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WP Status Change Notifier allows you to notify selected users when posts’ status are changed.
What it does:
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<li>Notify selected users when new posts are awaiting for approval</li>
<li>Notify contributors when posts are approved or refused</li>
</ol>

WP Status Notifier

WP Status Change Notifier notify users about posts status changes.

Jon Lynch

Activate the plugin and all users who can edit other users posts (editors and admins) will get a new widget on their dashboard showing all draft and pending posts, pages and any custom post types. The standard ‘Recent Drafts’ widget is disabled.
This makes no changes for subscribers, contributors and authors.

Better Recent Drafts

Displays an improved recent drafts widget on the dashboard

WP Status Notifier vs Better Recent Drafts