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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.

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.

WP Status Notifier vs Email Author On Publish