.

Email Author On Publish

Emails author when pending post is published.

ryansommers

Obvious Post States does what its name implies: makes the post states of your Posts and Pages stand out.
Post states like Draft, Pending, Sticky, Password Protected, etc. will be more prominent and obvious.
Takes into account the built-in WordPress Admin Color Schemes so everything matches.
Check out the screenshot to see an example.

Obvious Post States

Make the WordPress post state text (draft, pending, sticky, etc) stand out.

Email Author On Publish vs Obvious Post States